Dad Flirts with Greatness

2005 Tour de Georgia champion and Discovery Channel rider Tom Danielson came to town today after the end of this year's TdG.













He showed Dad some important things in Monday night's local group ride, such as:








- how pro bike racers tend to have 18 inch waists
- how pro bike racers tend to weigh 83 pounds
- what $12,000 bikes look like up close
- how cell phone cameras take crummy, but convenient pictures

 

 

 

Multiple choice

See that gleem in my eyes? Is it:

a) the light of Christ (I was baptized on Saturday, pictures to come)
b) a spark of determination to squeeze as many parties and "deats" out of this birthday as I can
c) a glimmer of the terrible/terrific twos
d) the glazed-over result of croup, a cold, a cough and the cocktail of drugs Mom made me take so she could get some rest

All correct responses receive your choice of nose honk, high five or face lick. Bonus points for other creative guesses.

day seventhirtyone

Happy birthday to me! Woot! Baby Sister does turn 3 months tomorrow, but will she get her own chocolate mint cake from the pages of Southern Living? Will she get a new Thomas the Tank Engine t-shirt?

I think not.

Anyway, if you want to celebrate with me, I have big plans for hanging out in the playspace at the new Chick Fil A on Atlanta Highway.

Actias luna

Look what landed on our screened porch. He's a luna moth and Annabelle hasn't slept since he arrived on Tuesday. His adult life is only one week long, so it's pretty special that he's spending so much of it with us. I guess she doesn't want to miss any of it.

New Pics

There are so many interesting things about this picture, I can't even begin to describe it.








Here is Annabelle's response.










Thanks for all of you for being diligent and checking the blog every day, though we haven't put up any new posts. There are a lot of excuses we could make: mom and dad are now a year older, and they are now more crotchety, and won't let us near the computer to post; the pollen has completely covered the laptop; etc. etc.

Nonetheless, here is your new update. We should have more good pics next week, as both Baby Sister and I are getting baptized Saturday.