Dinner With Scott, Gemma, and Milo!

Scott, Gemma, and Milo came over for dinner last night!  I didn't take very many photos but here are a few.

Scott throwing Parker up to the ceiling, which might his new favourite thing ever.

Milo watching Parker fly.

Scott teaching Parker some advanced calculus.

This might be some sort of UFC submission move, I think?

Milo loooooved the corn!  He ate all of his (you can see the carcass on his plate), then ate half of Scott's (the carcass next to the plate) and then ate the other half of Scott's (the one in his mouf).

This was the Scott photo shoot, apparently!  No photos of April or Gemma, just Scott.

Fancy New Look?

Blogger has new easy-to-configure templates so I figured maybe it's time for a change!  I'm not 100% sure if I like it or not, so maybe I'll keep switching it up but it looks kind of cool for now.

Fancy New Look!

Blogger has some new easy-to-configure templates and I figured this pink one looked kind of girly, so the blog has a new look!  Yay!

Random Photos

Just hanging out, being a little boy.

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Um, yeah.

Kisses from Mommy!

Parker's Phone Calls

When Parker makes pretend phone calls now, they go something like this:

"Oh hi, this is Garrett Elliott....  um, okay...  thanks, bye!"

I guess I leave a lot of voice mail while he's around?

Parker's Blog Sells Out, Part 2

So, that didn't last very long, and I'm not entirely sure why.  I got this email from Google yesterday:

Hello,

After reviewing our records, we've determined that your AdSense account
poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a
responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due
to invalid activity, we've found it necessary to disable your AdSense
account. Your outstanding balance and Google's share of the revenue will
both be fully refunded back to the affected advertisers.

Please understand that we need to take such steps to maintain the
effectiveness of Google's advertising system, particularly the
advertiser-publisher relationship. We understand the inconvenience that
this may cause you, and we thank you in advance for your understanding and
cooperation.

If you have any questions or concerns about the actions we've taken, how
you can appeal this decision, or invalid activity in general, you can find
more information by visiting
http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team


So, I guess they disabled my AdSense account there's a risk of invalid activity?  I'm not entirely sure what that means, since it seemed like I was making money according to their statistics.  But now it sounds like they've taken away everything I've made so far.  Um, thanks, Google.  Sure, it was only like $8 but still.  Ah well.  The blog looks better without ads for vacations and pharmaceuticals anyways.  So I guess my money-making experience has officially failed!

Put Me Down, Daddy!

A photo my mom took yesterday.  Parker doesn't look nearly as happy as I do!

Nana & Papa's House

Before our new baby comes, April and I came up with a plan to give each other a free weekend to hang out and do whatever we want (since it might be our last chance for a while).  So this weekend I decided to bring Parker to Dresden to visit my parents while she had a book club, and did some scrap booking, and a bit of shopping and movie-watching!  We left on Friday morning and are sticking around until Wednesday morning.  I actually forgot to bring my camera (and realized it as soon as I pulled onto the 401, of course) but luckily Parker had his camera handy.  Here are some photos.

It was a long drive on the 401 because we had to stop for a lot of bathroom breaks.  Here's a rest stop!  I highly recommend their washrooms.

Parker reading some books.  I love how he sits with his leg crossed.  It seems like he should be reading The New Yorker while wearing a top hat and monocle.  Instead, he's reading Dora.

Some tall buildings as we pass through Toronto.

Parker trying to see where we're going, or if there are any train tracks coming.

We made it to Nana and Papa's house!  Yay!

Watching some TV.  I think CSI was on.

Just kidding, it was Elmo.

Parker and Nana playing a game.

Strolling through the kitchen with some serious arm swinging.

Playing some songs on the farm fridge magnet thing.  If you press the frog button at the top it plays 3 or 4 different songs.  He really likes when it plays Six Little Ducks (at least that's what Google says it's called).

Parker's been doing this weird thing lately where he walks really close to a wall, or chair, or some sort of surface while staring at it as he walks.  I keep reminding him to watch where he's walking so he doesn't bonk his head on a door knob or fall into an open manhole cover, but he seems to be really into this right now for some reason.

Enjoying some chocolate milk with his lunch while watching some birds in the back yard.

Being a little chef with Nana!  He helped make "chocolate cookies", which were actually just little chocolate muffin things.

Pour pour pour!

Parker took this photo of Nana.

And he took this photo of Papa.

Connor, Mason, and Uncle Devon came for a visit yesterday!  Here's Connor.

Here's my BFF Mason.

Mason showing Parker some Elmo stickers.

Parker's Own Camera

I picked up a Kid-Tough Digital Camera for Parker the other day thinking he could take his own photos for the blog every now and then and so far so good.  The camera is really sturdy and I don't think it'll break if he throws it down a flight of stairs, but the photo quality leaves a bit to be desired.  I guess when your child is three you don't really need 22 megapixels or anything, but I wish the images were a BIT sharper with better colours.  Ah well.  It's still nice that he can take his own, so here is his first public gallery:

My watch and Parker's leg, blown out by the built-in flash.  

Parker's face, also blown out by the built-in flash.

zomg THE RING

I took this one while we were driving around.  It's not bad in the day light.

Parker takes a lot of photos of his face.

April making scrambled eggs for Parker and Gabriel.

Me vacuuming the basement.

Me making lunch.

Parker's lunch.

One of our washrooms with a car in it.

Parker's face again.

From The Vault

Some old photos I found on a backup disc a while back!  Who are those young'uns without a 3-year old and an impending little girl?  

My old room had the kewlest basketball posters evar.

Well before Grey's Anatomy was cool, April and I were ahead of the curve at this old Hallowe'en party.

I don't look pleased by this nice hug.

I look happier with this hug though.  2001!  Man, that was a long time ago!