Kid Demos

I'm currently working on two music projects. One is an americana/folk-rock album and the other one a children's album. Today I completed the lead vocals for the kids songs demos. The girls are doing the back up vocals. They each completed one song today. They did a good job and seemed to enjoy it. They are excited about the next session.

46

I turned 46 yesterday. I got a haircut. The girls were off of school and wanted to go see the new Adam Sandler movie "Bedtime Stories", so we went. I had spent part of an evening hanging out with Adam many years ago and the girls had questions about that. Aside from spending too much time in line to get popcorn, it was a good time. After, we ordered some pizza from a place called The Redfish. Yummy. Then we had a little birthday celebration. Frederick sang a song about a monkey. It was a good time.

Chilli Cook Off!!!!!

I don't cook much. Lauren is a very good cook. In the last few months I've watched snippets of cooking shows and thought it would be something I might enjoy. In addition, Lauren could use the help. We have 5 little ones here in the house, and baby Abraham requires constant attention, especially since Lauren breast feeds.
Colette was looking through a cookbook Lauren received for Christmas and mentioned a chilli recipe that was listed. I asked her if she wanted to cook it with me and she said yes. Lauren volunteered to get the ingredients from the supermarket and a few days later I found myself in the kitchen with Colette, Bernadette, and Bridget, who all wanted to be chefs. The recipe listed the ingredients but didn't really give any instructions. No problem, as it wasn't hard to figure out. The girls did a great job in assisting my chilli cooking debut. They helped set the table and serve drinks. The chilli was a bit spicy, but not too spicy. The girls and Lauren thought it was quite tasty. I thought so too! It was a good time cooking with the girls and having a nice family dinner.

The New Years Cup

Our first annual New Years Cup soccer match was played today at Barrios Park. Bernadette and Colette comprised the FC Clark Gold Stars, while Bridget and I were members of FC Clark United. The Gold Stars struck first, and we traded goals throughout the duration. The Gold Stars made some fine passes, and Bridget made some fine defensive plays for United. The match ended in a 4-4 tie. Bridget was named MVP.
The next match in the cup series will be in a couple weeks, in the Daddy's Birthday Cup.

Christmas Day Pics part 2

Christmas Day Pics part 1

Pre K At The Park Day

Bridget's class spent the morning at the park last Monday. Many of the parents came along too. The kids played on the playground equipment. I helped Bridget of course, but many of the other kids wanted help too--- a push on the swing or getting up on the monkey bars. Some of the kids came up and just started conversations. One boy told me that he was already 4 years old and still hadn't killed his first deer yet, but his brother was 7 and had. Interesting. The kids then went into the gym to have lunch and Santa Claus showed up. One of Bridget's friends asked me if that was the real Santa or a fake Santa. I said I didn't know how to tell the difference. Then she decided that he was fake. I asked if she was sure and she said that yes, she can just tell. She would know if it was the real Santa.