Fathers Day 2012

How do I describe my favorite day of the year?  I can only think of one word:  Awesome.  We had bacon-infused waffles blanketed with two eggs for breakfast, played mini-golf in the backyard on Michael's golf course, and fished with the boys until sundown.  We went to a monster truck show (thanks to our favorite Ohioans), and had a great cookout with Danielle's parents.  I would do it all over again if I could.

Donuts with Dad

Ryan's nursery school had their annual "Donuts with Dad" brunch this morning.  Ryan can't eat donuts because of his food allergy, so he ate both of the muffins that Danielle packed for us.  He has only one year of nursery school left before he moves on to kindergarten.  Time is flying by too quickly - I wish that I could slow it down a little.

Oldify

We were sitting around the table playing a game called "Oldify" last weekend.  It works like this: you take a picture of someone with your phone, press a button, and special software adds about 30 years to the person's face.  I wish I had saved some of the pictures because they were funny.

The "before" pictures made a pretty cool collage, though.

Model Rocket

The boys and I are building our third model rocket.  It's a great hobby if you have enough patience to wait for the glue to dry before moving on to the next step.  Stay tuned for pictures of the final product.

H2Oh No!

Who needs expensive toys?  Sometimes all it takes to keep Ryan happy is a garden hose and something to shoot water at.

But don't turn your back on him.  Last week he discovered that the garden hose fits nicely in the exhaust vent for our central vac system.  Before I could stop him, he managed to pump about a half gallon of water into the system.  I sucked most of the water out with a shop-vac, and I got the rest out by taking the system apart and drying it out.  Thankfully it's still working.

Memorial Day Parade

The boys rode with me on Rescue 16 in the memorial parade again.  This year was Michael's turn to sit up front.  The parade was followed by a short ceremony at horseshoe lake to honor the veterans.