Agle Rodeo

This is why Brooklynn's pigtails are always messy...

Eeewwwww and Awwww

Erik and I finally invested in a new highchair for Brooklynn. It sits on a normal chair to save space, and it converts into a booster seat when she's older. We had something like it to begin with, but it was Walmart-cheap and she broke the tray off after a couple weeks. For the past few months, we've been just using the broken one, placing the tray in front of her; but that became unbearable, as she would always throw the food-filled tray on the floor when she was done eating.

So, as I unstrapped the old to install the new, I discovered Brooklynn's secret stash. It took me a full half hour using a plastic scrapper to get all this off:


I spy string cheese, chocolate animal crackers, two lollipops, a pencil, baby Gerber Cheetos, pepperoni, chicken nuggets, Frosted Shredded Wheat, a refrigerator magnet, yogurt covered raisins...


I don't suggest clicking on the image - it looks a lot worse blown up. I wanted to scream while I scraped away at it all. But then how can you get mad at this face?

One down, two to go

Well, no Vegas job for Erik for now. Off to LA...

Sorry, he took the camera with him, so if you want to see Brooklynn, you'll have to visit or Skype us :)

LOST, and my hypocrasy

What do Grey's Anatomy, RENT and Family Guy have in common? Not much, except for my dislike for them and my efforts to keep them out of our house. I don't expect that's too surprising… but would it surprise you to hear that Fern Gully and August Rush are just as strongly in that category? What’s more, would you be surprised to hear that we like to watch 30 Rock and The Office and are addicted to LOST?

30 Rock, The Office, and LOST all have enough of their own kind of questionable content. So why don’t they bother me much as a PG romance? As the final season premier of LOST approaches (tomorrow!) I have found myself asking those questions…

I have come to realize that I am WAY more sensitive to messages that I don't approve of, as opposed to content that I don't approve of. One bar is quite apparently lower than the other. For example, The Office can be just as bawdy and irreverent as Family Guy, but when I see Family Guy I am a lot more offended - because it feels like they're actually getting at something with all of their tasteless humor, making all kinds of social and religious points that I don't appreciate. The same goes with Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. When people do bad things, it doesn't bother me - until the story gets set up in such a way as to endorse it or make people who don't approve of it look like ignorant biggots.

So, the question then becomes, "Is that OK?" I don't know the answer to that one, really. It could be completely hypocritical of me. Or, it could be true that messages are more influential than content and are therefore more dangerous, justifying my imbalance? I don't know!!! It's probably the former. Entertainment is so sticky. Don't even get me STARTED on the challenges that we will face as Erik decides what shows to audition for or not. Ugh.

Up, Down, Up...

"Teez"

Brooklynn finally says "teez" for the camera :):

Snowboarding in Park City

Haha, you thought I was talking about me again, didn't you? I don't snowboard or ski or do anything that involves giving myself up to gravity on purpose. But we DID go see professional snowboarders do their thing this past Saturday at the 2010 Olympic qualifier. It was awesome. Extremely cold. Very amazing. Especially Saun White, of course.