Britney Spears Moment

Dad had to move the car into the garage from the driveway, and instead of strapping me into my car seat he PUT ME IN HIS LAP TO DRIVE 10 FEET! The paparazzi was swarming us so I guess he just panicked.

Ribfest 2006

Dad took me to Skip’s Meat Market for the first time on Friday. He had to get his ribs for Ribfest and a bunch of other stuff. When we got home he took all of it into the basement and was down there for like an hour.

Dad didn’t even place in the competition, for the fourth year in a row. You could see the disappointment in his eyes. I feel so bad for him. He cooked those ribs for six hours.

During the competition, an hour before the ribs were to supposed to be off the grill, Dom called and asked Dad to start some coals for him. Dom ended up coming in second place. Dad couldn’t believe it, when we got home he said, “Dom cooked his ribs for 45 minutes! On DIRECT HEAT!”

He went back down into the basement for like an hour.

5K Finishers!

Mum and I entered a 5K last weekend and we got third place in our age group. I mean- I guess in her age group. I was pleased with our performance. She was having a little problem with her piriformis muscle so from the jogging stroller I talked her through mile 2. I tried to say "Long strides! Use your arms!" but all that came out was, "Boddle!" and "Dusty!"

Daddin!

I call Dad "Daddin!" now. I like the ring of it, it's catchy. He is like the wizard of Dads. Riddle me this and riddle me that, Daddin!

Yesterday he was in the kitchen and I was looking through his hats. He didn’t have one on so I brought one over and put it on his head. Then I did it again and again, like six times. And he put every hat on his head! He had six hats on his head at once- I think I am still laughing in this picture!

My New Buddy

Hey, that's not me! Dena had a baby! That's my new buddy Isabel!

Watkins Glen

Over the weekend we went to Watkins Glen and saw Adina, Markus, and Patrick and stayed at this old lodge right next to a gorge and we had a cookout on Sunday afternoon then I took a nap in our cabin and afterwards we went wine tasting (I didn’t taste any wine I only had popcorn) but I did see Bizarro Elsa and then it started to get hot and we went back to the lodge where I had a hot dog and a potato and went to bed. In the morning I woke up Mum and Dad at 6:15 because they were three feet away from me and I couldn’t help myself then we went out and got coffee and pastries and when we returned to the lodge we knocked on Patrick’s door but he wasn’t up yet so we knocked on Adina and Markus’s door and they came out and then Patrick woke up and we played Frisbee and met some of the people in the neighboring cabins and then we went to an Amish Market that had a lot of crafty things and good blueberry pie. I had a whole piece almost.

And now I can’t get this song out of my head because we were playing it the whole way home.

Where is thumbkin? Where is thumbkin?
Here I am! Here I am!
How are you today sir?
VERY WELL I THANK YOU!
Happy day, happy day.