Daily Happy: Shameless Dad Blog (Video Styles)

More Robby Adventures:

Hanging with a peacock in Manchester

Going to the Nipmuk Forest to see the mountain laurels

Showing off the key skills

Portrait

Menu where daddy had lunch on last Wednesday in Philly.

Baby Face!!!

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Egg Pie

A New Fritatta recipe with avocados, kalamata olives and feta cheese. It was absolutely delicious.

The meal was served with garlic bread topped with melted feta

again: Melted feta....

Sun dried tomatoes, fresh parsley, and olives

Fresh Avocado

40 lbs Sterling

While camping at Smuggler's Notch last weekend, we took a hike out of the notch up to Sterling pond -- elevation 3500 feet.

It's about 1,000 feet up and 2.2 miles. And I had 40 lbs of Robby and Supplies on my back. It took us 2 hours round trip, which is the posted average time. Not too shabby.

Top of the hill where we met the long trail

Looking North West from the top

Robby walking down the last leg of the trail to the pond 

Taking a break and having some goldfish

Trying to get into the water. Mommy = pristine wilderness protector

Not a bad view

My two fellow mountain climbers

Balance practice

Sitting practice

Heading back to the trail

Robby at the Zoo

Wee went to the Roger Williams Zoo on Father's Day so that Robby could see a lot of the animals that he's been signing. It was a wonderful day: Dad's got free admission, the temperature was in the mid 80's, the park wasn't crowded, and we had a nice picnic lunch. Plus, there was a great playground and tree house for the kids.

A Nice place if you can get out there, and you can withstand the Rhode Island accents.

Robby's the tiny guy in the middle (note: Red Hair)

Giraffe!

Watching elephant cleaning time

Doing your nose curls. Everyone needs exercise

Something smells

Lonely penguin

Donk-ster

Flamingos

Vultures

Taking it Sleazy at snack time

Can you see the tiny monkey?

Getting ready to throw tiny poo

One hump or two, sir?

What's next?

Snappah.

Where's the zebra? Oh, right there!

Buffalo!!

OK--time to go!

Gigante Tortilla

Also in the new rotation is Enchiladas, Very easy to make - and delicious.

Where can you go wrong with beans and melty melty cheese?

Smothered in Hot sauce

Look at that cheese...

Chicken, Cheese and Beans

Looks good dad!

Vener -or- weiner?

What did you have for dinner?

Probably wasn't wienerschnitzel

That will be all.

Choppy Chop Chop challenge

We decided recently to spice up the dinner rotation. We've looked at salads, fishes, chicken dishes, frittatas, sausages, and Pork Chops. We made three chop recipes and evaluated for adding them to the dinner list. 

Here we go!

The challengers:

Mojo Chops by Guy Fieri

Nice and spicy. probably the best of the bunch. Crisped up nicely and the sauce went well. 

Smothered Chops by Boom!

Eh. That's all. Eh.

Spinach Stuffed chops by big head Giada

Eh, again. Note: we eat a lot of beats. And drop a lot of beets. 

The verdict:

All were good, none were great. Skip it and stick with chicken!

Not that I would not eat it, but its a lot of work for the least fatty part of the pig. I'll stick with bacon for now.