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Nyan Thomas, Transvestite Farmer

15 Sep

Our boy is definitely a boy’s boy. Without any prompting from us or anyone, he fell in love with every truck, fire engine, airplane, car, tractor, or noisy mechanical thing you can think of. He loves to be loud, he loves horseplay, he loves to make a mess. He’s a boy.

But.

He also likes to wear dresses.

We’re of course okay with that. It’s just costume dresses that he puts on at school some days, and refuses to take off when it’s time to go home. Fair enough; if it makes him happy, he can wear a dress home. The only possible downside, far as we’re concerned, is that someday we’ll be able to embarrass him with photos and videos of him wearing a dress.

Like here. The other day, he wanted to play with his toy tractor and truck out in the backyard. While still wearing his dress. We present this without comment or judgment; just enjoy our boy being, um, a boy.

Please note that at the end of this video, when he pushes the trailer and it slides out from under him and he splats on the ground… he was not harmed whatsoever. The video ends abruptly ’cause Daddy wanted to make sure Nyan was fine. And he was. I guess maybe the dress padded his fall?

 

 

 

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Posted by on September 15, 2013 in Video

 

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Road Trip: Sissinghurst Castle

10 Sep

Autumn has unfortunately arrived here in ol’ Blighty, with cool temps, overcast skies and occasional and sometimes heavy rain. So let’s take a trip back in time, about six short weeks ago, when the air was warm and filled with sunshine, the flowers were in bloom, and Nyan took Mommy, Grandma and Grandpa on a day trip to Sissinghurst Castle, about an hour outside of London. (Daddy got to stay behind and go to work, hooray!)

It’s more of a grand old house than a castle, to be honest (at least in Daddy’s opinion, having not been there), but it’s still gorgeous, with flowers and hedge mazes and old buildings everywhere you look. It’s part of the National Trust which means it’s both old and notable (and preserved).

Here then are a few photos from the day. (click on any photo to enlarge and start a slide show)

 
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Posted by on September 10, 2013 in Photos

 

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Today’s Videos: at the Playground

09 Sep

One of the nice things about our new home is that the walk to and from school takes us right through a nice leafy park. And it’s got a great playground area, where Nyan gets to visit on many days on his way home. Here are a couple of videos Mommy took on a recent visit.

 
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Posted by on September 9, 2013 in Video

 

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Another Blast from the Past

09 Sep

Just found another old video, this one from October 2011 – Nyan was about 3 and a half months old. It’s short and sweet: a Mommy and her boy.

 
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Posted by on September 9, 2013 in Video

 

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Running Man

06 Sep

Oh the things we do on weekends to make sure our little man is tuckered out by the end of the day. One of his (our) favorite things is to run little laps around the house, oftentimes yelling and shouting. Like here.

Of course, he’s pretty easily distracted, by his toy truck or the overhead light. But, we’re happy to report, this running around does the trick and makes bedtime much easier!

 
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Posted by on September 6, 2013 in Video

 

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Walking Home from School

05 Sep

This is our boy. Always curious, always looking around, always touching things to see how they feel. (And always trying to get into cars!) Mommy shot this video on the walk home from school a couple weeks ago.

Here he is on the same walk, examining the sidewalk, singing to himself a little bit, yelling at the traffic, happily meandering on a sunny evening in late summer. This is our boy.

 
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Posted by on September 5, 2013 in Video

 

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Today’s video: Back in the Day

04 Sep

Today we’re going back in time. Back before he could stand up, let alone walk. Before he could speak. Before he could do much at all, except for explore his world (something he’s been keen to do since about day one, actually).

Here’s our boy from July 2012, age just shy of one year old, exploring an empty bath rub, babbling, and pulling down the shower curtain. Oops.

Why are we posting this now? No reason at all, other than we just found this video, and we’re pretty sure we haven’t shown it before, and it’s a nice look back at how he was back in the day.

 
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Posted by on September 4, 2013 in Video

 

Ridin’ that Train

03 Sep

Here’s a quickie, our boy riding a Thomas the Tank Engine ride at a local supermarket.

What we really love about this is how the train is moving back and forth at a speed not much faster than the snails out in our back yard. But Nyan doesn’t care; he’s happy as Larry on his train – and holding on for dear life ’cause, apparently, the train is going so fast!

Until, of course, he gets distracted by a kid playing nearby…

 
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Posted by on September 3, 2013 in Video

 

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Sunday fun: running, rabbits and more

01 Sep

It’s the waning days of summer here in London – the sun is coming up noticeably later, and setting noticeably earlier. The mornings are chilly. It won’t be long until we’re all vitamin D-deprived and despondent over the never-ending winter. But we here at Nyan Thomas World Headquarters like to live for today, so we’re just enjoying the last of what has been a brilliant summer.

To that end, here’s a whole slew of videos from a recent sunny Sunday afternoon as Nyan and Daddy hung out in the green space around the corner from our house — it’s less a ‘park’ and more just a grassy field with lots of old trees in it — and looked at a nearby pet store. Six videos in all, about a minute or so each, well worth the viewing.

Here’s Nyan and Daddy, setting off on their big adventure. In other words, walking down the street, with Nyan dragging his ladybug “bike” behind him.

Here’s the young man, running running running. And yelling: Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on September 1, 2013 in Video

 

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Birthday Party! (plus bonus video)

01 Sep

Nyan’s buddy James, a.k.a Pickle, had a birthday today, and a birthday party as well at his house just down the road. They brought in Jo Jingles, which is a woman who comes to the nursery (daycare) once a week and leads them in a bunch of songs. Here’s our hero, doing a song called Head Shoulders Knees and Toes:

Yeah, he was having a bad hair day today…

And here he is, just being extra-exuberant. The boy loves balloons:

Plus a bonus video, from earlier this morning. Just Nyan being Nyan. Dancing and so forth.

 
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Posted by on September 1, 2013 in Video

 

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