February 3rd, 2010
Ever feel like you are in a rut…digging and digging to get out, but getting no where fast?
Ever since Momma started staying at home with Ace instead of going to work, we have really had to watch where our money goes. And now that we are living in a recession it almost like a noose around our necks!
We pay all of our bills on time, but what’s left over leaves little room for much entertainment or extra curricular activities.
The added stress and lack of doing things hasn’t really helped my blogging much. I mean, do you really want to hear about how we do the same thing every day? I didn’t think so… 
I know that the recession has hurt many families much more than it has hurt ours and I am very grateful that we have done as well as we have throughout these tough times.
I have friends that have been laid off for over a year, depleted all of their savings, and ran up their credit cards. Now they are living on a shoestring budget struggling to make ends meet.
So how has the recession put unwanted stress on your family?
What have you done to alleviate this stress?
What are some fun (and inexpensive) things that your family does for entertainment?
Tags: Entertainment, Money, recession
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January 16th, 2010
Forever, I thought that ace was never going to talk. But here lately he has really been jibber-jabbing about everything under the sun.
I recorded this video at dinner time the other night. Ace had been saying PIIIZZA all day, and so I figured he was asking for it… Momma wasn’t home to cook dinner, and I didn’t feel like cooking again, so we ordered some Donatos!!
Looks like he likes pizza just as much as me! He ate 6 pieces…
Tags: pizza, talking, video
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December 15th, 2009
I mean seriously. Ace has a whole room full of toys. Hell, you risk life and limb just to venture into the booby trapped maze of Fisher Price land mines!
With all the toys that Ace has, it never seems to amaze me the things that he plays with…
Favorite toy #1 is the toilet plunger! How much more sanitary of a toy could he find? If we leave the bathroom door open, it is a given that I will eventually trip over a tool designed to push a chunk of poo the size of a drain pipe!
Favorite toy #2 is the toilet brush… If you find the poop pusher in the kitchen, you are likely to find the Porcelain God’s loofah somewhere nearby. Let’s just see how many places we can spread the fecal matter, shall we?
Favorite Toy #3 is the attachment for the vacuum. But you know what’s funny..? If I actually attach it to the vacuum and turn it on so that he will actually be doing some cleaning…he wants nothing to do with it.
Favorite Toy #4 is the trash can lid. If you take it off of the trash can, put it in the middle of the tile kitchen floor, stand on it until it is flat, and then jump off… it snaps back into shape with a loud POP. Damned Rubbermaid…
And finally, Favorite Toys #5, 6, 7, 8, and 9…anything that is stacked in a neat pile, put away in a cabinet, on the counters, hanging from the Christmas tree, or otherwise purposely hidden from a two year olds view and/or reach…
What are your kids’ favorite “toys”?
Tags: toys
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November 7th, 2009
Bejweled Blitz
So how do you know when you spend too much time playing Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook?
Maybe you check the leader board while on break at work to make sure that no one has beaten your score!
Could it be that you find yourself organizing the cans in your cabinets into groups of three?
Do you dream up ways to sabotage that person’s computer who will always get 200,000 points every single week and you’re lucky to get 100, 000?!
Or maybe…just maybe…a good sign would be your two year old, who only speaks the language of Nick Jr, running around the house saying, “One Minute…Go!”…”Bang Bang Crash”…”A New High Score!”
Maybe…just maybe…that would mean that you play just a little too much.
Tags: facebook, fun, games, talking
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November 5th, 2009
So this year was a pretty fun one for Trick-Or-Treat!
The past few years Ace could really give a crap. I think it was more of an inconvenience for him actually. He probably saw Trick-Or-Treat as just wearing some uncomfortable clothes…being made to walk (ride in the stroller or Dad’s arms) an insanely long distance…being surrounded by people with bad customes…and it was all for nothing! He didn’t even like candy!
But, this year was a different story. I was so proud of him. We took off from Grandma’s house walking…yes actually walking this year. He was carrying his candy bucket, kept his hat on, and only tried ripping his costume off a few times.
