I purchased Just Dance 2 for the Wii over the weekend and my only regret is that I didn't buy it sooner.
Neighbor Mo with Troy doing a little disco.
It's a lot of fun to do and to watch.
Here are The Neighbors doing a Bollywood number.
I'm finding new Wii muscles every time.
Slowly falling back in the routine post-holidays mainly because the Christmas decorations that were so late in going up finally came down on Sunday.
The weekend before was New Year's and we spent it at The Neighbors' lake house just south of the border in North Carolina.
They had the 4-wheelers and horses ready to ride.
Chris got Troy ready to ride.
The dogs went swimming.
The sunset over the water was beautiful.
The fluids were flowing.
The BINGO cards were being passed around.
Then at some point, we hit midnight. But most of us were tuckered out, including Tucker.
The next day, after breakfast and mimosas, we went outside to shoot some guns.
Now there is one thing off my New Year's resolutions / bucket list for 2012.
Shooting a gun.
Happy new year from The Neighbors' lake house.
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We have water in the new pool. Finally.
Two of The Neighbors had to jump in along with Troy.
Only two out of the three had on swimsuits.
Did I mention how cold the water is at this point?
These two are partners in crime at this point.
It’s been mentioned before how much time we spend with The Neighbors (who actually live a mile away now) on this blog. This past weekend was no exception.
On Friday, Chris brought their three kids over to bottle his home brew. A few hours later, his wife Caroline joined us and a few hours after that Tim arrived home from an out of town conference.
On Saturday as the boys departed in the early afternoon for an all day bachelor party for our friend Jay. Caroline and I made plans to take her three kids and Troy to see her horses at the stables.
This was Troy’s first time around horses and thankfully, he doesn’t share his father’s severe allergies to animals. Tim learned the hard way as a child when he couldn’t breathe. This allergy test was administered as a teenager when he was trying to impress a girl too.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been around horses and having never rode either, I give them the respect they deserve.
Channeling my inner horse whisperer, I led the kids around the various horses and tried not to touch the electric fence.
Caroline pulled out Dawn, the pony, for the kids to groom. Troy tentatively started to touch her.
In the next few minutes two significant things happened.
One, Dawn shifted gears and stepped on Troy’s foot.
And stayed there.
I quickly moved her off his toe and there was no significant trauma. To Troy and the horse.
Second, while Mo was combing Dawn’s hair over her eyes, she must have gotten a little close for comfort.
She bit her.
Specifically, Dawn bit Mo on the arm.
Caroline explained that Dawn just didn’t like Mo and has previously kicked her twice.
I muffled this part of the conversation as best I could so Troy didn’t get nervous.
He didn’t.
Alexis helped triage her sister by the water barrel while Troy stands like an old man and looks on.
While they were waiting, they were easily distracted with lady bugs on the buttercups.
Saddled up and ready to go, he easily showed off his cowboy boots.
The kid never stopped smiling.
Til the girls were clapping and the horse thought that meant go faster.
Back to the slower pace.
When I was offered the chance to ride after all four kids had taken a turn I politely said, the horse isn’t big enough.
The end.
Sandy Paws can't resist attacking the water hose at The Neighbors.
Maybe she was just mad the kids were in the dog crate.
There has been a lot of activity around my house in the last few weeks. The evolution of what has gone from installation of a pool has turned into a complete backyard transformation. Beginning in October when the large tree was removed and large hole dug, to the recent events of concrete being poured, new stairs being installed along with a new fence. In the last week, top soil was put around the yard and sod put down all the way to the street where it’s nothing but mud since October.
My step-daughter Carson was down two weeks ago for her Spring Break. We had a great time with her in the house and watching her play with her little brother.
Initially we had recruited the troops to help build the new fence and I prepared to feed an army as our way of saying thanks. That translates into getting a new keg in Betty and lots of meats to throw on the grill.
Laura and Jay, who are getting married next month in the Outer Banks, stand with Carson.
At the last minute, we hired three guys to build the fence in two days. We still had everyone over for dinner.
Last weekend was a birthday weekend at The Neighbors.
The next day we planted our garden. I may or may not have "stolen" a lone jalepeno pepper plant off someone else's cart at the encouragement of the garden center employee.
This past week I hosted Bunco for almost a dozen ladies. It was an odd April day and the temperature was 87F. The good thing is that everyone enjoyed our newly laid sod, expanded deck and area around the pool.
The Neighbors, Chris and Caroline, convinced us to babysit their three kids on Saturday night so they could attend a wedding. They waited til we were at happy hour to ask too.
The feral cat that made me scream the week before when it was hiding under our deck has been "adopted" by the older lady next door to us. It still hangs out in our yard and this time was in the front yard. The kids were playing in traffic in the front yard when they heard the meowing.
It took some convincing but I got the kids into the back yard with the promise of coloring Easter eggs.
On Easter Sunday, we went to The Neighbors house for dinner. The weather was still hot and the kids ran around in their bathing suits through the sprinklers after the Easter egg hunt.
They made their own water slide.
The four kids put themselves in timeout by climbing into the dog crate.
Yesterday I took the day off and Troy and I made the short drive to the beach. It’s the most fun I think he’s had in his short life at the beach. There was also no one there but us for the first hour with the exception of joggers going by and their dogs.
We usually go to the beach on the Chesapeake Bay because the waves are so gentle. Unlike when we go to the beach in the Outer Banks, there are no wild ponies here either.
It’s been a busy April but a fun one.
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