Nyan Thomas and everyone here at Nyan Thomas World HQ wish all of our friends and family around the globe a safe, happy and healthy 2014.
We thought we’d kick off the new year by looking back at the old year – a whole bunch of pictures from the last 12 months. We picked three shots from each month in 2013 and present them here, pretty much in the order in which they were taken. (Click on any photo to make it big and start a slideshow.)
Enjoy – and check back often to see what antics our boy gets up to in 2014!
Our boy totally adores his cousin Mia, who is five years older than him and who lives in Iowa. They don’t get to see each other too often, sadly, but when they get together, he follows her around non-stop and whatever she does, he does. We try to use this to our advantage – for instance, if Nyan isn’t eating his veggies (or anything at all), we ask Mia to take a bite. She’s happy to comply, and when Nyan sees her chowing down on a piece of broccoli, for instance, he does the same.
They have a lot of fun together regardless. They both love to read:
Earlier this month, Uncle* Jeff came through London on business and stayed with us a few nights. Nyan hung out with Jeff and Aunt Michelle in June, and never forgot the red double-decker bus that they bought for him. So he was very happy to see Jeff, to say the least.
(*Technically not his uncle – Jeff is Daddy’s cousin which makes him, what, a second cousin or something. But Uncle is easier.)
There were lots of hugs, shoulder rides, book-reading and general fun.
On Sunday morning, we headed to the Docklands neighborhood of London, where they’ve set up a free exhibit showing new technologies that will make cities more liveable in the future, or something like that. Lots of things for Nyan to play around with and explore: Read the rest of this entry »
So sayeth young Nyan Thomas earlier this month as he jetted from London, to Chicago, to Iowa City, and back again. He’s always been a great flyer – he’s been airborne since he was about four months old – and even as he has become more alert, and more of a handful in some ways, he’s still pretty much a pure pleasure to travel with.
Here’s the lad on our flight from London to Chicago, including a nice long nap.
We had a somewhat lengthy layover in Chicago; our hero passed the time by running around, chatting up strangers, offering grapes to fellow passengers, etc. Standard stuff. Here:
Near the end of that video, when Nyan says ‘I look at bike, Daddy,’ he’s referring to the Harley-Davidson motorcycle we had earlier come across – a chopper that was inexplicably just sitting there in the terminal. Nyan was oohing and ahh-ing over it, and some dude standing there said ‘Go ahead, he can get on it!’ So up Nyan went. Then the dude, who I had thought was somehow in charge of the bike, walked off. Oh well. Nyan had a blast:
Last December, while we were in Iowa for Christmas, we took Nyan to a local photo studio for some shots. They came out quite well (you can see them in this post from this time last year). Earlier this month, we had a somewhat unexpected, quite last-minute trip to Iowa and managed to squeeze in another shoot at the same studio.
It didn’t go quite as well. Why? Because we have a two-and-a-half-year-old, basically.
Our boy getting into the holiday spirit: a few weeks back, Mommy was going shopping on the High Street and asked Nyan if he wanted to come along. Why yes, yes he did. And of course he insisted on carrying the shopping bag. Because he’s a big boy.
Of course he got distracted by varions streetscape sounds on the walk, as he does.
Bonus photo of Nyan wearing Daddy’s shoes, just ’cause he can.
We’ve posted one picture from this collection a while back, but here’s the full story of Nyan Thomas at the library. He wanted to stop in there one night on his way home from school, and who are we to refuse him a trip to the library?
He loves playing on the computer:
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Here’s a video that starts on the computer and follows him around the library as he discovers a new toy:
Nothing better than finding little nook to curl up in and read a good book:
He also played with the library’s giant stuffed animals. The pile you see here is because, as Nyan put it, “They sleeping.” So he decided to join them.
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And here he is hanging out with his pal Winnie the Pooh. Who promptly falls down.
Check out this smorgasbord of random shots from the month of November. Nothing much to say about these pictures, which pretty much speak for themselves. (Except for that one, where he’s wearing something funny on his head (not even sure what it was) and opening all the drawers on the dresser. That’s just how Nyan Thomas rolls.
The other day, the school down the road had a Christmas fair, and they had a fire truck stop by for all the kids to check out. So of course we checked it out.
Bonus photos from later that same day. Is this kid a fashion plate or what??
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