Ace walked house to house, up and down stairs, for six whole blocks without even being asked to be carried. (My arms thanked him)
There was some people trying to be scary to the little kids by wearing scary masks while passing out the candy. We walked up to one house and here comes a girl about Ace’s age with tears flying. I thought about walking past this house to keep Ace from getting scared, but then I changed my mind. After all, Halloween is all about being a little scared, right?
Ace walked up to the scary guy with some weird mask on and just stared at him like he was thinking, “What the hell is wrong with your face?” Ace took his candy and calmly walked to the next house. I was rolling…
After about 6 blocks Ace has had enough and his candy bucket probably weighed about as much as he did. We called it a night and went inside to check the candy for tampering. There were a few pieces where I deemed that a taste test was necessary…
Next year’s post will probably be about how out of breath I will be after chasing him from house-to-house, keeping him out of the street, and my sugar deprevation.
Tags: candy, halloween, trick or treat
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September 7th, 2009
We spent the last week of our vacation in Duck, NC. We (PaPa, Grandma, Uncle Charlie, Uncle Mike, Livi Shea, Ace, Momma, and I) rented a beach house about 500 ft from the beach…our little home away from home…
We were greeted in NC by Hurricane Bill with large bone crushing waves and high winds, but everything calmed down by the third day.
We did not do a whole lot there (isn’t that the point of going to the beach?).
Ace, A.K.A. FishBoy, and Olivia had never seen the ocean before so they were in complete amazement when the waves would crash down and roll over their feet…
We went on a Dolphin Cruise where we took a relaxing boat ride out into the sound and saw live dolphins in the wild… Did you know that wild dolphins have pink bellies? Me neither…
The Dolphin Cruise was a sunset cruise, so we got to see the sunset…it was breath taking to see the sun set over the water…
And the skies after the sun set were equally as eye cathcing…notice the moon peeking it’s head out into the daylight…
As fun as the dolphin cruise was, nothing beats playing on the beach. Of course someone has to be buried…
…and sand castles have to be constructed with precsion…
We even got to experience the beach at early morning and at night. At night the crabs run wild. We went down with our flashlights and chased the crabs across the sand back into the water. Those little buggers can scoot!
We got up early one morning to watch the sunrise. I have never in my life took time to sit down and watch the sunrise. I mean, I’ve seen it rise while driving to work, and I’ve been outside when it has risen, but to sit and watch it’s every move is something that I will have to try and do more often. The view was overwhelming…
All in all we had a fantasic time! It had to be one of the most fun two weeks that we have ever had. Momma is already busy planning next years vacation…
Tags: beach, dolphin, sand, sand castles, sunrise, sunset, vacation
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July 13th, 2009
Ever just do something on a whim? Ever just get in the car and drive not knowing exactly where you will end up. Momma and I used to do that a lot. Just drive, grab a hotel for the night, maybe see some local attraction, and then drive home the next day. Kind of nice to get away from the normal grind ever now and then…
We haven’t done that since Ace was born though. It’s kinda hard to just hop in the car and go. You gotta have a diaper bag, diapers, sippy cups, car seats, teddy bears, blankets, toys, extra clothes, and I’m probably forgetting something…I usually do.
So, we kinda improvised…we decided at the last minute that we were going somewhere, but we had to know where we were going. We can’t risk not being able to find a room, so we had to make a reservation. We packed all of the stuff that Ace needs…see paragraph #2 (and by the way the thing that I forgot in the list was baby wipes…luckily we did remember them in real life though 
)
So we started planning about 8PM, left at 10PM, and got to the hotel at around Midnight. We got up in the morning, enjoyed the continental breakfast (Holiday Inn Express has the best breakfast…gotta get the cinnamon rolls), and then we headed to Indian Lake.
We made it to the beach, but it was a bit too cold to go swimming, so we just let Ace play in the shallow waves.
It felt good to step outside the lines of normal daily life again. It felt good to just go somewhere without thinking too much about how we were going to get there, what we were going to do, when we were going to leave, and how much it was going to cost.
