Sometimes Scarlett asks me to draw with her. So I drew this scene:

Of course, what we “see” is dependent upon our state of mind. Having been watching lots of fairy tale cartoons, her first guess was that I’d drawn a dragon and a dinosaur. Her second guess, of course, was correct that it was a giraffe and rhino. She then added a bird and some apples for the giraffe.

Ever since I bought my house and got a BBQ/grill I’ve learned that most of what I thought of as BBQ growing up was actually grilling. The key difference is that you BBQ at a lower temperature (typically around 225 F) and that BBQ is cooked via indirect heat. Grilling is cooking directly over a fire and, typically, done at the highest heat your BBQ/grill can provide (at the very least starting around 350 F and higher). Although I’ve been cooking ribs successfully on the BBQ/Grill for the past 6ish years, I’ve never really been BBQing them. So I looked around on the web and I found the recipe for Last Meal Ribs.

(And I think she beat Scarlett by a few months)

If you’re reading this on Facebook and it doesn’t attach a video - go to the link for the blog to see her take her first [assisted] steps.

Just as with Scarlett (when she was a baby), we THOUGHT Sam had teeth coming. Everyone felt something in his mouth. He had all the signs….but, alas, no teeth yet.

Civilization V (8 hours):

https://youtu.be/IpCdWi0w0U8?list=PLEJrELYLxNgVwd6MWpI64II_fu14o3KpB

I started off playing the same multi-player games we’ve been playing for years now. Then I heard Civ VI comes out this year and so that inspired me to play a solo game.

Contraption Maker (1 hour):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEJrELYLxNgULZsu5WJW6Xyb1Hc4XPK_X

I started off just intending to check out this this game. Then Scarlett saw me playing and asked me to play some more.

Always Sometimes Monsters (1 hour):

Most of the time I avoid taking my camera to the park because I know I’m going to be busy playing with the kids and the camera would just get in the way. But this weekend I brought it for some reason and I was able to get some fun shots like this one.

One of Scarlett’s favorite things to do is to slide on this slide and then have me touch her so she can discharge all the static onto me. Sometimes enough charge has built up that it actually hurts!