Bees

This morning on my way to school I stopped to get gas. There were a lot of those slow, sluggish bees hanging around the pump. After I got into the car and pulled away I was about to get on the interstate and as I was turning the corner and accelerating I felt this searing pain on my neck. I quickly smacked the area pushing a bee off of my neck. I heard it hit the steering wheel, but mind you it is dark, and that was it. So now I'm trying to get on the interstate, change lanes, and am dealing with this pain in my neck all the while wondering if a live bee fell between my legs. It took about 15 minutes before I stopped worrying about getting stung in the inner thigh (or worse). I arrived at school, walked into the building only to find the LIVE BEE clinging to my pants leg! Ahhh!

Batman & Robin

I thought this was a pretty cool drawing by Liam the other day. When you want him to sit down and do some good work he resists, but then he busts cool stuff like this out. I put the two pictures together. On the left is Bruce Wayne in his house (check out the batmobile in the cave) and on the right is Batman, the Joker, and Robin.

Liamism

Today is Liam's 7th birthday... hard to believe the little crazy haired dude turns 7 years old. He has been very excited about his birthday and today we are going to Chucky Cheeze for a little party for him (torture for us).

He asked me yesterday if he would be bigger when he turned 7, and I said probably. He was up at about 5:00 AM this morning and he was in the bathroom looking in the mirror. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I'm checking to see if I'm bigger." Straight face, totally serious. I asked him if he was. He said, "No." and then went back to bed.

Jimmy Buffett 2009

I know I haven't posted in a while about the happenings here at the Chateau. I suppose I could post a picture looking out the front of Bonnie because that is what I do several hours per day. Anyway....

If you look back in the archives you will see a regular trip to see Jimmy Buffett at Alpine Valley. Normally Jimmy comes in June or July, but this year he was here on August 29th. I'm not sure I liked it after school had started but what are you going to do. People from all over come over to WI and Alpine Valley to see Jimmy every year because it is the best party of all. Unfortunately, this year it was a high of 50 and drizzled most of the day. Not as bad as the downpour of '98 but probably more miserable because of the cold. Here are a couple pics and if you are ever interested in coming, let mek know - I had 5 extra tickets this year!