The Mom & The Dad

A dog, a cat, and three kids later, here we are at our 8 year anniversary.  My how time flies.

I think we're pretty darned lucky to call this family, and all the messes that come with it, ours.

Us, 8 years ago today:

Ah, the honeymooners:

And 8 years later:

Happy anniversary, Chachi.

I love you to the moon.

Random Thoughts and Tidbits: Part 2

I'm feeling the need for another bullet post.

• My computer cubby smells like human urine.
• How is it possible that I missed the mystery substance on the dining room wall long enough for it to turn to cement?  I'm seriously gonna need a paint scraper to remove it.
• What in the world is the bright orange substance smeared all over the toilet seat?!
• How can you go from "I'm not hungry" to an "I'm staaaaarrrrrving" meltdown in a matter of minutes?
• Dear male readers:  Fantasy football is just that.  f.a.n.t.a.s.y.  Which means, it isn't r.e.a.l.
• What in the heck is that smell?!
• I would trade my left foot for a maid.  Wait, make it my right foot.
• Baby has her second tooth poking through on the bottom.
• Baby is grouchy.
• Tomorrow is our anniversary.  I get dinner in a restaurant.  A real one.  Where you sit down and order food from a menu.  I'm pretty excited about it.  Now to choose which one.....
• I'm trying to remember when the last time we had "date night" was.  Possibly Valentine's Day.
• Yes, I know.  It's sad.  Please send babysitters.
• Oh wait.  We had a newborn on Valentine's Day.  Sooooooo, our last night out must have been on my birthday in December - with my sister and BIL.  So I'll say our last date night was in August of 2011.
• Please.  Send.  Babysitters.
• I think it might be my shirt.  The smell.  What IS that?!
• That's all I've got.  I'm off to lay on the couch with a bag of kettle corn and the remote.

The Deep Blue Sea: A Kid Lunch

I saw this idea in a magazine a while back and decided to try it out for this week's Fun Food Friday.

I'm making the Garlic-Avocado Sammies for dinner tonight, so figured I could use the spread from that as the water.  I'll post the recipe next week, but it's basically cream cheese and avocado.  I put a drop of blue food coloring in a small amount of it to do the lunch.

The base is a rice cake.  A bagel or any sort of bread would work.  I'm sure you all know what the fishy crackers are. The rest is just stuff I dug out of the fridge and yard.  Broccoli, cherry tomatoes, garlic chives, basil, and cucumber.

Here's lunch on the plate:

They were near identical, but here's the other one:

I'm so glad it's Friday.

Have a good weekend!