Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer Gooooo!

The movie! WooHoo! Look at Racer X!

Newest trailer! Man look at the fricken Mach 5!!!! I want it!!!



The original flavor for my parents. Maybe I'll sing it all the way down I-5 in a week or so :)

Keira's 1st Snowman!

Over the past couple of winters it seems that Keira's always sick everytime we get a decent amount of snow. So getting her out to play in it has been a problem. So now that she's 3 1/2 and really understanding things more and more she's been asking when its going to snow so that we can make a snowman. Well today was the day. Last night we went out to dinner with Harvey & Lori and the kids around the corner at Red Robin. About that time we started to get some real snow coming down, Keira was elated. She couldn't wait to walk from the Jeep to the restaurant so that she could catch snowflakes on her tongue. By the time we left the restaurant around 8pm we already had a good amount so it looked promising for some overnight accumulation. This morning we showed Keira the backyard and she flipped out! If she had the strength to do so she would've opened the sliding door and headed into the snow in her pajamas. Luckily we convinced her to put on all her snow gear and we would go out before breakfast. So we all got bundled up and headed out into the front yard. The snow was very wet and heavy (after living here now for almost 7 years you begin to learn the different types of snow), so it made for great packing and snowballs that could put you in the hospital. Even though it was only a couple inches deep Keira jumped right in, before you know she was throwing snowballs at the camera man (me) and we were able to build her first snowman. Although we didnt have a carrot for his nose I thinked he turned out ok.

Swiper the sneaky fox... he stole my kidney!

As long as Keira has been fascinated with Dora the Explorer, she has had a love-hate relationship with Swiper the Fox. Swiper (as many of you parents know) is the bad guy on the show. He shows up at different times of each episode to swipe (or steal) key objects in the story. The only way he can be stopped is for Dora (and your child) to yell out "Swiper No Swiping!" three times in a row. That usually does the trick and the fox runs away. Well sometimes Keira has been so afraid of him that she will hide under a pillow or blanket until he goes away on the television. Other times she likes him and tells Christie and I things like "there's swiper Momma" and wants her stuffed Swiper to play with. Well one day while she was watching the show I told Keira "Yes I don't like Swiper either, he stole my kidney, I woke up in a bathtub full of ice and my kidney was gone!". I don't think I have ever seen a more blank, confused look on her face in my life. Christie was floored that I would say such a thing and now Keira tells people when she has the opportunity "Swiper took my Daddy's kidney!". If they made you take a test before becoming a Dad I wonder how I would score... :)