Dude Night #2

Dude Night #2.
Hello all, and welcome to Dude Night #2. Steph is taking her second cake decorating class at Hobby Lobby. Not to be confused with Home Depot, the place I told one of her friends that she was taking her class. Who knew the world’s most popular home improvement superstore would not have classes for cake decorating?
At least we dropped her off at the right place. Whew!

The time for the two Muss Dudes to hit the road had come. With mom in Hobby-L working with Crisco-filled icing and pastry bags, we hit the road for Chuck E Cheese’s.
Of course we have to get the typical tourist photo before diving into the kid-friendly, yet budget-hating, entertainment machines.

Have you ever seen a photo of someone standing in the middle of Time Square starring up at the bright lights, video screens and tall buildings? That was Lane tonight in the middle of the kiddie section at the pizza joint. "How ever did they get so many lights in one room? Why do big kids keep running so fast around me? Why did Dad buy game tokens when all I care to do is people-watch and stare at lights?"

Lane's Grammy (Grace) is scarred to death of mice, and all rodents for that matter. Lane? Not so much. He likes mascots and he loved Chuck E., almost as much as he loved Chuck's E's pizza. Lil dude ate 3 slices himself. Of course every outing is an opportunity for Dad to share a little of his broadcast background. Lane, pictured below, enjoyed the blue screen (Chroma Key) set. Although he had no idea his face was on every screen in the building, nor did he care.

Lane and I purchased 10 tokens to use for the various games. Lane thought the games were cool, but holding the small cup of coins was the best part of the night. It's the small things. Let's hope it stays that way.

"Dad, I want a car."
"Well son, your mother and I have a cup of Chuck E. Cheese tokens, will that work?"
"Dad, you are a huge dork."
"Thank you son, your mother has been saying that for years. Have a great day at school."

We finally made it back to get Steph at Hom...., I mean Hobby Lobby. What better way to tell Mom you miss her than dropping to the floor and pretending that you are Michael Phelps?

Christmas is almost here! At least the stores think so.
Well, that's all folks. Have a great week.
Clint

Car Repairs

Clint and Lane got the tools out to do some work on Lane's fire truck. Lane held onto all the tools and supervised Dad's work.
Lane stopped Dad to let him know how he thought he was doing.
And he checked his work.
My boys make a great team!

Fat Day?

It turns out we all have them. Lane's ok with letting it ALL hang out.

This was Lane after dinner the other night, spicy garlic chicken. Obviously, he thought it was delish! It looks painful to me.

Memory Lane

Hey peeps. I'm back at Mom's computer for another post. Mom and Dad looked at some pictures they took of me last November. It's hard for me to believe I was ever that small and I'm pretty dissapointed the hair on my head looks like the hair an ostrich would have on it's head.
This was one of the first pictures Mom got of me crawling. I used to loved to crawl to Murphy. Now she's my favorite hide and seek partner.

This was one of my favorites from my sixth month photo shoot. Mom just thought I was big then.

My first ride in a shopping cart. I remember I got tired of sitting up straight, so as we went I leaned farther and farther over.
The first time I met Lucy. I'd never seen such a pretty girl up close. Don't you think she looks like she's scared of me. I think she knew she wanted to hold out for Connor.
See what I mean, ostrich right?

See ya later! Hope you had fun going down Memory Lane with me. Until next time I'm going to keep saying my favorite new word... purple. I love to say words with p's.

Minister Clint

Clint lit up the nite Saturday night! He performed a wedding ceremony in Longview for two longtime family friends. Few people know that Clint is a licensed minister, and he's actually performed a lot of weddings. Crazy, I know!The whole family was invited to the wedding. I couldn't get Lane and his Grandparents to look at me to save my life! Sadly, this was the best I could get.
Lane got to play with his buddy Cameron before and after the wedding. The stairs were the most exciting thing they saw all night.
All of the playing wore Lane out. He took a little nap at the reception. Clint got to catch up with a family he lived with in Kansas City while he was in college. Hayden, the blonde on the left was about Lane's age when Clint first me her.
Two handsome dudes leaving the reception.

I must admit Clint did a great job, he was both sincere and funny. The bride and groom said they will always remember when Clint dropped the groom's ring off of his Bible right before they exchanged rings. That wasn't a part of his plan, but it did get a big laugh from the congregation.

Road Trippin

This weekend we took a road trip to Longview. It's about a 4 1/2 hour drive. Lane was a trooper! On the way down we got breakfast. Lane kicked his feet up and enjoyed his drink.

He played with whatever he could find around him. He even agreed to take a cat nap with me.
On the way home Lane slept...
and slept...

and slept.

I loved all of his different poses while he slept. I didn't get a picture of my favorite pose, both hands behind his head. So cute. He did wake up for the last couple hours of the drive.

I'll tell you more about our trip soon!

Dude Night #1

With Stephanie enrolled in a cake decorating class on Tuesday nights for one month, Lane and I have four nights of dedicated guy time. So what do we do? We head straight for the mall. Check out our photos of Dude Night - Week 1.

Healthy dinner? Not hardly. We spent guys night at the mall in Cedar Park which began with a less-than-nutritious dinner. Lane can eat anything, anywhere and if hungry enough...anyone.

Next we visited the mall play area. Lane lives in a reverse world where going up the slide is more fun. Dorky dad chasing small kid around taking photos non-stop...that would be me.
Lil dude loves the interactive games and the funny mirror.

Now for the fun stuff. Lane and dad chilling in $1500 massage chairs. He actually loved it. I'm sure his grandparents will get him one. I just have to convince him to ask for it. Oh, and I guess I have to teach him to talk. He is catching on to simple sign language gestures. How do you sign "I want a really, really expensive chair that rubs my back and neck."

Jordan 1992 or Jordan 2001 - which shoes will he choose?

Heading home? Until next week.

I love letting Lane roam. This video ended abruptly as Lane darted behind a calogne counter.