Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Tech Support

Yesterday I e-mailed my wife a link to a new song I like. She e-mailed back and said the link didn't work. So then I jump on Yahoo IM and chat with her.
LV: hi
Point: Hi honey
Point: I can't get that email open that you sent me.
LV: maybe there's something wrong with the direct link.
LV: can you see this page?
LV: http://www.buy.com/prod/Morningwood/q/loc/109/202121077.html
Point: The one that I am typing on?
LV: LOL

Isn't she adorable?
Have a listen to their Jetsetter track. It's my new favorite song.

Monday, June 19, 2006

Old Faithful


The birthday party Saturday was a screaming good time. All the boys got along great. The only ugliness was that one of the boys crapped his pants. Twice. I think maybe that the awesomeness of the soda volcano was just too much for him to bear. As you can see, the eruption reached nearly ten spectacular feet. I'd like to send out a special thank you to Brian for the "hands next to face" surprised look, a la Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. Click the picture to see full size.

Father's day was full of family fun. We all four went to the dog park in the morning. Then I biked out to the Le Sueur river on the Red Jacket trail, pulling Eli in the stroller. He loved standing on the bridge and looking down at the water and stuff. I had drag him off kicking and screaming. In the afternoon we got out the slip-n-slide and inflated the pool. Had fun spraying each other and the dog. Then for supper Jacob wanted to go to Taco Bell. On the way he says, "Hey, Taco Bell and Taco John's both start with the letter Taco!". That's my boy. They may as well just give him the Nobel prize now.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Look who's five


My son Jacob turned five last week. He's having a birthday party tomorrow. It's his first "friends only" party. I think there are 5 or 6 other boys coming over, so it should be a good time. The theme is, of course, dinosaurs. You can't swing a cat in our house without hitting a dinosaur toy. It seems to me that having a birthday party is a good excuse to try out the mentos soda explosion trick. I think any small boy, or not so small in my case, will think it is way cool. Stay tuned for details.


Thursday, June 15, 2006

What's in a name

I have a new football hero. Go Panthers!!

Tuesday, June 13, 2006


We took the boys camping last weekend in Austin, MN. The weather turned out to be less than beautiful. Fifty degrees and raining the whole time. The tent finally decided it had had enough and blew down around 6AM Saturday. Luckily, it was full of water so it didn't blow off the campground. We called an end to the whole deal about 4PM Saturday and went home. As we're driving away the wife says, "That was fun." And without a hint of sarcasm.

Monday, June 05, 2006

Last night while watching Bewitched I busted my wife trying to wiggle her nose. Laughed long and hard. Of course I was trying to do it earlier, but she didn't know that.