As I See It...Ranch Dressing

Today, we were having lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Fox at Famous Dave's. Since the waitress brought ranch dressing out with Allyson's chicken strips, Kristen asked Ally if she wanted to try some of the ranch on her strips. Allyson made me proud with her reply. She said, "No mom, that looks like bird poop!"

As most of you know, I detest ranch dressing. I know I am in the minority here, but I thought I could win some anti-ranch converts by planting Allyson's imagery of ranch looking like bird poop in your minds. Next time you go to dip that chicken strip, carrot, or piece of celery ask yourself, "Is it ranch dressing, or is it bird poop?"

Sorry for the potty humor, but if you have ever been around a 4-year-old for any amount of time, you would know that it is a constant topic!

Have a great weekend.

Zombo.com

Here is a link to a great site that I found today. It utilized Flash technology, which is something I am trying to learn through the summer months. Perhaps I can design a site this good in the future.

Here is the link: www.zombo.com

Make sure that your speakers are turned on before visiting the site.

A Good Wife Can Bring Balance To Your Life

I saw this picture at the Way of the Master Radio website and thought it needed to be shared!

Kristen definitely brings balance to my life. I would be lost without her!

The Stinkin' Zoo

I took the day off today and we went up to Madison. It was a beautiful day, and it felt wonderful to just "get away" from Janesville for a few hours.

One of our stops was the zoo in Madison. After looking at the giraffes we were headed to see some camels. As we were walking, Allyson had become quiet and was not acting as excited about the camels as she had been just a few minutes earlier.

I pointed out the camels when we got close to them and Allyson, plugging her nose, yelled out, "WHY DO I HAVE TO SMELL THIS STINKIN' POOP?!!!!" She then just kept right on walking past the camels in search of non-stinky air.

All in all we had a good time visiting less stinky animals!

It was a great day together!

Mom Jeans!!!

This is one of Kristen and my all time favorite Saturday Night Live sketches. It is a week too late for Mother's Day, but it is never too late to buy the woman in your life some "Mom Jeans"!

On the Eve of My 32nd Birthday...

I am not excited about entering more deeply into my 30's! I think I am going to adopt the stance that I am only 29 until I start feeling like I am in my 30's!

Tonight, I decided that I would spend a little time looking up my birth year, 1976, on Google, Youtube, and Wikipedia.

I have learned several interesting and useless facts about 1976....

1. I was born while Disco was still alive
2. I was born while Elvis was still alive
3. The Apple Computer company was started
4. The tradename "Microsoft" was registered with the Office of the Secretary of the State of New Mexico
5. Our country celebrated it's Bi-Centennial
6. The first class of women was inducted into the U.S. Naval Academy (My brother, Dan's, alma mater)
7. The Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec
8. Rocky was released. Yo, Adrian!!!!
9. "Bionic Woman," with Lindsay Wagner, debuted on ABC (This past fall, ABC relaunched the "Bionic Woman")
10. The fashion was bad, and most of the music was worse!

I initially started out to write something profound about life and gaining another year of wisdom, but as you can see, none of that is coming out right now.

All I can say is, "I feel old!" I remember looking at mom and dad's photos and thinking the 50's and 60's looked so old. Looking back at 1976 had that same effect on me tonight. All I can say is, I am thankful I can remember the 80's! It doesn't look like I missed much during my 4 years in the 70's!

These are too cool!

How can you not love disco!

Have a groovy day!!

A Perfect Spring Day

We woke to beautiful clear skies and warm temperatures today and decided to take advantage of it.

We spent a little bit of time visiting garage sales in our neighborhood this morning then we came home and opened the windows and the door to the deck and freely moved from the inside to the outside and back again.

Allyson is infatuated with dandelions. Unfortunately, despite my efforts to control them, we have quite a few dandelions in our yard. Ally cannot understand why I would want to kill them! While she picked dandelions, Natalie looked on from the doorway. It was the most peaceful that Natalie has been for a long time. She loves looking outside!

The fresh air this morning must have done the trick to tire the girls out because they both took good long naps this afternoon. While they were napping I was able to take a long bike ride that was just glorious!

When everyone was awake again, we headed out to pick up some food to bring to the park. We ate under a picnic pavilion this evening and then had some fun playing on the playground.

It was a great day together as a family.

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Mmmmmmm.......Cereal!

Natalie has started to eat something other than milk in the last week! We started with cereal, and tonight she tried bananas. She seems to enjoy these new foods and has been eating really well. Maybe this will help her to become more content.

The following photos are of her first time trying to eat cereal. Sorry to all of you non-grandparents reading....this is totally boring grandparent material!! :)

Princess Natalie

Here are some photographs of Natalie after she was crowned princess by Allyson. Natalie doesn't have a chance of not being a "girly-girl" with her big sister around!

Have a royal day!!!

Funny Video

I can't help but laugh every time I see this video. It kind of reminds me of the way Danny and I were when we were kids. Enjoy.

As I See It...husband material

Allyson has valiantly declared the first qualification of her future husband. He absolutely must not be allergic to cats!

(She has said nothing yet of his character, personality, or looks...)

May 3 Photo Update

Here are some photos that we just pulled off of our camera and onto our hard drive. Have a great weekend!