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I thought I’d have a great photo op on Saturday when I took J to his grandparent’s house to see a 6-day-old calf, but I thought wrong. I’ve obviously done a poor job toughening him up because when we walked into the barn and he heard the mama cow mooing, he immediately went stiff as a board and started screaming. Red, his cousin, also started screaming. So, instead of getting some adorable pictures of him hugging a slightly dirty calf, I abandoned the camera on a bale of straw and cuddle the little man until he calmed down a little.
Instead, I’ve got a shot of J checking out his dirty hand, not pointing at me like a gun. Really. I swear. My dad hasn’t gotten him THAT corrupted–of course, if he were a little older, I wouldn’t have put it past him. Grandpa helped train his three-year-old granddaughter to mention that the large fiberglass orange moose she passes on the way to Grandpa’s house has balls. Yeah, you heard right. She now says, “The orange moose has balls, Grandma!”
The orange mouse is NOT anatomically correct. I do not know where they get this stuff. It does kind of make a person giggle though, doesn’t it ;)
14 responses so far ↓
1 starfish // Apr 13, 2008 at 8:00 pm
You just never know what’s going to set them off, right? And my guy does the same thing with his hands - hates to have any kind of dirt or food on them. J is getting so big - time flies, huh?
2 Vered // Apr 13, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Your dad sounds a lot like my dad. He teaches my kids words that I would really prefer if they didn’t learn. At all. Definitely not while they’re still so young.
Cute photo!
3 MelodyA. // Apr 14, 2008 at 5:49 am
I love how is face is all bundled up.
4 Carrie // Apr 14, 2008 at 7:23 am
That is a great picture, the look on his face is precious. The story of your niece and the moose’s balls is hilarious–I drove past the orange moose last week on my way home from the Twin Cities.
5 megan // Apr 14, 2008 at 10:50 am
i love that his little mouth is covered by his hat! nice processing, too!
6 Kristen // Apr 14, 2008 at 11:59 am
Give him time - he’ll warm up to the cows. Some of the best little kid pictures of this city girl are me snuggled up to a cow at my grandpa’s farm - granted, I was a few years older than J.
7 Maggie // Apr 14, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I LOVE his hat! That is so great!
It always amazes me the things that can totally freak kids out — sometimes they are not at all what you would expect!
8 Michelle Ellis // Apr 14, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Love it!!!
I want a t-shirt that says,”The Orange Moose has Balls”
Kids rock!
9 natalie // Apr 14, 2008 at 7:30 pm
He’s the poster child for complete and UDDER cuteness! If I lived anywhere remotely near where “the snow is melting this afternoon” I’d have to come over just to adoringly oogle over him.
10 susiej // Apr 14, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Kids need a Grandpa like that!! I love his cute little coat, and his face.
11 phyllis // Apr 14, 2008 at 8:21 pm
omg that is so cute. and i know that “ew yucky mommy my hand is dirty” look too….
12 Jenn // Apr 14, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I totally agree, give him some time - his face is totally cute, and I love the pose - my Z is just like that - a spec of dirt and he’s NOT happy!
13 carrie // Apr 14, 2008 at 9:11 pm
oh that hat! and the expression - it is all great!!
14 Jaimee // Apr 14, 2008 at 9:33 pm
What a cute picture–his little outfit is sooo cute!
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