The Gallinats

Pancakes, Planes, and look at that…

Dave — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:12:04 +0000

He might be talking about this one for awhile. The boys went to a Pancake Breakfast at the Ann Arbor Airport (Hosted by the EAA).

Planes you can sit in, a helicopter taking off and landing, a few classic cars, and did I mention the pancake part. This might have been little boy heaven, we were surrounded by boys ages 0 to 80, most were smiling, the ones that weren’t were standing with mouths agape.

Dad is my co-pilot

So, a fun outing right? And then, do you have any idea what pulled onto the tarmac?
Look at that…

Not kidding, in the span of two hours, The Bean got to eat a pile of pancakes, sit in the cockpit of a plane, watch a helicopter take off and land, watch a plane take off, ride a pedal car plane, and not just stand on, but climb around inside an actual fire engine.

Strawberry Season

Dave — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:27:52 +0000

June, Michigan, Strawberries, ’nuff said.

Swing batta, swing

Dave — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:39:44 +0000

I remember the smell of Tiger Stadium.

Go on, laugh, I’ll wait…

Maybe its the romantic in me, but a ball field should have a certain, let’s call it, odor. In little league it was chalk, freshly mowed grass, dirt and sweat. Tiger Stadium smelled like that, with a bit of beer and well, y’know thrown in. Comerica Park, none of that. Anyway, The Beaner got to experience his first Tiger’s game over the past weekend. He seemed to have fun, but on more than one occasion asked if he could watch the hockey game instead. That’s my boy.

I just hope Bean remembers the smell of The Joe after they tear that down too.

three-three

Dave — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:30:22 +0000

-Jersey number of hockey player Kris Draper
-A song by The Smashing Pumpkins
-The coming of age of a hobbit
-Vertebrae of the human spine when the bones that form the coccyx are counted individually
-Jesus’s age when he was crucified in 33 A.D. (wait, didn’t I say that last year too?)
-The age in which I would exist in heaven (yeah, like that’s gonna happen)
-The atomic number of arsenic

Happy Birthday to me. Now where did I put my glasses?

Dinosaur Skeletons (and some owls)

Dave — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:13:15 +0000

Went to the UM Natural History Museum over the weekend. Our first encounter with full size dinosaurs (well, their fossils anyway) seemed to leave quite an impression. You should hear him say “mastadon”, otherwise known as “the two things with the big tusks”.

Up and Over

Dave — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:36:27 +0000

It’s inevitable. He’s going to get older, and there is nothing I can do to stop it. So I ask, how can I still be surprised by something I know is going to happen eventually?

So yeah, now what?

Potter Park Zoo

Dave — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:13:00 +0000

Visited the oldest zoo in Michigan today. We had the whole place to ourselves for most of the day, just us and the animals. There is something to be said for the old zoos, the ones that let you get up close and personal with the animals. We lingered for long periods, especially with the Screech Owls, the playful Mandrills, and a rather ~~ferocious~~ friendly lion.

Crawl, walk, run… skate

Dave — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:39:23 +0000

Recent Conversations

Dave — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:44:41 +0000

Daddy: Bean, do you want to color?
Bean: Whatever.

Daddy: What do you want for lunch?
Bean: Whatever.

Daddy: Do you wanna read a book, how about Dino-pets?
Bean: Whatever.

Bean: Let’s play cars, daddy.
Daddy: OK, what car do I get?
Bean: Whatever.

I have no idea where he picked this up. But, whatever, I’ll take the responsibility.

Hard hat required

Dave — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:42:55 +0000

We take the eating of birthday cake very serious around here, proper attire is required.