Not quite baby pool weather yet

Since I was doing some yard work, I thought Simon might want to hang out with me in the yard in the baby pool.

Seems as though it's not quite warm enough to enjoy the cold hose water.

After laying a pallet of grass, I was ready to get in. But that would've turned the water into mud.

Who wants BROCCOLI !?!

If you're gonna have jazz hands, you gotta eat your veggies.

What to buy first...?

Decisions, decisions... Thanks AT&T!

Dad's night IN. N OUT night for Mom

"Why do you always make good things when I go out?" - Erinn

First off, Erinn hasn't had many (any?) nights out since Simon made his entrance almost a year ago, so when she did get an opportunity to go do something, I encouraged it - especially because it usually means I get to wrap bacon around something before I grill it.

Tonight I went for something different. An homage to the tastiest fast food burger in California, the Double-Double Animal Style from In-N-Out. It's almost made as many appearances on the blog as Callie has, so readers of this blog shouldn't be unfamiliar with it.

The official description from In-N-Out's website says:

"Burger of your choice with hand-leafed lettuce, tomato, American cheese, a mustard cooked beef patty; add pickle, extra spread, with grilled onions."

Seemed simple enough.


Grilled onions: Check


Hand-leafed lettuce: check
Tomato: check
Two slices of American cheese: check
Pickles: check (I went with the Chic-Fil-A approach of just two pickle slices)
Extra spread: check (I recreated the spread with relish and Thousand Island dressing)


Two mustard grilled patties: Indeed. (Actually, I had no idea what this meant in the description. So I just grilled the patty over a squeeze of yellow mustard.)


Oh look, steam! That's how you know it's working.



The facsimile was a little taller than the original. I ate it anyway.

Easter

We had a whirlwind, tiring Easter starting with the ol' sunrise mass at 7:30am. While poopy diapers and rain slowed us a little, we still got there early enough to find a seat. Fortunately, most people aren't crazy enough to go that early.

After Mass, we headed over to Paw Paw and Mimi's where Simon got to play with bubbles, wind-up chickadees and Aunt Kelly.

We had lunch with Aunt Jennifer, Pop and that lady who hasn't quite figured out a name for herself.

After the peas, Simon went to town on the honey. He loved it!

Don't worry, I'm kidding... I'd never let him eat peas.

Pop and Simon compare Easter hats.

Simon in real time

Note the time this was posted.

At the lake

Always a few days behind.... Here's some pics from Ski Shores on Lake Austin from last weekend with Katie and Ben.

Nothing like a Cheerio right off a weathered two-by-four.

Simon goes to UT

I played hooky on Tuesday and we all went to the Blanton Museum over on the UT campus. Skipping work for museums? Don't think I would've done that ten years ago (or even four). We went to the "Birth of the Cool" exhibit that looked at California culture at the midcentury. Dug it, man.

Before we got to the museum, there was a giant piece that you could walk through. I had a hankering for spaghetti afterward though.

While there was no photography inside the exhibit, the interior of the Blanton had some good colors to shoot around.

Simon's favorite activity: eating.

As you can see, Simon enjoyed his day out.

come east young man (and woman)

Our friends from Ben and Katie are visiting from California. You might remember Ben and Katie from such blog posts as "Karaoke in Korea Town" or "Moustache Party '07". After we picked them up at the airport, we drove down to Lockhart for some Kreuz's.

No forks. No problem. No Big Red? I've got another couple of days to fix that.

Simon actually had a little brisket. Unfortunately, it's all downhill for him from here on out. I will say that Kreuz's seemed a little off their game today. Even still, they're number one in my book.

Simon shows off his present from Ben and Katie. It's a "Goodnight Los Angeles" board book with all the L.A. hotspots that he remembers from his first two months there.