funny, funny

All righty - I found something funny...

On the eve of my mid-summer vacation to go visit family out west, I leave you with this funny, funny video I found here (and you probably have as well, since I followed link after link starting with Jen and Cally's posts about the finger painting projects).

It's a cute one you can watch over and over every day until I return.

Introducing

Charlie and his brother

puzzle time

As kids we used to put together big puzzles over Christmas break. So I thought we'd give it a try to have something else they can do when 'screen things' are off limits. Maddie really loved it! We had a lot of fun. It was hard to break it apart to put away after all the time we spent on it! But we had to make room for the next one!

Yumalicious!!!

I did it!

They were quite delicious. And I do believe I will make them again.

Good food. Love that.

guess what?

Oh yeah! You got that right!

thanks to google and paypal and Purcell Farms branching out to internet orders...

SWEET!

a bloggers trip to NYC - a documentary project

To begin, I must note that the subject of my documentary was unaware of my intentions as I believe one can capture more natural actions and reactions that way.

This is kind of a silent documentary (except for a saftey note near the middle)

because a picture, you know, can paint a thousand words...

Now ~ we begin our journey into the vacation world of Blogger Calico

This was indeed a close call.

(It's a good thing the documentarian had watched the

safety videos on line before the trip and brought 'blogger Cally'

back behind the YELLOW line in the nic of time!)

And then I was kindly asked to knock it off...

So....

The End.

The idea for this documentary came up suddenly as I watched the blogger in Cally imediately present itself upon the initial stages of our trip.

She is so fun to watch and be with.

I love watching her appreciate colors, textures, people and of course delicious food.

Cute girl.


love ya!

big city, fun times

Jaden Boy! Such a sweet beautiful boy.

Cally - There's the Radio City Music Hall.

Corrie - Where?

Cally - right there.

Corrie - Where? I don't see anything.

Cally - Follow my finger. That neon sign that says Radio City Music Hall right in front of us.

Corrie - Oh! I see it! That's it?

(repeat discussion substituting almost every landmark we visited! I had the hardest time seeing those things! I felt a little ditsy. Cally was very patient with me.)

We missed the Empire State building. Did we pass it? Wait - what does that banner on that building across the street say?

Oh...there it is. It was hard to recognize from where we were standing. Never mind the banners.

Wow! Tall building. And to think we were standing right across from it wondering where it was for 5 minutes!

That can't be it! It had lions! Where are the lions?

We walked a couple more blocks in confusion when we saw the lions!

I knew there were lions. We had the wrong building the first time.

suprise, suprise

And there is the Statue of Liberty!

Well, A statue of liberty.

Central Park was super!

So beautiful.

With a castle! It's actually a weather station now, but still cool.
- and tree shade.

walking around - in search of Balto.

A rare look at cranky cally.

She LOVES the subway and all its unpredictability, adventure and down right splendor.

What she really loves is my enjoyment of gathering materials for my documentary

"A Bloggers Trip to New York City!"

(coming soon to a blog site near you!)

...the coolest door. jd found it.

Neat things to look at around every corner in that huge, busy, fascinating city.

not just any pancake

Blue Corn and banana pancakes with orange honey butter and cinnamon maple syrup.
Why, do you ask am I posting about a pancake instead of the pictures of my New York trip as promised in the last post?

Because...

Because I have been thinking about these things every since my return from that great city that never sleeps and has the greatest food to boot!
Tears come to my eyes as I comtemplate the unexpected scrumptiousness of a mere pancake. Actually it was two. Two pancakes.
So I've been searching for the Bobby Flay recipe from Miracle Grill and have been struggling. So I decided to settle and just find any blue corn pancake recipe and try to duplicate the "miracle" myself. When lo and behold the wonderful powers of google led me to this page.

BLUE CORN PANCAKES

Haven't tried it out yet, but it's gotta be the one! It's got his name and everything! What a genius. It's a pancake for heavens sake! But Oh, what a pancake.

I'll let you know after I find blue corn meal. Shouldn't be that tough in Alabama...Not that I haven't been looking for buckwheat flour for six months either.

LOVE!