Our little genius

Milo now has his very own computer, thanks to the kindness and generosity of Mister Don. We brought it home this afternoon, and set it up in the living room. I installed a couple of games on it, and right away, Milo started using it like an old pro. He's only played on our computer a couple of hours before this, so he picked up all the necessary skills immediately. I went outside to clean up after the dogs (what else do I ever do out there??) and when I came back in, Milo was playing a different game. He was still in the same program, but he figured out on his own how to get back to the menu and choose something else to do. Brilliant, I know!!

Milo entertaining himself on his very own computer. He used it, mostly on his own, from around 3 this afternoon, until after 7:30 tonight. We only took a break to eat dinner. Pretty much all I had to do for him was change out the CDs!

Little. Yellow. Gnomish

After the monsoon ended on Wednesday, we had a huge puddle in the backyard. So of course, being the mud magnet that he is, Milo made a beeline for it the second I let him outside. Quinn was right behind him, because Quinn is one water-lovin' dog. (Lily was outside too, but she stays as far away from water and water-related activities as she possibly can.) I figured, what the heck, it's not too cold outside...besides how dirty can they get? What a mistake. Who knew how much fun you can have with a dog, a Flintstone car and a gnome-sized kid?

Milo was soaked to the waist after splashing around, and when he took his boots off in the house, a small lake came out of them. He was a good boy and listened to me when I asked him to please disrobe in the kitchen, to keep the mud bath to a minimum inside the house. Milo went right into the tub afterward, and all the clothes went in the washing machine. His boots I just rinsed out and hung upside down. I wish I could have put Quinn in the washer also, but alas, I just had to towel dry him the best I could :)

The Olympic Spin Event

Milo's friend Autumn loves to do the sit-n-spin as much as Milo does. When Autumn comes to visit, she usually brings her spinner. How the two of them do this for so long, is beyond me. We get dizzy just watching them!

Milo's Mad Dance SKills

Milo loves to dance! This is a kid who will dance for anybody, anytime. On New Year's Day, we were in Lowe's, waiting in line, and the cash register girl the next lane said hi to him. Milo said, "You wanna see me hula?" and proceeded to do the hula-hula right then and there for her. She didn't know what to make of it, but I was laughing so hard, I was crying.

Milo decided he needed to boogie to Ragtop Day the other day, and wanted his big guitar and his little Guitar Heroes guitar, so he could play the music along with Buffett. I was in a nostalgic mood, so I set up my record player that afternoon, and played Milo some music from my wild youth. As a result, Milo learned how to do the Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. We must have Time Warped about 5,000 times that day. He added the wooden spoons for extra fun.

By the way, the concept of records is fascinating to Milo, and to the dogs. The dogs both sat in front of the turntable and watched it spin around and around. I cannot imagine what they were thinking. Milo just thinks records are cool because they are so big! And black! And he's not allowed to touch them!

Christmas videos

As promised, the Christmas videos. We took a lot more than this, but they're pretty much all the same, so this is a fair representation of the joy that Santa brought to our house that morning.