Perno Pizza Friday

It's Greek to me! That was the theme of our pizza this evening & it was magnificent! We thought of a Greek salad & went from there; wheat crust slathered in sauteed, chopped garlic & topped with chopped olives, pepperoncini, fresh tomatoes, feta cheese & gyro meat. We served the pizza with a side of cool, Tzatziki sauce, a glass of wine for me & a cold beer for Mike.

Happy 6th Birthday!

Our little girl, Dempsey turned 6 on August 5th so we had a bit of a celebration with some Frosty Paws ice cream which she loves. Demps is the sweetest, little Pug in the world, but God forbid you try to take away her ice cream, she will growl!

Happy 6th Birthday, Puggy, we love you!

Aurthur trumps Mom

So we purchased this cute storage frog when we were shopping at Ikea in mid-July & immediately hung it on the back of Cam's door to hold diapers, wipes, & lotions. Well, this past weekend, Cam decided to suddenly become very interested in Aurthur (yes, I named him!) just as he became interested in the balloon that had been attached & floating from a lamp in our living room months after it had been there.

When Cam would wake up in the morning or from one of his naps this past weekend, he would immediately look at Aurthur & I would walk him over there & make up silly stories about the frog life that he leads & demonstrate how he eats bugs, watches over him as he sleeps, etc. I could tell Cam was starting to remember his name because he would look over at Aurthur each time I said his name. Mike was a bit skeptical that Cam actually knew the frog's name as we got him ready for bed Monday night. That is, until I said, "Cam, where's Aurthur?" And he immediately looked over at his frog.

So.... the point of this post is that if Mike says, "Cam, where's Mama?" he just looks around the room as if he's bored & looking for something better to do! First he says, "Da-da" constantly with NO "mama" to be heard yet & now the damn frog gets more recognition than me! What's up with that?!

Sunday snuggles

Poker night at Cakey Manor!

Last night we went to Matt & Kelly's for poker night & had a really great time. Well, that was until Cam decided to wake up around 10ish & not go back to sleep until we were forced to leave at around 11pm. Poor Mike spent the entire hour trying to get him back to sleep, but it wasn't to be; his teething must have been really bothering him. In the end Matt & I decided to split the pot & we called it a night because not only was Cam clearly not going back to sleep, but Mike was feeling terribly too (yet again, one of us got sick from the various germs Cam brought in from day care).

The rest of the gang stuck around & played a second game, but I was happy to be leaving $15 richer. Yeah, I'm a high roller. That's how I play!


It's the whole gang.. minus Matt. But, see
below b/c I gave him a shout out!


Look at me, bringing in the cash!




It's the Greens. Both wearing Green!
Can you get any cuter?


Here's Matt. He is one swell guy; charming,
handsome & intelligent! (over e-mail, I promised
I would blog about him & say such flattering things).
But these things all happen to be true!


Party foul! Mike spilled my drink &
broke the champagne flute!

Itsy, bitsy, teeny, weenie!

Yesterday as we were pulling into our garage, Mike noticed a teeny, tiny American green tree frog sitting on a leaf of our bush so he called me over to check it out. As I looked at the cute, little bugger, I noticed that they were EVERYWHERE! Seriously, every leaf we looked at had one on it; it was pretty amazing. They were in a perfect spot, settled under the outdoor light, ready to snatch up all the bugs as nightfall came. So cute!




See how tiny!


There are 3 in this picture

Beauty

Just thought I'd share a picture of the rose that was given to us at church last week. I have mixed emotions about flowers because I love their beauty but hate to think about them slowly dying. So I took a picture of it at it's most vibrant point so that I could hold on to the beauty of it.