No worries… Kinda like being two years old again. No wonder he is always in a good mood.
Tags: beach, vacation
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March 23rd, 2009
Last year Ace had a big birthday party because it was, well, his 1st birthday.
This year was not an exception. His party had quite a good turn out!
Last year there wasn’t really a theme, other then “Blue for Boy”. This year the theme was “Fire Trucks“!
Even though the themes of the two parties were not the same there seemed to be some similarities…
Cool Birtday Cakes:
Last Years Cake
This Years Fire Truck Birtday Cake
Messy Cake Eating:
Last Years Messy Cake Eating
This Years…Less Messy Cake Eating. Notice he is actually using the correct end of the silware this year.
Funny Hats:
Last Year: Grandpa S’s Funny Hat
This Year: Momma’s Funny Fireman Hat
This Year: Uncle Charlie’s Funny Fireman Hat
Overall the party was a success. Thank you Momma for throwing such a good party!
What will next years birthday party bring?
Tags: birthday, birthday cake, birthday party, cake, happy birthday, hats, party
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March 19th, 2009
Hello everyone…it’s been quite a while since my last post…although I have been following several secretly, so I thought I would mention it’s that time of year again!
March of Dimes is having their annual March for Babies (formerly WalkAmerica) and I have decided to participate again this year! Last year several readers/stalkers were responsible for helping me reach my goal so this year I have doubled what I did last year! My hope is this year to earn $250 for March of Dimes and to pray that one day all babies will be born healthy!
If you are able and willing to help please donate via the following link, and if you can’t due to your personal economic crisis I understand just pray for nice weather that day! You never know about an April in Ohio!!!
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January 22nd, 2009
If we put all the batteries, in all of Ace’s toys together we could probably power a small town for a short period of time!
Do they even make toys any more that do not make noise, flash lights, or dance? What happened to playing with blocks? How about Lincoln Logs?
Can a stuffed animal be just a stuffed animal? Does it have to have a mouth that moves? Does it have to do back flips or cartwheels?
Remember Tonka trucks? I had a bunch or trucks and tractors when I was little. Remember making the engine sounds with your mouth? That is a skill that I feel will be lost in time. Most toy trucks make their own noise…hell they even move on their own.
One good thing about having such realistic toys…if your kid has his own fire station like Ace does…
Ace's Fire Station...and Ming Ming
…if our house ever catches on fire these 21st century toy fire trucks will probably turn themselves on, drive to the source of the flames, and extinguish the fire. With Ming Ming’s help, “This is sewious!”, they will use team work. And why is that a good thing? Because “What’s going to work? Team work!” They will surround the fire, talk to each other over their mini CBs, and save the day!
That is if the batteries do not die…
Tags: batteries, ming ming, toys
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January 18th, 2009
Chuck E Cheese’s was one of my favorite places to go when I was a kid. I spent the majority of my time jumping in the ball pit.
Most of you are probably cringing right now. Your probably thinking about the time when a hypodermic needle was found in the ball pit and the plethera of germs that are probably growing in there.
What do you think you could find in the ball pit if you really looked. Probably a lot of tokens, socks, and pizza.
Uncle Brandon and his girlfriend Nikki got Ace his very own ball pit for Xmas…
Ace In The Ball Pit
I’m going to do a little experiment. I’m not going to clean out the ball pit for a few months. After a few months have passed I am going to remove all the balls and see just what is in there. I’m betting that I will not find any hypodermic needles, but I just might find some dried up grapes, crunched up crackers, and a moldy sippy cup. Who knows…
I’ll keep you posted on my ball pit experiment.
So do you have any Chuck E Cheese horror stories? Tell us about them in the comments.
And If You Haven’t Noticed…
I have finally updated the Ace’s Pictures page. The most recent pictures were from about a year ago…..but not any more. It’s a chronological timeline of Ace in action from before birth, until now.
Tags: ball pit, Chuck E Cheese, germs, gross
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January 16th, 2009
Every time I go fishing, while sitting there waiting for a fish to bite, I always think about the Bert and Ernie episode on Sesame Street from when I was a kid. I sooo just want to try the infamous fish call.
