Category Archives: Otter

If it’s not one thing…

It’s another.
So I am trying to find a job in Denver, get ready for a huge yard sale, and pack our stuff for the move back home when Otter develops a rash.
No biggie right? Just a little rash.

A little rash that is spreading to his legs and arms…

A little rash that is developing blisters on his hands and feet…

A little bit of the Hand, Foot, and Mouth.

Yup, inordinately painful and completely untreatable, this rash will last for 7-10 days, during which time he will be in pain while walking, nursing, crawling, sitting, lying down, and everything else.

So…. so much for work.

Instead I expect to spend much of my time helping my poor little man deal with these:

A little bit of rice goes a long way

I have been desperately trying to keep Otter happy and busy while I get some work done. There are bar applications to finalize, writing samples to perfect, and cover letters to come up with. Unfortunately all these things take time and concentration. I have a hard time writing anything clever with a small and insistent person pulling on my pant leg and crying.

Yesterday I gave Otter a pan of uncooked rice, a spoon, and a measuring cup in the desperate hope he would grant me twenty minutes to work. He gave me an hour. Of course, some of that time I spent capturing it all on camera.

Rice rice everywhere

Ooh Rice

What a mess!!

rice rice everywhere

Rice in Harmony

Rice in Harmony

Mmm… a spoonful of rice.

Bowl of fun

Now this makes me happy

Now this makes me happy

The man about the house

Otter loves to Swiff the house, he follows me around trying to grab the Swiffer out of my hands whenever I use it. Yesterday I shortened the handle, put a fresh cloth on, and let him go to town.

I Swiffs!!

I can clean the house! I am beyond those pesky gender role stereotypes!!


I can help around the house!! Forget those stereotypes!!

I Swiffs!


I missed a spot!!
Oops! I missed a spot!

When Otter noticed I was capturing his housework on camera he came over and began to “goon” for the lens…

Hello there camera... it\'s been too long.
Why hello there camera… it’s been too long.


Whoa!! That\'s a neat camera!!
Whoa…. that’s some serious flashing there.


Must eat camera!!
Must eat the camera

Nom nom nom