Dining Out

Had to share one other video of Mia, BG, and Nan giving Tate training in table manners while his parents were away. This is dessert time after he had "finished" his grilled cheese by disposing it into Mia's purse. (He does the same thing with the animal cracker in the video):



This may be the last one of these you will get to see since I have a feeling Big Guy's babysitting privileges may get revoked!

Lost

To bring you up to date from prior episodes, Claire (Jenny) and Sawyer (Rob) are "lost" on the mysterious Island (Hawaii) due to a very demanding “work” assignment.

Kate (Mama Mia) and Jack (Big Guy) have been left on the mainland to raise Claire’s son Aaron (Tate)

Tate was rather unhappy to learn he would be staying at Mia and BG's place while his parents “slaved” away on the island.

His first few days were spent making desperate attempts to contact his parents.

(Mia and BG later discovered several voice mail messages on their cell phones as result of his having hit the recall button. No telling who else he called)

His frustration at not getting a call through to his parents was soon apparent on his face.

Luckily another member of the Oceanic 6 (Nan) arrived to help entertain him.

Here he is seen coming out of his tunnel to welcome Nan to his lair.

The other end of the tunnel was the "hatch" where he was joined by Nan and Eddie

After a while, life off the island became a daily routine of:

Eating

Bathing

And combing the hair

But Tate did take his turn standing guard to protect the family from the "Others":

He waited patiently in case the evil Horatio made an appearance. Big Guy crafted a weapon (a wrapping paper tube) for just such an event.

In preparation for his parent's eventual return, Big Guy worked with Tate on a greeting for them when they got off the airplane. (You may need to turn the sound up on the video below to hear how well he learned).

Unfortunately he ended up resorting to "Da Da"!

Which brings this episode to an end with the reunion.

Tate's Halloween Birthday Party

It's been so long since Big Guy has posted to his blog that he had a hard time finding any pictures that would tell the story of Tate's first birthday party.

But then he remembered that JJ's fellow bloggers don't pay attention to the subject of her pictures but instead they search the background to see if she's made the bed, washed the clothes, done the dishes, etc. So maybe they will find these pictures interesting! (click on picture to enlarge)

The guests start arriving!

Angie wondering who came in the ultra-liberal costume?

The kids seemed to enjoy the Halloween story

Except for one guest who was not as impressed with the story.
(I think he may have had scarier things in mind).

Sisters!

Tate (and friend) are not too sure about Brooke the witch.

No party would be complete without the guest of honor!

The invitation said nothing about bringing your pet.

(Some people are just plain dumb)

Nobody leaves until I find out who brought the kid in overalls?

Link to more pictures from party.