Fake I.D. gets Gia into the bar
Ava has asked for a dirty martini. Will she get away with her wascally plan?
THE GROTTO: Over the weekend our family stopped in Leavenworth, a faux Bavarian village in the Cascade mountains. We stayed at The Sleeping Lady, a very nice resort with a great bar, The Grotto. However, they are not too careful about serving alcohol to minors.
Baby Kaya aroused suspicions when she climbed up on the barstool
Dad turned his head for a second, and evidently the girls snuck into The Grotto. They might have been able to pull it off, too, were it not for Kaya.
Dad & Ava
Dad finally arrived to explain the confusion.
TAX SEASON! My wife has already begun to panic. No procrastinator, she wants them done by Valentine’s Day. Or else!
My lovely wife with Ava at The Sleeping Lady spa
MYSTERIOUS POO: The other night I met an acquaintance who told me about his sixteen year-old daughter who completed a project on the Holocaust. It seems unimaginable that our peanuts will someday be that sophisticated. Every other day Ava or Gia leaves a log in the toilet. When I ask who’s the culprit they both deny. Thus I must bring them into the bathroom, present the evidence, and interrogate. I block the entrance and threaten ‘no donuts for a week’ or some other mortifying prospect until one of them flushes.
And now try and FIND THE BABY!
- Find the Baby!
OVER WHAT? UNDER WHO? My wife is a whiz in the corporate world, and has mastered the language. One of her favorite sayings is, “Under promise and over deliver.” I’m still learning after six plus years of marriage. For example, I tell her I’ll make a cup of morning coffee and bring it down to her on the Q.T. Fifteen minutes laters up she comes as I’ve forgotten completely about the coffee. That’s what’s called, “OVER PROMISE & UNDER DELIVER.” (Sorry ’bout that, Terry, love you and I’ll be on it next time…though I still haven’t started on the taxes)
我爱中文酷! And introducing my Chinoku game 我愛中文酷!:
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SUPER BOWL PREDICTION: Indianapolis 37 New Orleans 21 (I’m mildly rooting for New Orleans. Also of interest: The Who at halftime, and the Man Crunch vs. Tim Tebow controversy)
PHOTO of the WEEK: Market, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Notes of a Sexist Stay-at-home Father 
Gia is so pretty!! I love her photo!
I feel your wife’s pain, Caleb. I think tax day should coincide with “Tax Freedom Day,” the date when the average American (well, those who actually pay taxes) has worked to pay their tax liability.
Seems to add insult to injury that we pay our taxes in mid-April, but haven’t finished working to pay the government until some time in May.
If it coincided, soon we wouldn’t have to file until August!!!!! 🙂
Hey Caleb, I’ve found it’s always a good marital strategy to under promise, just as a matter of policy. Your Super Bowl guess didnt’ pan out, but that’ sokay, I too was rooting for New Orleans; they’ve had enough bad news, and as friends of mine from INdiana proclaimed, INdianapolis is a “non-place” an invented spot on the map with no personality, so who could root for them. Scott