MyGeekDaddy » Family http://verly.me My place to talk about family, friends and tech Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:03:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I’ll take it… http://verly.me/2012/02/01/ill-take-it/ http://verly.me/2012/02/01/ill-take-it/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:28:49 +0000 admin http://verly.me/?p=1315 Evan (while giving a big hug to me): I love you so much, but I’m not your boy. I’m Mom’s boy, forever. Sorry Dad.

Ehhh… he could have said worse.

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I have to say this was my favorite present this year. Not because it’s a Lego Santa Yoda (because that’s cool enough alone). But because Sam gave this to me from his heart. He got this on one of his advent days, but remembered how cool I thought it was. So he decided to give it to me instead for Christmas. Gifts from the heart will just about trump anything. Thanks Sam!

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

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Wishing my sweetie and the best Mom all around a great big happy birthday. From all of your boys who love you very much.

Happy Birthday Holly!

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The boys were supposed to help pick out a picture to wish Papa a happy birthday and they found this instead. Hope your house didn’t blow away to the lands of Oz from the weather reports we heard. The boys can’t wait to see everyone at Christmas  (the reason may not be the one you really want to hear [*cough* presents *cough*].

Win a big hand at the poker table for me!

]]> http://verly.me/2011/12/02/happy-birthday-dad-4/feed/ 0 Another Thanksgiving and another batch of stuffing… http://verly.me/2011/11/24/another-thanksgiving-and-another-batch-of-stuffing/ http://verly.me/2011/11/24/another-thanksgiving-and-another-batch-of-stuffing/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:11:33 +0000 admin http://verly.me/?p=1242 I think I finally figured out how a family tradition starts. Someone is given the same task to do (whether they wanted it or not), for the same holiday, which is done the same way each year, and it eventually becomes a tradition. Well one of the traditions I’ve inherited over the years is one I don’t mind… making the stuffing and cooking the turkey. Turkey and dressing are the quintessential food for Thanksgiving and Holly has completely relinquished the main course to me. Which is fine by me because that means she has more time to spend on her baking. Home made pumpkin pie anyone?

While turkey normally gets top billing as the main course for a Thanksgiving day dinner, it’s the stuffing that is the real winner. For as long as I can remember, stuffing was the Thanksgiving day dish I looked forward to the most. It would beat out turkey, salads, deserts or pie. Grandma Verly’s was always the best. It had just the right amount of salt, pepper and sage. The breadcrumbs were always mashed – never understood why you’d want lumpy stuffing. You just knew the gizzards added that right umphh to the taste. And of course it was made with enough butter to make you cry (cry for joy for how good it tasted).

So the tradition lives on. I spent the evening getting the turkey ready, crying over the chopped onions, cooking up the gizzards, mushing the breadcrumbs and spicing the whole thing until it’s just right. And like every year I make the stuffing, I use nearly every bowl, spatula, and pan in the house. I think Holly is beginning to wonder if that part of the tradition could be altered a little bit next year.  Then again she’s hinted at using fewer dishes for the last 8 years and nothing has really changed, so I doubt I’m going to start now.  Sorry honey. So here’s to the holiday season and all the traditions they bring – both the good and the bad!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our family and friends!

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Me: Oh Evan, you’re getting to be so big.

Evan: Sorry Daddy, I’ll stop growing so I can stay 4 and be your little boy.

Almost choked up before I got out of his room. How can you not get emotional with a comment like that?

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Did I mention the boys like Star Wars?

 

More pictures can be seen on Flickr: Evan Birthday Pics.

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]]> http://verly.me/2011/10/22/way-to-go-holly/feed/ 0 Caught with his own words… http://verly.me/2011/09/26/caught-with-his-own-words/ http://verly.me/2011/09/26/caught-with-his-own-words/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:32:28 +0000 admin http://verly.me/2011/09/26/caught-with-his-own-words/ At breakfast this morning, Sam and Evan were giggling and jabbering with each other. Somehow the conversation turned to who had the best cereal. Both Sam and Evan were convinced that they had the best cereal. As the comparisons continued, Sam made a fatal error in one of his points.

Sam to Evan: You know Evan, you’re supposed to try new things. Maybe if you tried my cereal you’d like it.

Evan to Sam: (incomprehensible because his mouth was full of cereal)

Me to Sam: Oh really. Does that apply to all meals?

Sam: (the look of ‘oh crap, what did I just say’ washed over his face)

Me to Sam: Great. I’ll remind you of this tonight at dinner. I’m sure Mom can make something new and yummy for dinner tonight.

I thought it was just perfect that Sam, the picky eater of the two, may have to eat his own words.

Bah-dum-bum.

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