Today was Gavin's birthday- 3 years old! I can't believe it. I took cupcakes over to his school for all the kids. Poor little guy was a little overwhelmed when everyone sang for him. I think he's more of a "behind the scenes" kind of kid. At least he had fun after the song was done!

I could definitly do with another day off!

This weekend was a blast! Saturday morning, we got the little man's hair cut- he looks so cute! Then we ran a bunch of errands (boring stuff like an oil change and grocery store run). After Gavin's nap, we went to the pool for awhile. Actually, it's the longest we've stayed all season long. Our trip got cut a little short by a "Code Brown" lock out around 5pm. Nice. Sucks for the pool though b/c they had an adult-only "Luau" scheduled to start at 6pm. Guess those folks weren't going to be getting into the pool!

Sunday we headed up to Lake Lanier after doing a drive by a couple of houses (nothing worth buying). It was Gavin's first time in the lake and he loved it! He kept screaming and laughing everytime the waves came rolling through. However, it was a little short lived and after about 30 minutes, he was ready to get out. Good thing Grammie and Tom-Tom were there to hang out with him up at the house while mom and dad could roll around the water for a little while longer!

We grilled out burgers and finished up with a little Key Lime Pie. All in all, fantastic day, incredible weekend! At least it can carry me through the first few days of the week!

TGIF- that's about all i have to say.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE summer! I love going to the pool with my family- Gavin is really digging the water this year! He even tried going sans life jacket the other day- of course, that only lasted until I let him go and he sank under the water! Jeff and I gave him props for the rest of the day and night for being a "big boy" who went under water. We made sure he "showed off" to anyone we saw so he wouldn't be scared of it. Of course, when we went back to the pool last night, he wasn't so willing to try again.

I get daily emails (or weekly, I forget) from the "America's Test Kitchen" folks. LOVE LOVE LOVE that show. If you've never seen that show, I highly recommend it. They go back to basics a lot and also present the best way to cook something for the best taste. I also like that they do taste testing of brands that you see in a regular grocery store, not just some gourmet shops where I hardly shop.

The host, Christopher Kimball, is pretty dry. Admittedly, I like him. He's not the "in your face" and loud "bam" kind of guy- very straight foward, in fact.

In today's email from him, I give you the following excerpt:

Our second oldest, Caroline, is finishing up a year working at a local Vermont bakery and is off to college in September. She also accompanied me, Adrienne, and three test kitchen employees — Bryan, Yvonne (who will be on the TV show in 2010), and Jacqui — to a Grateful Dead concert in April in Worcester, Mass., where we catered dinner for the band: Poached Salmon, salads, Muffuletta sandwiches, plus cookies and Applesauce Snack Cake. What was the band like? Very nice folks, polite, and, for the most part, good eaters. Bill Kreutzmann, one of the drummers, was particularly charming; he lives in Hawaii and says he enjoys a year-round diet of organic produce. Also there was Jeff Chimenti, the new keyboardist for the Dead, who also plays with Bob Weir and RatDog. Terrific guy.

It kind of made me laugh to see that he cooked lunch for the Dead. Totally threw me off, especially to see references to Bob Weir and RatDog (!!!). Had to share.

On another note- looking forward to the weekend- Dad is coming down tomorrow to hang out with us at the pool. We're going to Mercedes' son's Baptism tomorrow morning and having lunch with them afterwards. Should be fun.

TTFN!

I just love it when you type in a long blog entry and then Blogger errors out and you lose whatever it was that you wrote. Yup, that just happened.

So, now I'm frustrated and don't want to write anything. I'll get back to you tomorrow.