NCAA Men's Basketball

I am going to see 2011 NCAA Div. I Men's Basketball 2nd & 3rd Round at the Pepsi Center. Want to get tickets and join me? Here is my event info: sec: 316, row: 12, seats: 9-16
WOOOOO HOOOO!! We tried to get tickets through the lottery and they didn't draw our name, but I just got an email and we are in!! I bought 8 tickets for the NCAA tournament on March 17th and March 19th. If anyone wants to join us, we will have 2-4 extra tickets (Darnells- you are in).
WOO HOO!!

Cheese and Sausage Festival

Join us for the Family Fun Cheese and Sausage Festival in my hometown of New London, WI in September. Jeff and I have registered for the 5K run that morning, we would love to have more people join in the fun! We will be celebrating Jeff’s Birthday!

Reading to baby

Two of her favorite things- books and baby dolls.

Silk commercial audition

OK, not really.... but it sure looks like it, doesn't it?

Shopping

These carts are the best!

Sushi

Last night we went to Fontana Sushi, one of our fav’s in our neighborhood. They know us, and the older woman who served us was so happy to see Lauren again. They surprised us with a special roll that they made just for her (free- how nice :) )- it was laid-out fancy on a plate with garnish and all, and the pieces were tiny, just right for her hands. The outside was made of egg (yep- :( ) and inside unagi, all drizzled in a special sweet BBQ sauce. She explained how it was all cooked and safe for a baby (this same lady chastised me a few months ago when I gave her uncooked- oooops!) and they made it up just for her. Luckily Lauren was interested in the fish tank when she dropped it off- because she certainly could not eat a roll made of eggs. As soon as the lady walked away we chopped a bunch of the pieces up like we were giving them to Lauren and Jeff and I chowed down a few. It was so yummy and I am sure Lauren would have loved to have her own special roll- darn egg allergy! It really is a bummer sometimes…

Time Out

We have started to implement “time-out” for Lauren, and a funny thing happened this weekend. She was getting a bit feisty and she hit me, so I made her go into time out- we have her sit on the floor in her room and close the door for a minute. Then I came back and we talked about how she should be gentle and not hit mommy, that it hurts. She told me she was sorry and gave me a hug and a kiss too. So sweet, I am thinking maybe I can get a handle on this parenting thing. Then about a half hour later she hits me again- I think. She had a toy in her hand and just lightly hit my face, so I wasn’t sure if it was an accident. Until I saw her face with G-U-I-L-T written all over it. She looked like she was about to cry and said “hurts”. Then she climbed down off the chair we were sitting on, walked into her room and closed the door. SHE PUT HERSELF IN TIME OUT! How easy was that? Now I only hope she is good at grounding herself, too…

Designer Diapers?

Please tell me this is a joke. They are cute, but cost around $0.60, about 3 times what I would normally pay for diapers. Thanks Pampers, perhaps you could put some of your research energy into real improvements (less chemicals, less waste, less leaks,...)

GABF

More beer festivals. We got our tickets to GABF (Great American Beer Festival) - we are going to the saturday afternoon members only session. We actually have 4 tickets (I think) so we have room for 1 more - Jeff's dad will be coming with us. Hooray! How lucky are we to live in the city that hosts this great event? As much as we love to volunteer as beer pourers, this really isn't happening anymore now that we have a little one

2009 GABF Quick Stats

49,000 Attendees (includes brewers, volunteers, and ticket holders)

3,308 Beers in the GABF Competition

3,000 Volunteers

2,100 Beers served in the hall

495 Breweries in the competition

457 Breweries in the festival hall

132 Judges from 10 countries

78 Categories judged + Pro-Am category

72 Beers entered into the Pro-Am Competition

51 Breweries attending for the first time