Chicken Dumplings- a Howard man's meal

You must check out The Daily Dane. He has had his first taste of Chicken Dumplings, and has done his Gramps proud. The boy loves food, what can we say, feed him and he smiles the biggest smile.
All is well here in our world, hope yours is too....

Valentine's Day xoxo

Valentine's Day has come and gone...as we expected there was a lot of hugging and smooching during the course of the day/evening. Plans were small. Karen had "cooking class"- they made chocolate Valentine candy, and Bobby got some special leftovers, yum yum. Plans for the night included an Italian dinner w/leftovers, live music from our friend Norman and his band "Steel Caravan" where we were joined by a friends of ours, and we stayed out WAY past our bedtime, the music and company were great.
Speaking of great , have you seen "Dane and the Blueberry faces"-- Bobby's new happy place . Dane and Gramps had some quality time last week as Danny and Jackie had a evening out, and Karen had a girls night-- it was GREAT- what a wonderful grandson!! We exchanged fake coughs and other intriguing noises. You can see that Dane LOVES his books...er...for a snack?

Oh and yes CONGRATS to the Chicago Blendermann clan on their new arrival , Samantha Rany. We hear that she has been pronounced "beautiful"...and after looking at the first photos, we agree! Lucky Adam, to now be a Big Brother! (Do we hear that the Blenderful Family Quartet will be playing Chicago soon?...*grin*)

Last update...Ben is growing fast, and now has his favorite cowboy boots, which he must take off when he comes in the house, as you can see in the sock-feet photo with Grandma Karen...

And beware of the Pizza-Face Monster...goofing off with his mom Shanna.