Young Rock Star

Young Rock Star
Originally uploaded by LosOdom

So we are one of the umpteen million households that have been bitten by the Rock Band bug. Here is Logan totally show boating on lead guitar during his favorite Nirvana song. This is because clearly he is so skilled, he doesn't even need to be looking at the screen as he achieves perfection on expert level.

Fishie

Fishie
Originally uploaded by LosOdom

Fishie is the man. Fishie the betta fish has been with us for about 4 years. Most memorably, he travelled with us during the Rita evacuation... where he rode in a sippy cup in the driver's side door cupholder, for a 30-hour trip. Fishie, here's to you!

Happy B-day Joshua

Cousin Joshua had his 4th bday party yesterday, complete with moonwalk.. Good times!
 

Yoga Night Adventures

So Tuesdays and Thursdays are "yoga night" at our household, the few nights a week where daddy is to be at home on time to feed and entertain the kiddos while mom goes to her happy place at yoga.

Tonight was more entertaining than usual.  Right as I sat the kids down to eat, I got an call from my sis, whose husband had left his wallet at home, and they needed it ran to the airport ASAP.

Long story short: Natalie and Logan got a surprise trip to the airport Dennys for dinner.  Note that Natalie is still in her Barbie dressup costume.

Perfect Little Angels...

Well, at least they were for this split second!  :-)

AHOT

AHOT = Angleton House of Tacos

The family enjoys some tacos, menudo and cafe after church.

Scooting at Night = Danger

So my bro-in-law and I both like to ride our children's barbie scooters.  It's all fun and games until someone tries to ride over a hole in the sidewalk and eats some pavement. Weeeee.

Pass the Pigs

Pass the Pigs is a pretty sweet game that my big sis got me for Christmas.  It's kind of a cross between yhatzee and pig farming.  Here is Natalie showing off the pigs.

Moen'in the Blues

I'll skip to the moral of this story.... the next time you need to replace a kitchen sink fixture, don't use Moen.


Moen is crap. Our kitchen faucet, up until today, was a Moen. It sprung a leak in a valve, and so it was time to cruise up to the Home Depot. Here was our list of faucets we tried:

#1: FAILED. We bought a Delta faucet that looked like it might fit the bill, but once we got it home, it didn't curve high enough and it was ruled a failure. We returned that one to Home Depot.

#2: FAILED. Then we cruise over to Lowe's, and found a newer version of the same Moen faucet we had, which my wife really likes (the style). We bought it, I got home to put it together, and I was *shocked* at the poor quality of some of the valve fittings and hardware. One of the couplings was a SNAP-IN, PLASTIC part. It did not work, and after installation, I already spotted a slow leak at that plastic coupling. Bonk. Returned that one, too.

#3: SUCCESS. After returning that one, I decided that we weren't messing around anymore. I picked a Price Pfister faucet that was as close as possible to our original fixture, and I was very pleased. All-metal, brass, copper, and stainless steel on the parts. Good instructions, and a lifetime warranty. Thank you, we have a winner.

"Momma, Do I Look Beeeeeautiful?"

So.... Natalie has a new haircut. So, while Mommy was trying to create Christmas cards, Natalie and Logan were quietly cutting paper with kids scissors. Natalie comes up to me and says, "Momma, do I look beautiful." The first thought was 'oh crap what did she do.' So I take a good look. No it's not lip stick. No it's not fingernail polish. No nothing to do with a marker. Then I see it. YES... Natalie cut her hair.

Before:


After:



All I could do was cry. I had to hide in the closet so that I can calm myself down and figure out what I should do next. Natalie then realized that she did something wrong and started crying too.





She cleaned all her hair up with the dog tap roller thing.







WOW!!!

Floating top

Floating top
Originally uploaded by LosOdom

one of my coworkers at WFM has a very cool magnetic top that when spun properly, it floats, suspended by magnetic force. Just to showboat, we encased it in a glass jar while it remained spinning.

Zoo Station

George and Crew
Originally uploaded by LosOdom

We have posted 50+ new photos at our Flickr photo site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/losodom/). Just as a reminder, we make nearly all of our photos private to friends and family, so please email us so we can add your email address to the friends and family list! This latest group features photos from our Nephew Joseph's birthday party near the San Antonio Zoo, including a very cool up-close tour of the penguin habitat. Enjoy.

Soccer Monster!

Natalie's first soccer game was today! She is a member of the Blue Sharks, a team in the Hays County U5 League. Attached are the video highlights.

Nite Nite Spidey

Nite Nite Spidey
Originally uploaded by LosOdom

So, since Saturday the 21st, Logan has been wearing his Spider Man costume. Today would be day number four. He and the costume have become one. He even gets upset when it's time to go potty because we have to take it off. So, I guess maybe we need to add other super hero costumes to the repertoire, just so we'll be able to wash them from time to time.

Natalie's First Haircut!

Well... I guess it had to happen sooner or later.... Natalie got her first haircut!  She has been asking about getting one for some time, so we finally decided to let her get one today, along with Logan.

She really was excited, but she got *so* relaxed when they shampooed her hair, that she looks really mellow in most of these pictures.  After we left, she was pretty psyched, and told everyone that would listen about her haircut.

Even though she got 6 inches clipped, it was mostly in the back, and just evened her hair out.  She still has *plenty* of long locks to spare.  Enjoy the pictures! (click through the image to see the rest)

Odom Photos: Now on Flickr

Hi Everyone, we have exciting news (well at least I think it's exciting). My sister got me a subscription to Flickr, a photo-sharing service. I have uploaded all 3,956 of our family photos since 2001, for our family and friends to enjoy.

While it will take us a while to organize the pictures into sets and collections, you can browse in chronological order at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/losodom/archives/

Also, for those of you RSS feed reading fools, subscribe to our Flickr RSS feed address.

Enjoy!

I ated your stampz

I ated your stampz
Originally uploaded by LosOdom

Yes, who can forget the time Logan ate part of his sister's stamp collection.

The Story Behind The Picture: The Rainbow

karyna_rainbow01_altered
Originally uploaded by LosOdom

This is one of my favorite pictures of Karyna... it was taken on June 8th, 2001. We were visiting my friend's dairy goat farm, right after it had rained. I didn't even realize there was a rainbow until I downloaded this picture, days later.

Minivan Safari

A few weekends ago we did the Safari at Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch. While it is kind of expensive ($15/adult, $7/child), it is definitely something worth doing once. The kids and abuelos really enjoyed it, and Karyna enjoyed it right up until the point that a Zebra got nice and friendly with her.

Dancing Diva