how to be gangs'tot in the 'burbs

1. Slip into your tennies and pull on the hoodie

2. get into position for ...

3. the "gangs'tot pose"

Ah, who am i kidding.. I'm no gangs'tot. just a kid in my daddy's shoes..

Say hello to..

Mr. Shanghai Lam

Want an autograph now or later?

;-)

For my baby boy

Dear Riley

To you I wish to bequeath
my strength
and my love
my wisdom
my steele
art, and a feel
for things.

I will lay them as gifts
by your size one
feet

Love,
Mama

Christmas in November

So we stopped by our local big box-mega store-discount warehouse to pick up so Christmas ornaments to start off the decorating frenzy. While walking up and down the isle looking for that perfect color of red, we bumped into a long-time friend. Everybody knows his name NNnnnnorr..... err Santa.

Following the tradition of kids refusing to sit with Santa, this picture is as close as we get to Riles sitting on his lap. I'm gonna get of pic of him on Santa yet, 28 days left to try. (do you believe there is a website for this (http://holidays.bfn.org/xmas/countdown.html). Have a good one ya'll.

Happy Birthday Gina

It was my beautiful wife's birthday on Sunday. We celebrated a wee bit early on Saturday. We started the day by dropping off the Riles at grandma's, then a quick trip to the local Acura dealership to pick up Gina's new ride, before a jaunt to the local sushi spot. Ok so the "quick trip" was 4 hours long, they didn't have the car in stock and the local sushi spot was an hour drive away, it was a great day none-the-less.

Here is Gina enjoying her mochi, a new twist on ice cream cake. Happy Birthday honey!



Have you ever savored your food for just a bit longer than normal. Gina and I both agreed this was probably one of the best sushi we had. Was it the environment, was the fresh fish, was it the cool plate settings, maybe it was because we were just hungry, but it was hmmm... hmmm... good. So if your ever in Evanston, stop by Blu Lounge Sushi. Tell em Tim sent you, and they will give you the craziest look =)

Here are some pictures to enjoy. (Does anyone know what the fish on the right is?)