Tis the Season to be Jolly... very very jolly

What do you get when an American soldier in Germany sends a pair of authentic lederhosen and a new German beer glass to friends in America... two very festive fellows. I know what you're thinking, but NO Virg did not drink his first sip of beer from Daddy's new glass. It may be the case that someone's finger accidentally slipped into the glass, and maybe someone sucked an unidentified liquid from his fingers before Daddy could clean his hands, and maybe Virg and Daddy had a good laugh afterwards, but there was definitely no "drinking from the glass". I don't know who is starting these horrible rumors, but that's the Internet for you. Lies! Lies! Lies! (and a shred of truth).

No, no officer, we're fine!

Oh! Check out my leather pants, they are totally leather!

You can't spell Thanksgiving without a bunch of letters.

Sorry Daddy hasn't posted anything in a while. But this isn't a blog for Daddy to complain about his sad little existence outside of his family life. So as an extra bonus for not posting in a while Virg has requested Daddy break the mold and post MULTIPLE PICS! So here you go:

Thanksgiving #2 with the Minnesota Clan.

I couldn't wait to eat the yummy food they made for me!

No time for talking Mommy, there's a lot of mac 'n cheese to eat here.

Oh! Did someone order an extra order of adorably cute?

... stay tuned for the next blog. Virg has some exciting news about the future and why he's going to be getting a new bed a little sooner than he expected.

What are you!?!?!

... "I'm Bat-Virg!"

Now that Halloween is over, it's time to take off the silly costumes and get back to everyday life. For Virg, everyday life includes fighting crime and other super human stuff.

BIFF! - "Yes, that was a nice lamp, wasn't it."
BOFF! - "I agree, the food does look a little odd hanging from the ceiling."
ZRONK! - "No, I wasn't aware a glass full of milk could be thrown that far across the room."

Action is Virg's middle name. Currently, Daddy's middle name is "What the?" and "How did that?" and "That's not even possible, is it?!"

Don't be afraid Mommy, I was born to be a super hero!

Twas the morning after Halloween...

...and all through the house. Not a creature was stirring, not even the great pumpkin king. What a night! There was soooo much work to do as the pumpkin king. Virg had to supervise Daddy carve 4 pumpkins, he had to hand out treats to other kids, and judge all the costumes.

Winner: Bright florescent green fairy princess whose parents dressed up like characters from the movie Tron.
Looser: Guy with 5 o'clock shadow holding a pillow case.

And what super awesome candy can you expect from the pumpkin king? Dum Dum Pops of course... two of them! Remember to collect the wrappers for cool prizes, like a Frisbee, a mouse pad, or a lunch sack. And who wouldn't want a barely functional pair of binoculars with a picture of the dum dum drum man on it?

While visions of Dum Dum swag danced in his head... mmmm beach towel

Help Wanted

In this tough economy, you take work where you can find it. Daddy took losing his job pretty hard, but then he came across a local job posting for a 'Man servant' that looked promising. The job description was very short and straight forward: "Do whatever The Virg wants you to do!" For example: say you are eating some yogurt and Virg comes over, crawls up on your lap, lays down, and points at your spoon. What is the correct response? That's right, your food now belongs to Virg, and it's your responsibility to feed it to him. Now you may think Daddy could get a higher paying job (more then $0.00/hour), but really, this is the best job he'll ever have and he knows it.

I'm going to need you to work late into the evenings and through the weekends.

The circle of life

It's that time of year again when the salmon return home from the ocean and swim up stream to spawn. Virg went out to Flaming Geyser State Park to check things out. Most of the salmon were on the other side of the river. So Daddy rolled up his pant legs, picked up Virg and tried to forge the river to give Virg a better view. But the bright light reflecting off Daddy's pasty white legs seemed to spook the fish... and the other wildlife... and the other guests of the park.

That's odd Daddy, it looks like they've decided to go back to the ocean.

DJ Jazzy Virg

Sometimes Daddy accidentally writes a song, and sometimes he accidentally records it. That's where Virg comes in and puts on his producer hat. If you hear a great song on the radio, it probably comes from a talented musician. But sometimes you hear a terrible song, but for some reason you like to sing along anyway and can't get it out of your head. In that case, you've found a talented music producer. Virg is good, but most of the time he has to gently break it to Daddy that his songs need a little more work.

Daddy, this song is only missing one thing... talent.