One thing I have been patiently waiting for is the day that Ace gets old enough to go fishing. I’m sure he would go now, but I would spend more time keeping him from jumping in the water than actually fishing.
We were walking though the store on day and happened to stroll by the aquariums. Ace was immediately amazed by the colorful fish he kept pointing and saying “FIIIISSSSHHHH”. Then he had to grab my finger and pull my over to show me. From that day forward Ace is hypnotized by fish in an aquarium.
So, when Christmas came, Momma and I just knew what Santa was going to bring Ace. And Jolly ole’ Saint Nick pulled through for the little guy…
Ace Watching The Fish
So, while we can not yet go fishing and try the Bert and Ernie fish call…we have been practicing on the fishies at home. By the time Ace is old enough to go fishing with me we should have the fish call down pat.
Around The Web:
I’m going to try and link out more often to other interesting things I find on the web including new sites I find, funny posts, or anything I find interesting and think you may enjoy or find useful. So, here goes my first attempt at “Around The Web” …
Dad-Blogs.com – Remember Joeprah? He’s been AWOL for the past few months, but I have recently found out there was a good reason. He was hard at work making his new site…Dad-Blogs.com. Go check it out. It looks very promising with the ability to create your own profiles, upload images, share videos, create groups, and comment on everything! Come on over and join the community.
Dude To Dad – Dude To Dad is another group for Dads that I found recently. You have to check out this site as well. The reason behind this group site for Dads is to help explain the transition between being just a Dude and growing into a Dad. My favorite part of the site was the video…Boobs Or Bottles.
Tags: aquarium, christmas, fish, fish tank, santa, santa claus
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December 2nd, 2008
Did every one have a Happy Thanksgiving? I sure hope so. We sure did.
Just like any other holiday, things get crazy at our house. We go here, go there, see this part of the family, and then that part of the family. This year Momma and Ace’s Grandma S planned and served Thanksgiving dinner, which was delicious!
After all of the planning, running, and eating we decided to have some fun! The local zoo has an awesome display of Christmas lights called WildLights, so we packed up Ace and his cousin Olivia to go see what all of the fuss is about. And it was COLD!!!
We dressed the kids in double layers, snapped them into their wagon, covered them up with blankets, and started pulling.
The lights were amazing! I believe they had put up over 2 million lights!!! The following pictures do not do the light display justice…
After walking what seemed to be 10 miles through a crowd of 50 million parents (who apparently have never been in public before based upon their rudeness and lack of consideration for others) we arrived at the building where Santa was hiding. Ace and Olivia both got their pictures taken with Santa. I’ll leave that story for a future post.
While Grandma was waiting for the pictures from the Santa experience to be printed and purchased, Momma and I took Ace and Olivia outside to burn off some steam and get warmed back up for the long walk back towards the car.
The area was wide open with no one else around. Ace and Olivia (and Dad) ran around laughing and chasing each other. People probably thought there was something wrong with us…
On the way back to the car we had to stop at the carousel and take a quick ride on a ceramic horse. For the record…ceramic horses are kinda cold when it is 20 degrees outside. I’m not so sure what exactly is so entertaining about riding in circles on a fake horse that goes up and down, but once I got past the dizziness I enjoyed it.
Notice the blanky. It goes EVERYWHERE! This night it was a blessing in disguise though.
Ace has never tolerated the idea of a hat, hood, or gloves. We managed to keep his hood on by snapping it in place and then rolling the edge so that it is so tight that he can not pull it off. Gloves? We haven’t figured that one out yet. So, while the blanky kept Ace happy, it also kept his little fingers from freezing off.
When we were done with the carousel ride it was late. Kids were cranky, tired, and cold and we bee-lined it to the car. Snapped everyone into their car seats and zoomed home. The kids were zonked out not too long after leaving the parking lot.
The whole experience was incredible. So incredible that we are going back in a few weeks, when hopefully it is a bit warmer, so we can see the rest of the attractions.
