The Dances w/ Dirt Team - Tighty Whities!

Dave - Legal Expert & Scalia Hater!

Jim - Author Extrordinaire (check Wikipedia)!

Martha - Super Mom & Teacher!

Carp - Phonics Expert - Pats Fan!

B'Amer - Ford Guy - Ankle Twister - Leg 2 Avoider!

Florida Trip - Easter 2008

March sure isn't a bad time to be in Florida! We left cold, snowy Michigan (and what a snowy winter it was... I heard Ann Arbor broke a record for snowfall!) for 70's & sun in FLA. We got a chance to see everyone (including Mike, Eileen, Ryan, Megan, and Kevin) over the course of our week there.

Another highlight was a spring training game between the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays. We had standing room only seats, but snuck our way into the right field seats that had tables in front of them for food, etc. Not bad! :)

Apart from that, most of the trip was spent on the beach or at Grandma & Granddad's pool!

Great!

Here's a quote from Dan Kurtzman:

Liberal Manifesto
Liberals believe in clean air, diplomacy, stem cells, living wages, body armor for our troops, government accountability, and that exercising the right to dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Liberals believe in reading actual books, going to war as a last resort, separating church and hate, and doing what Jesus would actually do, instead of lobbying for upper-class tax cuts and fantasizing about the apocalypse.
Liberals believe in civil rights, the right to privacy, and that evolution and global warming aren’t just theories but incontrovertible scientific facts.
Liberals believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment that (1) prohibits another Bush from ever occupying the White House, and (2) prevents George W. Bush from ever becoming baseball commissioner before he does to our national pastime what he did for America.
Liberals believe in rescuing people from flooded streets and rooftops, even if they’re too poor to vote Republican.
Liberals believe that supporting our troops means treating our wounded vets like the heroes they are, and not leaving them to languish in rat-infested military hospitals under the outsourced management of incompetent cronies who think they’re running a Taco Bell franchise.
Liberals believe in pheromones, sex ed, solar panels, voting paper trails, the common good, and that, no matter how fascinating a story it may be, a president should never sit around in a state of total paralysis reading "My Pet Goat" while America is under attack.
And above all, liberals believe that it’s time to come together as a country and put a
collective boot in the ass of shameless conservative fearmongers, hate merchants, and scapegoaters who are sucking the freedom out of all our souls.

Cutie Patootie!

I think Grandma bought her this outfit. Pretty in Pink, I'd say. ;)

Superbowl Party!

We had a Superbowl party last Sunday & it was Kaisa's first chance to watch some football! A good time was had by all, despite the fact that most of the room (who had a rooting interest) were Pats fans. Quite a 4th quarter!

I made pretzels from a recipe found on epicurious.com. They turned out really well! They are a bit of work, but not too much. Everyone enjoyed them, so they should make another appearance in the future.

Kaisa Sleeps... sometimes!

Pretty cute when she's sleeping, huh? Last night, however, she decided to be wide awake & mostly crying from 10:30 - 12:30. I'm told this is normal. Andrea seems to be handling things better than me. Maybe she has more nurturing genes or I'm just a cold fish. ;)

More Pictures

Here are more pictures from Kaisa's first holiday season: