Neighborhood Watch

My husband is the neighborhood watch, but the neighborhood doesn't know it.

Scott likes to just sit on the couch by the front window and watch. Watch what? Anything and everything. Apparently we have a pretty "active" neighborhood.

There are often cop cars in the parking lot by our house (sometimes pulling people over, other times just waiting for the opportunity). Scott thinks this is something that needs watching.

If we hear something outside, not necessarily suspicious, he is at the window to see what it is.

If a storm rolls in, the curtains are pulled open to "watch" it. This is what is happening tonight. A huge thunder rumbled through - open went the curtains and he assumed his perch.

I often give him a hard time about this habit, and he doesn't understand why I think it is so funny. There is just something about a person having to know what is going on all of the time, and for it to be a guy is just makes it funnier. (more funny?)

I think that he is passing this on to Henry too. Henry loves to sit by the window and watch the cars go by. He is too young for the commentary that usually goes with it, but I'm sure that will come with time...and the proper training.

Swinging Fun?

Henry's first swinging experience. He wasn't so sure about swinging on his own. Henry held onto the swing tightly when he was on his own. I think that he like swinging with Grandpa and Grandma a lot more than by himself.

For more of Henry's adventures last week click here.

Does Ice Cream Go Bad?

My husband claims that ice cream does not go bad.

I do not agree.

This conversation surfaced last night after I made strawberry shortcake. I said that we had some "ice cream" in the freezer to go with it, if he wanted to take a chance. I wasn't sure how long it was in there, but I thought I would offer. (He isn't much of a shortcake fan so I thought this would help.) He didn't understand why I would question the ice cream, "Ice cream doesn't go bad."

Then what do you call the ice crystals that form on the top? Why does Golden Vanilla turn a deeper shade of yellow the longer it sits? Why is the last bowl from a container so gooey? Milk spoils after a week of being open, so if ice cream is made from milk...?

We ate strawberry shortcake, and topped it with ice cream. It didn't look overly yellowed to me, so I thought I would chance it this time.

Tonight to further prove his point, Scott choked down an ice cream sandwich. Normally this is not a big deal, today - a somewhat questionable decision. I really have NO idea how long they have been in the freezer. Probably since the last frozen food month at Meijer (not the one in March, the one before that - 4 months ago?).

I told him that they did not need to be eaten, I was going to dump them. Scott would hear nothing of it.

The paper kind of peeled off, but only to reveal the layer of crystals. His comment, "Why do you pay extra for those special freezer bags? You should just wrap everything in paper, it works just fine. This ice cream looks great, just a little tan." Cream...Tan...same thing, right?! New...Old...I prove my point.

I asked if he was going to eat the rest of the box. He thought that he would since they haven't gone bad yet. Freezer burn, no such thing, my husband says "just protective nuggets."

"Just because it has a little ice on it, it isn't junk.
It's a freezer, it happens."

Enjoying Spring

Scott is sure that Henry is a pro-bass fisherman in the
making. He told Henry that this is the only time he can sit on the front seat of the boat, that is Daddy's seat since that is where the trolling motor is. Henry just liked sitting in the boat, he didn't care where it was.

Saturday Grandpa and Grandma came over in the afternoon to help in our yard clean-up efforts. Henry "helped" to power wash the house. I don't know how useful he was, but the house sparkles!

Standing Ovation (part II)

Not only has Henry started standing in his crib, he now stands everywhere else. It looks like he will be too tall to be left alone in the pack and play soon. Once that happens there will be no getting anything done while he is awake!