Birthday Question?

Zachio has reached the ripe old age of 4 years! He honored me with this question during his birhtday breakfast.

Daddy, why don't cows have penises?

Of course this was asked with my mouth fill of cereal...leading to multiple repetitions of the question. Each one slightly more humorous than the last. Lucky I was able to swallow my mouth full of cereal quickly and replied ...cause cows are girls and girls dont have penises. This seemed to satisfy his 4 year old curiosity. Luckily the presents covering the living room floor where enough of a distraction so there where not any follow up questions.

Don't worry B-day pictures will be coming quickly. =)

Question of the Day! (aka why I love being a dad)

Daddy, why don't dogs use toilet paper?

How to keep a nearly four year old occupied and clean!

One word answer - sprinkler! Here are some pictures to prove it. I write more but a picture is worth a thousand words!

Somersaults!!!

As most of you know - Zachio has been enjoying gymnastics throughout the spring. Last week was his "show-day" - which really meant all of the kids brought their parents onto the mat. Zachio has mastered somersaults, monkey jumps (cartwheels), donkey kicks (hand stands) and the balance beam! He gets better every class - it is really amazing to see! Unfortunately, my camera battery died 2 minutes after the show started. So I don't have that many pictures to share - but atleast there is this action sequence. And Yes that is a Celtics shirt he is wearing!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Just wanted to wish all the mothers out there a happy moma's day! Here are your favorite midwest boys!

The Best Good Friday!

Well Spring has finally shown itself in central Illinois. Z got his first 2 wheel bike when Bub and Zade were visiting. So we have been ripping up the Myra Ridge sidewalks and bikepaths. Added in a visit to the humane society, a fire truck, a few hundred slide rides and we had an excellent weekend.

So a lot happens in a month!

A very short list of our adventures over the last month. Zachio and Daddio went to our first (of hopefully many Illini basketball games) accompanied by Z's first face paint (Crazy Uncle Joe watch out) and cotton candy. And Bub and Zade came for there 354th visit since thier favorite son turned down the job at Harvard medical school to take a job at the University of Illinois. Brett Favre retired, the sub-prime credit crunch continued, Zachio went to the dentist, got his first big boy bike (pictures will be coming soon), and the University forgot to take into the inceasing cost of gas when compiling their utility bill (a 117 Million dollar oopsie!).

Hopefully my next post won't be in April!