Why is he wearing those, in there, you ask? Simple. He found his sunglasses and wanted to wear them. We were on our way to the tub. Simple.
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Category Archives: Photos
Today’s Photos: Phone Fun
Not a whole lot to see here, really – just a fun little set of pictures of the young man playing around with his (toy) mobile phone. Click on any picture to start the slideshow.
Down on the Farm (Pictures and Videos)
Last Sunday, the sun came out and the temperature jumped up to about 60 degrees, and nearly everyone on this little island emerged from their homes, blinking in the brightness like baby moles, and headed outside for the afternoon. We were no different. Our initial plans for a trip to the London zoo got derailed due to practicalities like naptime and whatnot, so instead we decided Nyan would get in touch with his Iowan roots and headed half an hour north of London, to a place called Lea Valley Park Farms.
It’s tucked into a lovely little valley, and it’s apparently a working farm of some sort, but they have quite a spread that’s open to visitors, with trails, a cafe or two, several areas of games and activities, and animals. Lots of animals. We saw pigs, sheep, goats, donkeys, llamas, rabbits, turkeys, tortoises, chickens, cows, meerkats, guinea pigs, ponies, even an entire sled’s worth of Siberian huskies. Our boy was enthralled by some of the animals, a little freaked out by others (goats, of course, stink to high heaven, and Nyan was not impressed). Here’s a bunch of photos of the lad – expertly shot by Mommy, who was manning the camera (click on any picture to make it bigger and start a nice slideshow):
And some videos. A short one and a longer one of Nyan on the trail – inspecting rocks, falling down, and struttin’ his stuff:
And finally, the creme de la creme: Nyan Thomas riding a tractor. With a little help from Daddy:
Health Update: Easter Blues
We hinted in an earlier post that Nyan’s Easter Weekend wasn’t all it could have been. Indeed. A quick recap, after a photo of a happy guy.
Easter was a four-day weekend here, and 75 percent of it was great. There were museums, visits with friends and family, swimming lessons, cuddles with Mommy and Daddy, and lots of just Nyan being Nyan. And then came Easter Monday.
The day started fine, albeit with a bit of a cough. Around 2pm, the cough was getting worse, and he felt slightly feverish. By 4:30 he was very hot to the touch and had lost all enthusiasm and energy – a sure sign that something wasn’t right. We got out a cheap drugstore thermometer and learned that his temperature was… 105.6 degrees F, or 40.9 C. What?? No way, gotta be wrong, Daddy thought. So we tested it again. Same thing. Cue the mad dash to the emergency room. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s Photos: Easter Bonnet!
On Wednesday evening, Daddy was picking up Nyan from school when one of his carers mentioned there was to be an Easter bonnet parade on Thursday. “Have him bring a hat if you can. It’s too late for an Easter bonnet, I suppose, but that’s okay, just a hat will be fine.” Read the rest of this entry »
Day at the Museum
Nyan Thomas, Mommy and Daddy visited London’s Horniman Musem today – a natural history museum of sorts with a mishmosh of items, including this gigantic taxidermied walrus:
The place is filled with hundreds of such stuffed animals, many of which Nyan has been looking at in his books for months now – so for him, it was like they all came to life. Er, came to being stuffed. You know what I mean. There were owls, foxes, seals, dozens of birds, monkeys, a gorilla… He impressed us at one point by pointing across the room to a case and shouting “Emu!” It was an ostrich, but it looks a lot like an emu, so he definitely gets points for that.
Horniman House also has a small aquarium. It’s really just the right size for a young’un – maybe a dozen tanks of fish, plus a jellyfish display. Enough to keep him interested, but not so overwhelming that it takes hours to get through. Nyan was pretty intrigued, as you can see: Read the rest of this entry »
The Many (Silly) Faces of Nyan Thomas
This evening, in that window between bathtime and bedtime – indeed, between bathtime and getting dressed after bathtime – our hero was in a hyper, silly, jolly mood. Perhaps he’s excited for the four-day weekend? Or maybe he’s just being Nyan Thomas. Whatever the reason, he was being silly. And Daddy was right there with his camera to capture some of the silliness. Without further ado, we give you a slideshow of… Nyan Thomas being silly.
Swimming Update (with photos)
No photos of the actual swimming lessons, sorry – no cameras allowed. But here’s our hero, playing with an umbrella, inside the house:
So then. Last Sunday, Nyan got his second swimming lesson. Read the rest of this entry »
Nyan Had a Bad Week
The poor little guy. It started last Saturday; Mommy took him to Colchester and he was just not his usual happy jolly self. A little grumpy, a little less energetic than usual. We chalked it up to just one of those days.
But then, Sunday morning, he woke up as usual; Daddy fed him some breakfast and all seemed well. But not long after that, as he walked around Mommy and Daddy’s bedroom…. up came his breakfast, and then some. Seriously massive puking, all over the place. Poor Nyan. We got him cleaned up a bit… and he puked again. This happened a couple more times over the next couple of hours; eventually there was no more food left, and he was puking up just brown bile. He was freaked out too – likely by the acids burning his throat on their way up, and just by this new experience, since he’d never really puked before, other than burping up some milk here and there – and he felt slightly feverish and quite limp as well. We gave him a little bit of water with some sugar in it, just to rehydrate him; but that came right back up as well.
That was it; we strapped him into his car seat and headed for the emergency room. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s Photos: Shades
It’s been a bit of a rocky past few days here at Nyan Thomas World HQ. More on all that in a later post. For now, just a fun little slideshow featuring our hero being a silly little guy this past Sunday afternoon. Two quick points:
– It’s amazing how happy and jolly he’s being, given what the poor dude had gone through earlier in the day. (Again, more on that later. Foreshadowing!)
– Doesn’t he look like a bad-ass dude with those shades on? Almost like Schwarzenegger in the Terminator. It’s a perfect tough-guy look – until you notice the cartoon tractor on his onesie PJs.
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