Goodbye old friend...

Alan's Lizard "Spicky" was laid to rest this morning in the shade of the tree in our back yard. He was a large Eastern Fence Lizard that Tom caught for him last year right before Alan's 8th birthday. Here he is in his cage about three weeks ago with his friend Salmy the Salamander.

My Kitchen Helper

Every time I fill or empty the dishwasher I have to do it quickly, or William will crawl over to his favorite play place. He tries to climb into the dishwasher while he grabs at the silverware and dishes. Of course I always have to move him, and he always get's very upset when I do. I usually have to give him a pan lid or something to bang on to keep him from getting into the other dishes.

After completely emptying it one day, I finally decided to just let him go and see what he'd do:

Happy Birthday To Me..

My birthday was last Saturday while Tom was still in Sweden. He had also missed his birthday while he was there. I've always wanted to make an ice cream cake that was comparable to the over-priced tiny cakes you get at ice cream shops because Tom always wants one for his birthday. I've made them in the past, but they always looked terrible, and tasted OK. I really wanted to do it right this time. So, I decided to try again at making one. I was pretty pleased with the results this time. He came back from Sweden on Monday, and we had the cake waiting for him and I.
It's just a normal cake baked in a round pan, then I cut it in half, and put a big slab of ice cream in the middle of it. I froze it, then frosted it with whipped cream. Then I froze it again, and frosted the details on with chocolate ice cream, and voila! Ice cream cake!!

Time Machine...

Jam Session...

Mini people playing mini instruments on a Sunday afternoon.