Maybe by then we’ll figure out a trick to keep some gloves on Ace’s hands. Any tips or pointers from you veteran parents out there?
Tags: christmas, christmas lights, christmas pictures, santa, santa claus, zoo
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November 24th, 2008
Guess which button is Ace’s favorite?
You guessed it…the BIG RED one. Our neighbors love us. They really do! I’m surprised they haven’t came over to tell us just how much they enjoy us living next door.
Tags: neighborhood, neighbors, noise, panic, remote
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November 5th, 2008
So….I am officially no longer a twenty something. While I am sad about some aspects (young and dumb is no longer an excuse), I am happy about others (older is wiser).
I’ve heard people say that 30 was the hardest birthday for them, but it really did not affect me that much. Yeah, I thought about it for a bit. And then I remember thinking that 30 was O-L-D. Man was I wrong….
I still feel pretty young, and I guess that is what is important. Someone once said, “You are only as old as you feel.” In that case…I’m 25. Not 21, because I can’t handle the all nighters and the day after the party, but 25 because…I don’t feel 30. (That made absolutely no sense whatsoever, did it?)
So because Momma is the coolest wife and Mom in the world, she threw her brother and I a Halloween/Birthday party. Three birds with one stone…
Her brother’s birthday was on the 25th, mine on the 26th, and then of course Halloween. So we had a costume party with beer, birthday cakes, and ah-hem….adult entertainment.
So what better way to leave your twenties than with a party. Food, friends, drinks, and nakie dancers. Kind of a kiss goodbye to the past decade that has hopefully treated you well. We partied it up last Saturday night. After the party we went to the club and danced and drank until the lights came on. We had a blast!
Sunday morning was far from a party. I spent most of the day in bed recovering with a hang-over from hell. It was like a slap in the face from my newly discovered thirties… “Welcome to the club, beoch! (SLAP!!)”
Just thought I would leave you witha quick pic of me and Momma in our costumes…Dog The Bounty Hunter and his wife Beth.
(Special thanks goes out to Momma for planning such a wonderful party, Grandma S for helping Momma get everything together, Grandpa H and Grandma O for supplying the food, our neighbor Billie for watching Ace, Ace’s uncles Brandon, Mike, and Charlie for providing drinking and dancer money, all of our friends that drove from afar (especially Angie who came all the way from SC), and our friends Amber and Amy for taking so many good pictures! God knows I was too intoxicated to operate a camera… )
Dog The Bounty Hunter and Beth
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October 19th, 2008
I remember back when we were expecting Ace. Everyone kept telling us how much it would change our life, but all they told us was, “Diapers and formula are expensive!”…or, “You’ll be getting up every couple of hours every night to a crying kid!”.
So I’m going to let out the secrets…what are some of the things that change…that no one tells you about.
1. You venture into areas of your TV volume meter that have never been explored…(No I do not watch the fashion show shown on the TV…that was all Momma’s doing.)
- TV Volume Before Kids
- TV Volume After Kids
2. You must now share cabinet space with brightly colored sippy cups. Be glad you did not install those fancy clear cabinet doors…because I guarantee the neon rainbow does not go with most kitchen decors.
- Sippy Cups Share A Cabinet
3. Other cabinets are completely taken over… What used to be there? Hell, I forget (loss of memory is another thing they don’t tell you about)
- Hijacked Cabinet – Baby Stuff
- Hijacked Cabinet – Baby Food
4. You find it financially necessary to buy a digital camera. I have taken over 2000 pictures in the past 19 months. You know how much it would have cost to develop 2000 pictures? Most of them blurry, off center, or otherwise not visually pleasing…
- Digital Camera Needed
5. Your computer wallpaper can no longer be some cool scenery or your favorite sports team. It is, of course, a picture (or even slide show) of your kid…
- Ace Wallpaper
6. Hearing a kid crying is no longer like nails on a chalkboard. It still bothers you, but you are extremely desensitized compared to it’s pre-kid effects…
- Ace Crying
7. Other people’s kids crying doesn’t bother you like it did before you had kids either. It has other effects on you, like…chuckling quietly because you know exactly what the crying kid’s parent is going through and you are just glad it is not you this time…but you know your turn is coming.
