"Daddy says I'm a really good helper! I like to get involved whenever he gets his tools out. I did a good job keeping the packing material out of his way while he built our new TV stand."
"I like to eat styrofoam."
Since we have friends and family all over the country and world, we hope this blog will be a fun place for us to share photos and stories about our family.
Mommy has explained that money is for the bank and not for the mouth, so she got me this little Monkey Bank. At first, it was hard to use, but now I understand it better. I will confess that I did put one quarter in my mouth, just to see what it would be like, but Mommy caught me! (She always does.)
Eventually, I realized that Grams was not playing! There was a lot of money in there, so I had to sit down before I finished putting everything into my bank. Later, I dragged the bank into Daddy's office to show him how rich I am. That bank is getting heavy.
"This is Beth, my BFF. She helped Mommy plan the Sunset fundraiser and bought me my cool shades. She understands that I like to have big girl things."
"The Fam. We had a really nice day, but Daddy said the only beer was Miller Lite, which sucks. I couldn't tell you because, guess what? He didn't share."
"After all that 'fundraising,' Daddy had to sleep in, so Mommy and I did errands on Sunday."
"First, Panda and I played in the backyard. Mommy tried to show me how to blow grey things off weeds, but that's lame. I grabbed them in my hand and mashed them into oblivion and that's better."
"When we were out, Mommy made us go to 2 stores until we found this blue thing. I had no idea what the heck she intended to do with it and gave her a couple of glares to explain my feelings. Then, she made me change clothes. Again, I glared at her. But, then she and Daddy got this long green thing from the side of the house and then I started to understand. 'Water! Water!'"
"I love water. I love to drink it, throw it, splash it. All water is good."
Before I discuss Kip (and that smile which he still has - oh), we have to discuss venue. Picture the dive-iest dive bar you've ever been in and then fill it with curio cabinets that are teeming with Alf dolls and Star Wars action figures and Rainbow Brite dolls (I had that one) and as many other 80s filled accessories as you can imagine. We knew we had found the ladies room because Ms. PacMan was on the door. In other words, it was FREAKIN' AWESOME.
In a way that the opening band, ROAR, so wasn't. Man. I mean, MAN. It was not good. They played two songs that didn't suck - a Hendrix cover and (surprisingly) a Monkees cover. Their lead singer has neither a good voice nor the ability to stay in key, which means that I could be a lead singer. But, their guitar player was decent and we were sitting near the video games, so each song was punctuated with the sound of Space Invaders. So, that was cool.
You know what else was cool? KIP WINGER. I liked Winger back in the day, but I was not the die hard fan that many in the audience were (and boy were they - the audience should be a post all on it's own, but I'm afraid some of them might track me down and cut me). I knew the songs from the radio, but didn't own any CDs... now I wish I had. Lucinda and I were both really blown away by his skills as a musician. He played an instrumental that was just amazing. Yeah, he's got the look of a rock and roll guy and the hair and all that, but the dude can sing and even more impressive, the dude can PLAY. (In fact, he writes for the San Francisco Ballet.)
The other thing that I didn't anticipate was that he was really funny. When Ginger (my GPS) told us, "you have reached your destination" and Lu and I frantically looked around to find the place, we both bust out laughing. I said, "Don't you feel bad for Kip Winger (because the venue was so small)?" But, I tell you, it was really a great evening because he was so relaxed with the crowd, kept cracking jokes, did a bit of improv and even sang a duet with a Cube-regular who won a karaoke contest for the privilege. So, it was really a good time... and if I lived in Newark, DE, I would totally go to the Cube.
One thing to know about Lu and I is that we do this really weird Kiss-inspired-rock-and-roll-tongue-out pose at any picture taking opportunity. Like at my wedding when she was the maid of honor, causing my mother to call out, "OH, that's NICE. HOW PRETTY" in a very sarcastic way. Anyway, I mention this only to prep you for this:
Which caught the attention of a bouncer in a way that I really did not anticipate. "I can totally get you girls closer if you want." And Lucinda and I looked at him in utter confusion because 1) any closer and I'd be sitting on Kip Winger's shoulders and 2) we're so not hot anymore and 3) what would such a favor cost because 4) EWWW.To sum up, AWESOME evening thanks to Kip Winger, Spike, WYSP and my partner in crime for so many adventures previous and future: Lucinda.
P.S. Texts to the Hubs Throughout the Evening:
Me: "Omg venue is next to a dollar store. Lmao"
(no response)
Me: "Roar sux. Lol"
(no response)
Me: "There are 2 black people here!" (In response to his previous assertion)
(no response)
Me: "Im leaving you for Kip Winger."
Him: "Bye"
Me: "Just kidding Hubs! xoxo"
P.P.S. from Chloe
Don't worry about not inviting ME to be your co-pilot. I didn't WANT TO GO. So there. Daddy and I had fun by ourselves. WITHOUT YOU.