Bainbridge Island Police Blotter Chapter 2

May 18
Showered: A North Madison Ave. resident called police shortly after 4p.m. to report that his house had been broken into. No items were reported stolen, but the shower had been used, and a bottle of lotion spilled. The homeowner estimated damages to his door at $600.

May 15
Yelling with Happiness: Police officers were called to Hidden Cove Park to deal with an "out of control male" shortly before 3:30 p.m. Officers found the 36 year old man yelling, sweating and waving his arms. The man said he was yelling "simply because it was a nice day." Police asked him to celebrate the day more quietly. He agreed, and announce he'd take a walk to his nearby home. No charges.

Slept: A Wing Point rd. resident reported that his unlocked guest house had been slept in overnight by an unknown person. The man's wife had noticed a light on in the guest house and called her husband to investigate. He noted that the bed had been slept in and a few cupboards had been opened, but nothing appeared missing or stolen. The family and the police searched the rest of the property but found nothing missing or damaged.

Sunny Day

Solo-Mente Uno!

Some of you might have heard about the "twins scare of 2008" (i should rephrase that cause it wouldn't have been that bad) but in fact we are not having twins. Baby Brouwer #2 is floating solo and now we just have to decide whether we're going to cave and find out the sex. I doubt it, but I'm all antsy. Anyway with our little monkey Eli being the quintessential 18 month old and Josh being who he is I would say that 1 more is going to keep me quite busy as it is.

Note the picture: Josh gives Eli a bath and decides to send him outside in his frog boots totally nakes. Eli finds wheelbarrow and provides perfect picture opportunity.

In other news their latest after work game is riding down the long steep driveway in the radio flyer wagon. I insisted on helmets after the first few runs. Short video clip will hopefully be posted soon.

Bainbridge Island Police Blotter April 24 2008

In our little local paper they publish a smattering of summaries of the weekly police activity here on Bainbridge. I'm not sure how they choose which ones to summarize, but this one was my favorite from last week and it is in no way fictional.

April 24
Disobeyed: A father called police to his Tolo Road house to report that his 12 year old son would not obey him. The son had reportedly been cutting paper for a school project and refused to move his project. The boy told police he did not want to move his project, asked to hear "alternative" proposals to moving his project, asked for a written contract and "lobbied to bring his own bed if he was placed" in a juvenile detention facility, according to police. Police explained to the boy that he had an obligation to obey his father. The boy agreed and discussed with police "some possible coping measures to alleviate his frustration and foster more effective communication with his father."

This leads me to two conclusions:
1. Our schools are putting a lot of pressure on kids about their homework
2.They are doing a very effective job of developing student's vocabulary