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I now present to you,
The Lead Vocals of my future Rock band,

From the Disney movie “Alladin,”

Transcribed:

Daddy: Woohooooo!!!

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And from the animated movie “Madagascar.”

Transcribed:

Daddy: What was tha…!? (Laughs.)

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How funny is this kid?

One time, we were at the park,
And I was looking at Tyler.

I jokingly nudged Tracy and said,

“Hey, you know, how everybody tells us how cute, handsome and funny Tyler is?”
as I pointed at him,
“I am beginning to wonder if he’s really mine.”

“What are you talking about?” Tracy frustratingly answers back.

I said, “I was just wondering if he got any traits from me. You know.”

“Oh I know one that truly proves he is yours, and you are his father.” She said.

“Really? What?” I eagerly asked.

She said,
“Well, the other day, after changing his clothes,
I saw him, pick up his underwear with his foot.
You’re the only person I know who does that.”

—
Arrgghh!!
The woman wins again!

Although it got me into thinking.

Someday, I have to teach him to pick it up with his foot,
toss it up in the air and catch it.

Then shout “Ta-da!”

(Okay, maybe I shared too much information there.)

It has been almost a month now.
And I guess I can safely say,
that I am very proud to announce.

Tyler is potty trained.

Okay, maybe we sometimes miss “number 2”.
But we got “number 1” down pat.

It is such a beautiful thing.
I still can’t believe that I would love the sound of
pee and poop plummeting down the toilet.

Except maybe that time when I was at work,
and I left the house that morning
with a severe case of diarrhea.
Shivering every time the air conditioner blows at me,
worrying of any possible leakage.
But that’s not important right now.

What is important is that I have learned something new with kids.

You see, kids, by nature, need their parent’s attention.
And once in a while, that attention can not be given immediately.

Let’s say, your kid wants to show you something,
and you’re right in the middle of your favorite TV show.

Or,
Your child wants to play,
but you’re busy cooking or picking up the house.

But, when you’re in potty training mode,
Once your kid says they need to go potty,
You drop everything and accompany them to the toilet.

I don’t care if you are performing bypass surgery on that chicken breast for dinner,
you will drop your scalpel and make sure your kids do their business.

My son, in particular,
immediately caught on
onto this effective, but nasty little trick.

If he wants attention right away,
he tells us he wants to go “potty.”

If he still refuses to go to bed,
he immediately says he needs to go “potty.”
Brings his toys in there, and plays.

And I struggle with the doubt in my mind that,
“Maybe, he really does need to go.”

So,
In conclusion,
I have found out that,
When kids get toilet trained,
apparently, they also learn manipulation.

No matter.
The real upside to this story is,

No more “pull-ups” or “diaper” purchases.

Woohoo!!!!

Enter scene:

Father and 3 year old son,
walking towards the backyard.

Father, holding his coffee cup,
sat by the patio chairs.

3 year old son,
with toy cars in hand,
also sat by the chairs,
putting his toys on the table.

As Father takes a sip of his coffee,
3 year old son, adjusts his chair to get situated,
accidentally hits his leg under the table.

BAM!

3 Year old son shouts,

“Ouch!”

(Silence)

“Damn it!”

Exit scene:

Father, wiping his mouth,
after spitting coffee.

He must have picked that up from either Blues Clues,
or Dora the Explorer.
Or his Mother.

Because “Father”, still swears in Filipino.
Well.
He tries, at least.

(Tyler’s New Thingies)

These ones are not as new as the title implies.
And I just realized, I am never going to be
on time with this.

Tyler has been doing these for quite some time now.
But I am going to share it nevertheless.

As my son grows,
his vocabulary develops quite rapidly as well.

He already knows his numbers and alphabets,
and his shapes and colors.

He even knows oval, octagon and hexagon.

Knows his colors, accurately,
but he seems to call Blue as “Color Blue.”
Yellow is just yellow,
Red is red,
White is white,
Green is green,
Brown is brown,
Except blue.
Blue is always “Color Blue.”

Another thing he has been doing for quite some time,
is that he knows automobile logos.

Walking at the parking lot is always a treat.
And he has to touch the emblems while he says it.
Honda is Honda,
Ford is Ford,
Chevy is Chevy,
Dodge is Dodge,
Toyota is … well, actually sounds more like “Kayota.”
Volkswagen is “Poksbangin.”
Mercury is Mercury,
Acura is Acura.
Except Nissan.
He calls Nissan , “Nissan Bye bye.”
I guess because that’s our car,
and he remembers it as “Bye bye.”

Driving around town is quite entertaining too.
He would point them out as he sees them outside.

“Look!, Red Chevy.”
“Look! Green Honda.”
“Look! Color Blue Kayota.”

Oh, and if he ever sees something he doesn’t know,
or not familiar with,
He calls it “This.”

“Look! This!”

The kid is so cute and funny.
I’m keeping him.

–Also, I put up more pictures of him
from his 3rd birthday and some portrait photos.

I can’t tell if my son is saying,

Buzz Lightyear.

Or, Budweiser.

No matter how much I try.

But the more he says it,
The more I wanted to start drinking.

Heavily.

I am tired.

(Tyler’s New Thingies)

I call this,
Random Cuteness.

Enter scene:
At the back porch,
Daddy reading the paper,
Tyler playing with his toy cars.

Then it started to rain.

Tyler: Oh no! Daddy! It’s weyning. (Raining)

Daddy: Huh?

Tyler: Weyning!

Daddy: (Joking around) What do you mean?

Tyler: Weyning. Daddy!

Daddy: What are you talking about?

