Tuesday, December 27, 2005
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Giggle Happy
Today I entertained August by tossing various objects into the air and catching them in various contorted positions. Oh yes, and sound effects. Sound effects are essential- "Whoosh, wham, whump!"
August giggled the repetitive- "Huh, uh, uh, uh, uh..." until he was red in the face. In time, I will teach him to make that sound when he is imitating a machine gun. For know, he'll be trigger happy with giggles.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Phat
Gus is fat. Say that once out loud- "Gus is fat." Thats good. Now say it again, but this time let the "uh" in "Gus" sag to the floor when you say it- "G- uugh-sss".
I've been working on it for some time now and I almost have it perfected. You have to make it sound like someone is punching you in the stomach mid-word to get it to sound right.
Of course, the whole point of this is to get his name to sound like his belly looks. Gus is fat- for a Grauke anyway, and compared to before. Go on and take another look at that picture of him in the bath. Thats a round little head popping up there.
He is also living up to his in-utero name, "Cub." He growls good. Say that- "Gus growls good." Now I just need to teach him to say it on command.
"Hey August, are you a wild animal?"
"Grrrrrrrr..."