8. No longer does your back yard look like a golf course green. Now it looks like the playground at the park…
- Golf Course Green Backyard
9. Your refrigerator will now be a major source of entertainment for your little one. A little side effect? Coming down in the middle of the night to get a drink and busting your ass on refrigerator magnets that have been left lying on the floor. ;D
- Refrigerator Magnets
10. It is not only recommended, but often necessary to change your disgusting habits. Those little people are like copy-catting sponges…
- Kids Picking Their Noses
But even though you have to deal with the noise, the cabinet rearrangements, the wallpaper hijacking, the buying of a digital camera, the crying, the loss of your beautiful backyard, the refrigerator decorations, and the nose picking…it is all worth it…because of moments like this…
- Why It Is All Worth It
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October 6th, 2008
This weekend we took Ace and his cousin Olivia to Circle S Farms. You enter through a pathway with corn stalk walls and are greeted by a couple teen age girls who collect your money, and then you proceed to some cool farm-like activities for kids to do.
Circle S Farms - Sign
They had live animals, goats and chickens, for the kids to look at. They had a playground made of straw bails where kids could climb and slide down. They had tractors and bug pumpkins to look at and sit on, and also a hay ride that took you out to pick your very own pumpkin!!
Circle S Farms - Goats
Circle S Farms - Chickens
And then they had the scare crow maze. It was a maze made from straw bails that was designed, I’m pretty sure, for torturing parents. The maze was about 3 ft tall and it had a wood slat fence on the top. So, it was tall enough where kids could run wild inside there, but parents were stuck crawling, duck walking, waddling, or whatever form of propulsion they could come up with while hunched over…
Ace wouldn’t go in the maze, so I took his cousin Olivia inside. There she goes at a full sprint around the first corner. I had lost her in the first 20 seconds.
So I keep wallering through this parent torture device. I was moving as fast as I could trying to find Olivia because I just knew at some point she would get scared and want out, but wouldn’t be able to find her way. I speedily rounded one corner and was greeted by something that I had least expected to find…
CRACK! and lots of it!
There was a Mom crawling in front of me wearing low rise jeans…that were riding, well, WAY TOO LOW! I swore I stopped fast enough for my hands and knees to make a screeching sound in the loose straw!
I stopped inches away from taking a face plant into the recently discovered revene…but far enough away to not smell the flowers.
I was startled, to say the least, and couldn’t help but watch as the landscape I had almost became intimately familiar with bounced it’s way around the next corner.
I put myself back together, gathered my senses, and continued my way through the parent trap to eventually find Olivia waiting for me outside…ready to move on to the next “attraction”.
And now I know why the say, “Crack Is Whack!”
And to help you remove the image of my face inches away from a three quarter exposed bum…I’ll leave you with a few pics from the crack free portion of our day at Circle S Farms…
Circle S Farms - On The Hay Ride Blinded By The Sun (Ace was the only smart one who wouldn't look directly into the sun to get his picture taken.)
Circle S Farms - Pumpkin
Circle S Farms - Ace
Circle S Farms - Dad & Ace
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September 29th, 2008
So as you all know, I shaved my head…and I have kept it shaved…and like it. It is actually much easier to maintain and much more comfortable than having a head full of hair. Anyways…
I was surprised that Ace didn’t really seem to notice though. He did not look at me funny. He did not want to touch the cue ball. He acted like he didn’t even notice. Maybe he is just like any other guy and doesn’t pay attention to details like when someone cuts or colors their hair. I’ve been known to not notice Momma’s hair cuts before…maybe Ace just gets it honest??
Not a big deal. Actually I’m glad he didn’t seem to notice. I was afraid it would freak him out and he wouldn’t know who I was and run away from the bald guy! 
However, we recently found out that he did notice. He was watching TV with his Grandpa S. the other day when a Mr. Clean commercial came on. Ace pointed at the TV and said “Daa eee” (Daddy in Ace lingo).
