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vacationing with the grandmas and grandpas

shutter daddy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:58:26 +0000

G got some much needed R&R by spending a long weekend with each of his grandparents. Mommy and daddy seized the opportunity to be kid-less for a few days and promptly fled the country. As G-Money puts it…”mommy and daddy went to Mex-ee-co!”

Mommy and daddy soaked in a lot of sun…

We spent a lot of time taking in the beautiful grounds at the Valentin Imperial Maya.

Lots of time eating some wonderful food.

And of course, lots of time getting some much needed sleep.

Thanks again grandmas and grandpas for taking such wonderful care of our boy. He had a blast and can’t wait for his next sleep-over vacations at your houses!

our heart pumps green and gold

shutter daddy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:27:25 +0000

The Saints may have been declared World Champions this year, but our beloved Green and Gold are going to be poised to make a run in 2010. We’ve got one of the top young arms in the league in A-Rodge. I can’t even remember who our old quarterback was.

And thanks great grandma and great grandpa for our new Packers hat and gloves!

stylin’ with g…or should we say, gq

shutter daddy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:48:36 +0000

Daddy’s last attempt at giving G-Money an at-home haircut was less than stellar. The left side got a little crooked, and before daddy had time to fix it, mommy confiscated the scissors. As anyone with a one-year old knows, cutting hair that’s constantly in motion is no small feat. So it was time to call in the professionals.

Here’s G’s before shot…a bit long and a little crooked.

He’s not really sure what to think when things got started.

And the after. Mommy and daddy weren’t sure how it would all play out, but G handled the whole experience like a pro. His only problem now is fighting off all the ladies.

Fun with daddy at Ronnie’s Steakhouse

shutter daddy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:06:44 +0000

Over the New Year’s break, there was one day that daddy and G had free while mommy had to work. G and I decided to head out for an adventure and spend some time at one of his favorite hangouts–the McDonald’s playland. We drove a bit to the McD’s in West Bend, where they have perhaps the biggest playland in all of southeastern Wisconsin. We had a lot of fun that morning, as evidenced in part by the progression of sleepiness documented in the photos below.

thank you mr. cudahy for a fun day at discovery world

shutter daddy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:10:55 +0000

Mommy had a meeting to attend downtown, so we decided to take the G Man to Discovery World for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. On the walk from our car, we stopped in front of the art museum for a photo. It was too cold to do too much posing (and G Money decided not to wear his gloves), so we took what we could get.

P.S. All photos were taken with momma’s Panasonic LX-3.

Momma joined us when her meeting was over. G had fun showing her the mirrors on the bee hive exhibit.

beware the bearded man in the red suit

shutter daddy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:49:29 +0000

A couple of weekends ago, we went to the GE Kids Holiday Party held out in Waukesha. The tone was set for the day when we opened the front doors and saw the non-perishable food item collection barrels, and the joyous GE volunteers accepting canned goods for the local food pantry. Our stomachs sank when we realized we forgot our donation. There was a monetary collection basket we were able to contribute to, however, so we felt somewhat redeemed.

We then settled into the back of the ballroom stage area to watch the childrens magician perform. The G man had no interest in the guy’s shtick though, so that bit of entertainment was short lived.

Daddy then said, I know…let’s go visit Santa! After 45 minutes of standing in line, it was finally our turn. Upon which we proceeded to snap this gem… G Money sits for no man in a funny red suit.

Things got marginally better when G was given a mini candy cane from Mrs. Claus and shoved the whole thing in his mouth. He then proceeded to have the largest volume of drool I’ve ever seen.

Following which we decided to pick up our free gift and get the heck out of there. Needless to say, things at the Kids Holiday Party were a bit of a bust (by no fault of the General). I think we’re going to wait a couple of years until we try again.

G money on canvas

shutter daddy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:15:17 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we placed our first order with Simply Canvas, an online print-to-canvas retailer. We ordered a photo of G Money bathing in grandma’s whiskey barrel up in Three Lakes from earlier this fall. I’m incredibly happy with how our 20″ x 24″ gallery-wrapped stretched canvas turned out. The people over at Simply Canvas were incredible to work with, and the quality of their product is top-notch. If you’re a professional photographer and are looking for a canvas supplier, check them out: www.simplycanvas.com.

our day at the waterpark

shutter daddy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:23:18 +0000

A week or two ago we were high bidders on a couple of water theme park tickets at our church’s silent auction. We decided to put the tickets to use last weekend and took little G to Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells. As expected, he had a great time splashing around and performing his patented “belly slide” in the kiddie area. He wasn’t so sure about the adult water slides, however. He didn’t cry, per se, but the expression on his face suggested, “what in the world are you doing to me with all this super-fast twisting and turning action.” Here are some photos from the less scary moments of our day.

Autumn Parktime Fun at Oakwood

shutter daddy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:55:33 +0000

The weather was beautiful this past weekend in SE Wisconsin. It was the kind of weather we seem to have been waiting for all fall. We took the opportunity to take G out to Oakwood Park. He had a blast climbing, running, sliding, and playing in the sandbox. He had the most fun, though, watching all the other kids running around and getting yelled at by their mommies and daddies.

How big is G? Soooo big.

What are you…chicken?

shutter daddy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:18:44 +0000

Hope everyone had a good Halloween this year! On our end, we spent the morning/early afternoon trick-or-treating at the Milwaukee County Zoo. After fueling up with lunch and some quick naps in the afternoon, we went trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. Obviously G’s costume this year was world’s cutest chicken. Getting him to stand still for a photo is always a challenge, but we did get a few to immortalize G in all his chicken-glory.