Welcome to Rowley World - everything happening in the Rowley household of Jon and Patricia, our beastie boys, Oden and Shai, and our bouncing baby girl, Juliet.
2) Helping Mommy pick up walnuts that fall from the big tree 3) Running around the park and throwing walnuts in the stream
4) Watching squirrels run around the yard 5) Sweeping the deck clear of all the yellow leaves, and 6) Twirling around and around until he gets so dizzy he falls down.
Oden's walking confidence is definately increasing, and he will try to walk from across the room. He hasn't quite made it yet, but wanting to and trying is just as important.
We took Oden to the petting farm at Domino's Farms (http://www.pettingfarm.com/) this weekend. We went on a hay ride, but we couldn't feed the cows as it was mating season and the bulls were somewhat aggressive. Oden got to see a lot of neat, not to mention rare, farm animals including:
- goats with 4 horns - african Watusi horned cows - Scottish striped galloway cows (any relation to G'ma Galloway - Oden's great great G'ma?) - pheasants, roosters, ducks, geese, and chickens - pot belly pigs, european pigs, piglets, and huge hogs - Llamas, horses, (rasta) donkeys, etc....
He was very intrigued by all the new animals, as long as they didn't get too close. Let's just say Oden didn't take advantage of the 'petting' aspects of the trip, but he had lots of fun none-the-less.
Oden may have some strong genetic challenges to overcome on his way to being the next great Detroit Tiger center fielder, but we believe with hard work and dedication that he can do it. Curtis Granderson should be ready to retire just as Oden is getting ready to move into the majors, but look out Cameron Maybin!
