Michigan this week...in no particular order

 

He wants to be a racecar driver

So Harrison has now experienced the incredible speed and noise of Indy car racing.  Grandpa Don and I took him up to the speedway for time trials last Sunday.  We got up there at 10 and unfortunately, due to bad information I had received directly from the speedway a week prior, the cars didn't start running until noon!  They had told me that there would be "practice" from 10 to 11 and then the qualifying would start at noon.  Practice was actually from 9 until 10, instead of 10 until 11 like we had been told, so we did hear a single racecar as we were parking...which Harrison thought was awesome since it was loud as hell even outside of the track.  Then silence. 

We killed two hours in the bleachers watching race cars being towed around, plus a Navy enlistment ceremony led by Senator Dick Lugar, and the other sights and sounds of a busy racetrack.

Once the cars started, Harrison absolutely loved it (as did Don and I!).  And he actually was very well behaved despite two hours of boredom.  I think he had enough to look at it and there was enough activity down on the track that he was kept somewhat occupied.

Harrison had earplugs in for about half the time, but then he got brave and took them out and realized that full volume is twice the fun.  

Here are some videos.  If history repeats itself, the videos won't work since I've had little success getting video clips to upload and play consistently on the blog. 

Spiderman's visit

Harrison's friend Spiderman Drew stopped by for a few hours during his city-wide anti-crime campaign.  Drew's mom has picked up Harrison a few afternoons for playtime with Drew, and Danza was returning the favor by watching Drew for a few hours at our house.  They fought a lot of crime around the yard in a short period of time, and then relaxed with some ice cream. 

I like any kid that chooses to wear a Spiderman costume all day.  

Doozer's Day

Happy 33rd to our one-of-a-kind Doozer!!  And the people celebrated....

We steamed a vat of alaskan king crab and partied on the patio until the moon was high in the sky.  One of the best parts about it, from Danza's perspective, was that she got to leave work after only about two hours the morning of, so she was able to plan and decorate for her own party!  Left up to me, it would still have been fun but not cute at all.