Anchovies, anyone?

Confession time: I know we've been a little slack in the blogging department lately. Sorry. I got my sisters going and they're making me look bad! I hear Great Grandma Lacey (Grandma Great, as our kids call her) got a new computer - I'm sure she'll probably be out-posting us here in no time!

We have REALLY enjoyed the weather here the last few weeks. It's been just perfect! I know everyone north of us is probably sick of us rubbing it in (especially a particular sister after getting 17 inches of snow last week - yikes!), but summer will be here soon when Alaska, Idaho, and Montana will be sounding pretty darned good. And if you really are sick of the cold weather I hear that the housing situation down here makes for a great buyer's market. We'd LOVE to have some family join us here in Sin City!

We had a great day yesterday, just enjoying time outside and the chance to get some things done on some of our projects. We took the kids over to the District - an upscale shopping center down the road just a few miles. They just installed a new carousel that the kids have been excited to go ride. There are some pictures in the slide show here:



As for the title of this post...Jacob, for whatever reason, has had an ongoing fascination with anchovies for the past 6 months or so. Not sure where it originated but he's been bugging Amy to get him some for quite awhile now. So during a recent trip to the dollar store, Amy came across some anchovies, just like you'd envision them - in a little tin (or whatever they use now) can. So I'm at work, getting ready to come home from lunch, when I get a call from Jacob: "Dad, WE FOUND SOME ANCHOVIES AT THE STORE!!!" Amy says I better hurry quick - Jacob's ready to break them out.

So I get home and Jacob is ready to go. Of course we have to savor the moment by capturing the moment on film whatever-digital-term-we-use-now-instead.

Anna was game...

From Anchovies!

Jacob couldn't wait to open them.


The Grand Opening:


Once we had them open we thought he'd chicken out and say, "Uh, no thanks!" I could have sworn they had fine little hair all over them. Ugh. :-p


OK, here's where Amy wasn't about to let her precious little 4 year-old dive in and eat some eel without an assurance that it wouldn't kill him - so she made me try one first!


"Hmmm, now THAT'S an interesting gustatory experience!"


I needed to gather every ounce of acting skill that I had so expertly honed during my high school plays to not pull a face and ruin it for Jacob! This is definitely one thing that won't get mistaken for tasting like chicken!


Alright, so now it's Jacob's turn. I'm sure at this point he was thinking, "Now, what did I just get myself into?!"


Here goes!


Down the hatch!


Jacob absolutely loved them!! So much so that he INSISTED that Amy try one, too (much to her dismay). What a sport!


But the GAG REFLEX triumphs!


Undeterred, Jacob downed the entire tin! Mmmmmm.


The dimple doesn't lie! (and if you look closely you'll see the new line of Spaghetti-O's that Jacob developed in the process!)

From Anchovies!, a Picasa album from the Laceys

OK, I think I've officially lost my appetite now. So...on to other things!

Amy is excited to head to Nashville with Ali and Val on Thursday to record the FlyKids album. They'll spend Friday meeting with the session producer and FlyLady, et. al., to discuss their plan. Then they'll do the recording on Saturday and fly back Sunday morning. I'm sure they'll also have opportunities to go see & hear some of the sights and sounds of the Nashville scene while they're there. I'm jealous! But I get a fun consolation prize of being able to take the kids on the Father and Sons (we'll be smuggling Anna in, too - Ssssh, don't tell!) outing this weekend. I reckon next week's post should be fun. :-)