Oh glorious day; the day when a father can pass down one of his traditions to his son.  In this case, it would be watching (and liking) some of my old cartoon shows – such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Not the new ones, this is the old ones from my era as a kid.  My brother and I would watch this show all the time, draw pictures, record it on VHS and watch the episodes over and over and over again.

Recently Mario bought the first couple seasons from Columbia House.  I happened to be at his house watching the kids I put it on to see if he’d take to it.  And boy did he ever.  He barely moved – every time it the ending credits came on he’d say, “I need more turtles.”  I assured him the next episode would come.  At the end of the night, we were ready to leave and I told him we’re going.  He pissed and moaned about “his turtles”.  I told him no, but I thought it’d be OK with Mario if I borrowed it.  Alex looked at the DVD artwork all the way home.

Today’s Outing

On another note we finally went to the pool today and it was very nice.  The pool has alot of 2-3 feet playing area so Alex had more room to roam around.  It was nice, but I still had to watch him so he wouldn’t drown himself.  I forgot who got him a Lightening McQueen floater, but we put some air into it (from my lungs) and it was also cool having a floating device that fully kept Alex on top of the water without my intervention.

Later on we went bicycle riding in the complex and that was pretty OK too.  Alex is learning to ride the full kiddy bike my parents bought him.  He’s more used to the peddling on his tricycle than the regular pedals on a bike – but he is making great progress.  The only issue is when he’s finished with the bike – I have to be the one to carry it – and it’s remarkably heavy, for a kid’s bike.

Both kids are asleep and I don’t know what to do right now (wierd).  I’m tired of the computer and we don’t have many DVDs.  I guess I’ll have to watch Back to the Future, again!

For some reason I seem more optomistic than I did before. I really hope this movie turns out well. What’s so funny about this is when move studios started to butcher.. ah I mean produce comic-book movies and other shows from my generation I vowed that I would make a GI Joe movie. They could mess up everything else, but no one should touch GI Joe. I was very afraid when I heard they were thinking about doing a live action Joe movie. After watching this – the casting seems reasonable, I will pray for good scripting and acting.