Maybe it was our other similarities (other than the shiny melon) that made Ace think that Mr. Clean was “Daa eee”…bulging muscles, tan skin, white eye-brows, and good looks? :lol: It’s a good theory…
A couple days later Momma and Grandma S. took Ace to the mall. They were strolling along and Ace pointed at an older man with a shaved head and said “Daa eee!” This guy was nothing like me or Mr Clean. No bulging muscles, he was as pale as as a ghost, and definitely not a looker. 
Well, we can throw my previous theory out the window….
So now pretty much any man with a shaved head is “Daa eee!”
Man, I hate competition…
Tags: Funny Stuff, hair cuts, toddler dialog
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July 8th, 2008
Momma and I ventured our way deep into the mob of people who take over down town every year to catch a glimpse of the colorful explosions…and a mob it was! From young ganstas to old bitties, everyone was in attendance.
We found a great spot, on top of a bridge about 200 yards or so from where they let off the fireworks. AMAZING VIEW! (and an even more amazing neck cramp) I’m glad we didn’t take Ace to this firework display though! The booms were loud enough and strong enough that I could feel my heart flutter every time one went off…and Ace wasn’t too keen when the neighbor was letting off firecrackers earlier in the week.
After experiencing one of the best displays of controlled explosions I think I have ever seen, we sat in traffic for about an hour before getting home. It’s alright though…there was plenty to entertain us.
First, a bunch of the whitest white boys, with white boy dancing skills, were getting jiggy to some Michael Jackson…in the back of a lifted pick up truck in the parking lot. “THRILLER! THRILLER!” I’m betting alcohol had absolutely no influence there…
Second, we were entertained by the guy who was stuck down town. His “friends” left him to find his own way home. He was yelling into his cell phone trying to get someone to come pick him up. What I learned… if your in need of some help…yelling and screaming into the phone at someone when you are trying to influence them to pick you up…probably won’t get you anywhere…except more PO’d! I can’t laugh to much though…I’ve been left somewhere by some “friends” and it took a $40 taxi ride to get me home.
The next night one of the smaller suburbs were doing their fireworks. We took Ace this time and did not get very close at all. Tryin to ease him into the big BANGS and BOOMS, ya know?
He loved it! If he concentrated any harder his eyeballs would have popped right out of his head. I think next year is a GO for the big fireworks celebration down town for Ace.
So, if I were not looking forward to next years fourth of July celebration with Ace, I would say is there a way, it could stay, Independence Day?
PS: The camera has been acting up lately, so I did not get any pics from this weekend. However it is working again, so there will be some more exciting pics coming soon!
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July 3rd, 2008
Part of being a Dad, at least for me, is getting to fix things and put things together. Sometimes it can be fun! For example, putting together your kids first bike, easy bake oven, or something else that you know they will love.
However, sometimes it can be not so much fun. For example, crawling through fiberglass insulation in a 120 degree attic to install an attic fan. (I think I sweat about 10 gallons that day.)
A few posts ago I told you about our good deal on the pool. Well, who gets to put this pool up? Dad, of course. (Momma helped too. I can’t take all of the credit.)
One of the important things about putting in an above ground pool is having the ground level. If it is not level the pool will be deeper on one side than the other. A few inches is no big deal, but much over that and you start to have major problems.
Our back yard already had a big dip in it where the people that lived here before us had a pool and took it with them. We figured our pool would go right there…because it is the most level spot in our back yard…so I thought.
It took us three days to till up the dirt and level it out with garden rakes to our satisfaction. While not perfect, it is close enough. Then we put down 18 bags of play sand. (The dude at Home Depot probably thought we built the biggest sand box EVER!)
Next the pool liner, support frame, pump and hoses, and finally the water…6000 gallons of it. (I’m dreading the water bill next month)
After all of that we were left with a functioning above ground pool filled with water so cold that my nipples almost popped right off my body when I jumped in.
After a few days the water temp is tolerable…about 76 degrees…and my nips are much happier now.
Looks like we have a summer full of fun in the sun ahead of us!
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