Sunday, March 26, 2006

Jack-Jack at Home

I returned from New Orleans with this Mardi Gras jester hat for jack. He looks great in it, of course!

Jack loves swinging around upside-down.
In case you were wondering, this is what a one-year-old looks like when he is coated with a fine sheen of egg and maple syrup.
I sometimes take advantage of Jack's sleepytime to get in a little Xbox time.
Jack's cousin Nora sent a Flat Stanley to Jack. As always he was very excited to get some mail!
Jack thought Flat Stanley was DELICIOUS! He will have a whole bunch of adventures with Flat Stanley and will send some pictures to nora soon.
Yep, this kid can fall asleep anywhere.
Daddy's not the only one with a fixation on the TV and Xbox games.
Avocado -- another chart topper on the "smear this all over my face" hit parade.

Auntie Megan

This one above is an inside joke . . . anyway, Aunt Megan came to visit over her spring break and spent a lot of time visiting with her nephew, reading him stories, going to the beach, and visiting Disneyland. . .

Beach Bum











Disney, as usual

Disney haters, avert your eyes now. Naturally we took a trip over to Disneyland when Megan was here, and started our day with a delicious breakfast at Storytellers Cafe in the Grand Californian Hotel. They have a Chip & Dale-themes character breakfast there so various woodland creatures were visitng our table. Jack in the past has been nonplussed by these costumed characters but this time he really responded, and the cast members paid a lot of attention to him, especially Dale and her ape friend from Tarnzan. They spent a lot of time on the floor playing with Jack and he ate it up, as you can see.
Aunt Megan, proving she's a weiner....
... by telling Mulan how much she loves her work.

I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. De Mille

Jack's big break into show business came while Megan was visiting. One of my class mates at AFI needed a vivacious baby to play a bit part in her thesis film. Of course, I volunteered Jack as he is a bundle of laughs. However, it took a long time to get to his set-ups, so this weas the result:
Game though the efforts were to rouse him, they were for naught. They shot the sequence anyway, but it will probably need to be reshot. Jack's ready to go next time.