(Tyler pauses and thinks)

Tyler: Daddy! It’s Weyning Water!

Well, what can you say?
He’s actually right.
I can’t argue with that.

On a side note,
Today, Tyler learns to pedal his 3 wheeler bike.
On his own.
Daddy feels very proud.
Now I better go and absorb more of his cuteness.

Here are some cool links:

Stuff we thought were true when we were kids —> iusedtobelieve.com
20 must eat hamburgers before you die —> men.style.com
Dumbest rules in sports —> espn sports
Winners of the 2005 World Stupidity Awards —> WSA.com

Tyler’s New Thingies

My son is really talking a lot now,
and he really absorbs and copies every single thing he hears.

It’s really great how he remembers the lines on every video he watches.
I think he memorized “The Incredibles”, “Toy Story”, and other Pixar movies.
And now he’s addicted to “Cat in the Hat”.

But he also says a whole lot of other stuff.
A lot of sweet stuff.
Like,

Whenever Tracy goes to work,
He tells his Mom, “wearful” (careful).
He will hug you and lay his head on your shoulder and say “uhyadoo” (I love you).

He says “please” and “thank you”.
(Actually, it’s more like, “pees” and “tehyu”)

It’s amazing how kids know and understand more than you think.

The other day, as I was preparing him lunch,
I told him to get on his high chair.
And he did!

Tonight, I told him to help me pick up his toys before nite-nite,
He did put his toys in his toy chest.

It’s quite amazing really.

All the words he says might still not be clear,
but being with him all the time,
makes me understand them quite plainly.

Although there was one time,
he did say something very, very apparent.

He was playing with his cars one day on the table,
and I told him to be careful
because some of them are just about to fall on the floor.

So I said,
“Tyler, watch out! Your cars are gonna fall”

No reaction from him.

I say it again,
“Tyler be careful, you might drop your cars.”

Still nothing.

So, after a bit,
I heard some of his cars fall on the floor.
I came up to him but he didn’t see me.
Then all I heard him say was,

“Oh shit!”

All I remember doing was…
Well, nothing.
I think I just stood there, frozen and speechless.
Could he have heard this from me?
The realization of what and how I do things,
would reflect on my son, based on how he sees or hear me,
suddenly flooded my whole train of thought.

Now this is where I would need your help people.
How in the world am I going to explain this to his Mother.
Or his GrandMothers? Or other people.

Wait! Tracy’s Mom does read this site.

“Oh shit!” I’m in trouble.

Now let me add some cool links,
so we could all forget that stuff I wrote.

On a side note,

I would like to say Thanks to Doug,
who left me some great comments about the song “Cliffs of Dover”.
I tried replying to you, but my email kept coming back.
So, thanks again, Doug.

And here are the links,

Find out what your child’s eye color is going to be —-> eye calculator
How about some Air Hockey —-> Boomgames.com
See a secret, share a secret. —-> Postsecret
Online newspapers from all countries —-> Newspaperindex
How scary is it to live in Chicago? —-> Chicago crime database
Tips on how to drive your SUV —-> esuvee.com

(Tyler’s new thingies)

This will be a short one,
but I just have to write it down.

The other night,
I was getting Tyler ready for bed.
He usually tries to run away from me
and attempts to squeeze in a last minute playtime.

But when I finally got him settled down,
I put on his pajamas,
and looked up at me and said,

“Thank you, Daddy.”

I wish I could explain how it feels when your heart melts.

Oh and then that following day,
He also told his mother,
“Thank you, Momma.”

Yes.
All is right in the universe.

(Tyler’s New Thingies)

Shazee, shazee, shazee, shazee.

Okay, this might not be a new one,
I just remembered it a couple of days ago.

One good thing about spending time with your growing kids,
is that whenever they are learning to talk,
you get to understand the words right away,
even though the word is in its garbled, rawest form.

Like when Tyler and I are playing,
and he would try to leave and get more of his toys.
He would stand up, and look at me,
stretch his arm out, and say “RayBak” (I’ll be “Right Back”)
Then he goes and comes back.

When he said this the first time,
I noticed it right away.

When he wants to go outside,
he grabs his shoes,
hands them to me, and says “Shoosh.”

When there’s a plane that fly’s by,
he looks up, points to the sky and shouts, “Ehhpayn.”

When he remembers Nemo,
he would march around the house,
chanting “Meemo, meemo, meemo…..”

Sometimes I would make him remember Dory,
we chant, “Dowee, dowee, dowee…..”

Or sometimes Woody, “Wooee, wooee, wooee…..”

These words are easily recognizable,
and as I stay with him,
I get to decipher them almost right away.

But one time he was chanting,
marching around the room,
and I couldn’t figure it out.

He goes, “Shazee, shazee, shazee…..”

I don’t get it.

So I just thought it’s just something that he learned how to say,
and he’s just saying it, just because.

Then one day,
we just got done having lunch,
and I switched the channel on TV,
and an episode of “The Jerry Springer Show” caught my attention.
And as they go to commercial,
The audience chanted “Jerry, jerry, jerry…..”

Here comes Tyler, marching around the room.
“Shazee, shazee, shazee…..”

*Note to self,
Never watch “The Sopranos” when Tyler is around.

Anyways,
Here are some more cool links,

This one is just called, “turn left” —-> Left
A Donkey-Kong Spin-off —-> Banana-Barrage
Come clean and start anew —-> comeclean.com
The face of tomorrow —-> Human Face Globally
I know it’s late but who cares? —-> x-mas bash
Is it so wrong to wish them dead? —-> annoyingneighbors.com