Milo - Music Critic 2.0

On the way to school today we were listening to Type O Negative's "October Rust" album. YES... I know Type O Negative is not exactly the most kid-friendly choice in music... but that particular album is probably the least objectionable. Besides... Daddy is still mourning the loss of one of his favorite musicians. ;-(

Milo's comment about the song "In Praise of Bacchus" was "Dad, I like this song. First it is low... then it's rock & roll."

Anyone familiar with Type O can probably agree that Milo summed up the band's 20 year career in a single sentence.

Joey Assaulted by Inanimate Object

So the toy of the week in Happy Meals seems to be a variety of leftovers from recent Dreamworks movies. One of the ones we got this week was a plastic Po figure from Kung Fu Panda.

Well, Joey was flailing the toy around and ended up knocking himself in the head with it.... fairly hard I might add. He started crying and said "Daddy! Po hit me!" and proceeded to throw Po across the room.

We think he actually thought Po hit him...

Milo's Big Race

On Saturday morning Milo took part in the Jr. Dillo 1/2 Mile Run that was part of the Capital 10K weekend festivities. Mommy had a job fair to attend so we brought her stunt double Auntie Barbara.

The race was a fun run... and parents were encouraged to run along with their kids. I asked Milo if he wanted me to run with him and he said yes.

So when we hit the starting line we took off and hand-in-hand ran the entire 1/2 course. With about 100 yards left Milo said "Dad, can you carry me?" I said "Milo, the finish line is right there... you can do it... let's finish strong."

So we crossed the finish line in 5:47 and hugged and high-fived. It was awesome!

(Cue teary eyes)

After we got home Milo came up to me and said "I love you Dad... thanks for helping me win!"

Irony is...

The following conversation took place at 7:45am on Thursday morning on the way to school...

Joey: Daddy!
Daddy: What Joey?
Joey: Daddy!
Daddy: What Joey?
Joey: Dad! Daddy!
Daddy: What?
Joey: Daddy! Daddy!
Daddy: What???
Joey: Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!
Daddy: WHAT???
Joey: Daddy! Milo told me to be quiet!

The following program contains...

Milo has been waking up extra early and wanting to watch cartoons. Frankly, I don't mind because it gives us some time to chat while I'm getting ready for my run.

This morning he woke me up at 4:30am and asked if he could watch the Cartoon Network channel. Sure it was early, but no biggie... I could hear that he had already managed to turn the TV on by himself.

Much to my surprise the program that was airing was one of the infomercials for Girls Gone Wild.

Being the responsible parent I am I quickly changed the channel to cartoons and went back to bed.... and pretty much put the whole ordeal behind me.

HOWEVER... tonight during dinner Milo announced "Dad, this morning I was watching Girls Gone Wild and they were NAKED!"

I guess it left a little more of an impression than I had estimated!

The Birds and the Reams

Milo joined me in a day of work at the office today. Just as I told him it was time to pick up his Legos he said "Oh! I forgot to color!"

He ran over to the copier and said "Dad, I need some paper. This is the machine that makes paper!"

I asked "You think that's where paper comes from?"

He said "Yeah, it makes paper... with letters on it!"

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright

Well, you'll have to forgive Milo's shyness again. But here are the boys at Cheap Trick during SXSW in Austin on Friday.

To put this in perspective... Daddy was Milo's age when 'Live At Budokan' was recorded. That was 30+ years ago.

Cheap Trick rocked. The boys rocked. And hearing Joey sing along to "I Want You To Want Me" live in the flesh was just about the coolest freakin' thing in the universe ever! And yes, even Milo got excited about it before the night was over.