This post is (mostly) a photo series featuring my 7-year-old nephew, Timmy. His mother would like me to include this disclaimer:
Timmy is an active, normal kid who rides his bike, plays in the dirt, annoys the dog, and eats his vegetables.
But he’s also being prepared for an adulthood that involves responding to emails while crossing a busy downtown street. You’ve seen ’em…The Crackberry People. They use their Blackberry phones as if emails and texting are a life and death matter.
Here’s Timmy with his Game Boy…I don’t see much difference.
I suppose I should mention that I’m still visiting my family in Alaska.
| Here he is at a hamburger joint… | |
| In the car… | |
| Lunch in the diner… | |
| At his mom’s hair salon during my cut and color… | |
| And during last night’s sushi dinner.
In twenty years he will have replaced the Game Boy with something that has a QWERTY keyboard…I only hope it’s as much fun as killing bad guys. I’m making fun of the whole thing here, but I have to say: Wow. It’s EASY to take this kid out to dinner. | |
| On a different note…
If you haven’t had the pleasure of eating sushi made from fish that was caught that day and delivered from docks one block from the restaurant, might I suggest it? Mindblowingly delish. | |
| Mandatory doggie photo: 10-month-old Izabelle. She is my first terrier experience. I’ve never met such a tenacious animal.
Sweet, but stubborn. |
I predict much success for Timmy. Seriously.
Love it when there is crochet content on Very Pink! Makes me feel all warm inside….
Eat some sushi for me; it looks incredible!
Hmmmmmm…a terrier sweet but stubborn?? Sounds like a big earred…curly tail…quiet breed…hmmmmmmmm…wonder where we have seen one of those before?? 😀 LOL
Glad to see that we will not have to go thru Doggie withdrawal while you
enjoy your vacation in Alaska.
Any beautiful mountains up there?
Have a great time.
Hi Ahrisha – you asked about the mountains…oh, yes. Snow-capped, beautiful mountains. I realized while I was putting together today’s post that my Alaskan experience is probably different from most peoples’…I’m not hiking or on a cruise, so the scenery takes a backseat to things like chicken sandwiches at the diner and playing Nintendo with my nephew. I did get some scenery photos that I’ll probably post on Friday. 🙂
Sounds like you are having a good visit so far. Timmy reminds me of my beloved older newphew!! I swear, it is Crackberry training like you said! heeheee
What a sweet little pup! Terriers are stubborn, I got one too!
Just a question though, did you take your knitting with you on the plane up? Did the TSA people at IAH give you a hard time when you went through? I ask because I head to San Francisco next week and I want to take a project with me.
Can’t wait for the next installment!
I want to see your new cut and color!
I want to see the new cut and color too!!
Terriers should be called uhh… Terroriers, or something. They really are stubborn little shits. I can’t help but love mine though. They are definitely a world away from Basenjis though.
As for Timmy, I LOVE kids like that. I so much prefer a child who can entertain themselves to one that is constantly tugging on your sleeve, messing about and trying to butt in on adult conversations. He’s like my dream kid!
Did no one mention his super cool glasses yet? Seriously, they are very Rock ‘n’ Roll!
I’d love to know about the knitting on the plane, as well. I’m flying to Austria next week, it’s not a long flight (1:45h only, that’s almost nothing), but I’d love to do some knitting on the plane. Someone told me that wooden needles are ok, metal ones aren’t. Or was it the other way around? I don’t know.
I agree with Lorelei – I love those glasses. And his cute expressions. (Diner pic.) Does the sun set up there this time of year?
I’d never really thought about Gameboys as the training ground for Crackberry’s but I can see the connection. Interesting hypothesis … I’ll have to find out if there’s research on that and get back to you.
Just to respond to the flying questions, I’ve taken knitting on the plane several times this summer and I haven’t had any problems with security (or flight attendents). I’ve taken size 1 metal addis and my knit picks needles on and there haven’t been any questions (except from incredulous passengers seated next to me – I think they thought I might stab them). I just always make sure to have actual knitting on the needles. TSA officially says that they’re allowed, but it’s at the “discretion of the screener” and wooden needles are recommended.
I too have a Gameboy child. She’s 13 now, so it’s not quite intense as it used to be, but when a new game comes out, that’s all she wants to do! And I get lots of errands done with no complaints!
I have a couple of responses here…
regarding knitting on planes: Before I left for my trip, I went to http://www.tsa.gov to check out the latest rules on knitting needles on planes. Currently, any knitting or crochet is allowed. I flew with my super-pointy KnitPicks metal needles, no prob.
And regarding the daylight here in Alaska: Today is the longest day of the year, so there really isn’t much darkness. In my bedroom here at my sister’s house, there is no bedside lamp. I was kind of frustrated thinking that I was going to have to get up and turn off the overhead lamp once I was finished reading in bed, until I realized that I didn’t need any artificial light to read. It was 11:30 at night.
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Ah, terriers. As the formerly owned by a JRT (She died this year at 17), I know the terriers. Loveable, cute, more stubborn than anything put on earth with enough energy to power the sun. She was an outrageous hunter and tackled anything. At 13 she had to be stitched up by the vet because she wouldn’t back down from a raccoon (she was under 12 pounds – raccoons will frighten off hunting dogs). If she had been a couple years younger, she would have won. Sounds like we encouraged this behavior. I assure you this was not the case. She lived on 8 acres and patrolled them vigorously.
We also lost another dog to old age this past year. Six months later on the iciest day of the year my husband announced we were ready. So, off we went to the nearest no kill shelter. I was in tears after the first room of dogs. My DH soldiered on and stood in front of a terrier cage (the terrier was rolling over on his back waving his paws and beaming at us) and wanted *that* one. I looked at him and said, but you told me no terriers. He scoffed. We took Sparky and have cats who are pounced on, lots of exercise and sparkling eyes.
Think Timmy is sooo cute–love his glasses!
“In twenty years he will have replaced the Game Boy with something that has a QWERTY keyboard…I only hope it’s as much fun as killing bad guys.”
Uhm, they don’t normally replace them. They tend to just add to the collection. Mike likes to take his PSP with him when he travels – very handy on the plane!