The Life And Times Of James M. Wisler

Archive for October, 2008

James security blanket has obtained a name.  We are calling it “Buddy”.  While the blanket has, in most every sense, become Jame’s buddy, as he will carry it with him most everywhere, the name actually came from how he would mispronounce the word “blanket”.  Ada also has a security blanket, but it doesn’t have a name, although sometimes she does refer to it as “green blanket” because, well, its green.  Fortunately, Ada and James do not insist on having their blankets with them at all times, so the blankets more just for comfort and warm fuzzy than actual protection from all things strange and foreign in the world.  I know that I used to carry a security blanket, but stopped using it very early.  I know that some blankets can get pretty worn after too long so we’ll see how long Buddy lasts. 

I’m old enough to remember when Mtv actually played music videos on television.  Now they have recently made a large number of music videos available online.  Here is one for the Halloween season – Michael Jackson’s Thriller Video.  I remember being a kid and being totally frightened when during the Vincent Price narration.

We made a trip to the Schaake’s Pumpkin Patch this past weekend.  The kids had a great time walking through the patch, although it seemed like a lot of the pumpkins had already been picked over.  Ada also got her face painted with a kitty cat nose and whiskers, she was “meowing” until we got home and by that time she had smeared the makeup around her face and she said “kitty cat all done”.