HA! Just kidding!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
These Boots Were Made For Walking
Here's a great shot Matt got of Dylan and a pair of vintage cowboy boots - she's just strutting her stuff.
And a shot of me and my girl!
And a shot of me and my girl!
Monday, July 26, 2010
How To Cook A Rabbit With Dylan Childs
Uh, you'll want to get a notepad and pen to jot down this recipe - it's a good one! A few weeks ago we found this great little kitchen on Craigslist - yes, love Craigslist but not as much as D loves her new kitchen! Here's a series of photos I captured as I sat back and watched Dylan work her magic. This is all on her prompting - I think we might have a new cooking show here, move over Julia Childs here's our pilot. And just so you know there were no animals harmed in the making of this - okay maybe a little shaken up but they are still all in one piece.
How to Cook A Rabbit with your hostess Dylan Childs
"Hi, I'm Dylan Childs and welcome to my kitchen. Today I'm going to show you how to not only have fun in the kitchen but how to cook a rabbit. Oh this isn't just any old rabbit, this is my favorite little rabbit which makes this recipe all the more special and fun to make. So let's get started shall we?"
"First off, my mom always says the most important thing about cooking is to have fun. Check."
"Secondly, it's important to know your way around your kitchen and to know where all your toys, I mean tools are. Check, Check."
"And thirdly, there are times you need to be serious, like when working around hot things such as ovens. Check!"
"Okay now I'm just gathering my ingredients and equipment needed. While I'm doing that, let me introduce you to my sidekick Teddy, sitting here in my little rocking chair - he doesn't say much but he sure does like to watch."
"So in making this recipe you'll need one medium size rabbit, just like I have here in this bowl."
"Next you'll need to take the rabbit out of the bowl...
... and shake him just like this."
"Then measure out your next ingredient, ever so carefully....
... and chug it back."
"Okay, now wash your shaken rabbit real good just like this. I'm just adjusting the water temperature here so the water is just right - not too cold and not too hot."
"Next you'll wanna stick him in the oven to quickly dry him off."
"After a few minutes, carefully take him out of the oven...
... and wrap him up in a nice blanket so that he is good and dry."
"Wrap him up real good and tight...
"Now comes the fun part. It's time to do some rolling with the rolling pin. It's one of my favorite kitchen tools."
"Have I mentioned this is one of my favorite kitchen tools?"
"There really is an art to using a rolling pin."
"Okay i think I have this down."
"Now that we have the hang of how to use the rolling pin, let's roll out our rabbit."
"It's important to wash your rolling pin when done using it."
"And for our final step grab yourself a mixing bowl."
"It's time to do some whipping - look I'm really good at this!"
"Wwwweeeeeehhhhh, this is so much fun!"
"Okay folks I think that's about it for today's show. Thanks for joining in on the fun. And before we leave, let's have a dance break."
"Hope you had as much fun watching as I did making this show. Bye for now and stay tuned for the next segment coming shortly. This is Dylan Childs saying 'keep it fun!' "
"Here's our dancing rabbit video."
How to Cook A Rabbit with your hostess Dylan Childs
"Hi, I'm Dylan Childs and welcome to my kitchen. Today I'm going to show you how to not only have fun in the kitchen but how to cook a rabbit. Oh this isn't just any old rabbit, this is my favorite little rabbit which makes this recipe all the more special and fun to make. So let's get started shall we?"
"First off, my mom always says the most important thing about cooking is to have fun. Check."
"Secondly, it's important to know your way around your kitchen and to know where all your toys, I mean tools are. Check, Check."
"And thirdly, there are times you need to be serious, like when working around hot things such as ovens. Check!"
"Okay now I'm just gathering my ingredients and equipment needed. While I'm doing that, let me introduce you to my sidekick Teddy, sitting here in my little rocking chair - he doesn't say much but he sure does like to watch."
"So in making this recipe you'll need one medium size rabbit, just like I have here in this bowl."
"Next you'll need to take the rabbit out of the bowl...
... and shake him just like this." 
"Then measure out your next ingredient, ever so carefully....
... and chug it back."
"Okay, now wash your shaken rabbit real good just like this. I'm just adjusting the water temperature here so the water is just right - not too cold and not too hot."
"Next you'll wanna stick him in the oven to quickly dry him off." 
"After a few minutes, carefully take him out of the oven...
... and wrap him up in a nice blanket so that he is good and dry." 
"Wrap him up real good and tight... 
"Now comes the fun part. It's time to do some rolling with the rolling pin. It's one of my favorite kitchen tools."
"Have I mentioned this is one of my favorite kitchen tools?"
"There really is an art to using a rolling pin."
"Okay i think I have this down."
"Now that we have the hang of how to use the rolling pin, let's roll out our rabbit."
"It's important to wash your rolling pin when done using it."
"And for our final step grab yourself a mixing bowl."
"It's time to do some whipping - look I'm really good at this!"
"Wwwweeeeeehhhhh, this is so much fun!"
"Okay folks I think that's about it for today's show. Thanks for joining in on the fun. And before we leave, let's have a dance break." 
"Hope you had as much fun watching as I did making this show. Bye for now and stay tuned for the next segment coming shortly. This is Dylan Childs saying 'keep it fun!' "
"Here's our dancing rabbit video."
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Hi!
Dylan loves our neighbors. Every time she sees them outside she starts yelling "Hi" as loud as she can and runs to the fence - where of course, she gets lifted to the other side. The other day our neighbor, Olivier, was working on a project on the side of his house - the side of course closest to our house. Dylan caught sight of him out the window and it was all over - "Hi, Hi, HHHiiiii!" until he paid attention to her. Dylan had climbed on her rocking horse and was hanging out the window to catch Olivier's attention - of course I was right there. It was so funny Olivier had to grab his camera.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Showin' Dylan Dillon MT ~ Ratpod 2010
I think by now you all know how Dylan got her name - Ratpod 2008 I was preggo, didn't know, road 75 miles, Matt suggested Dillon as baby name for either sex, we loved it, decided to spell it Dylan for a girl... - okay so there's the quick recap for you. Last year we missed out on Ratpod as Matt was in the hospital in Philly - port-a-potty, passed out, bruised his brain, 9 days in 3 different hospitals, amazing family help - now you're really caught up. ANYHOW this year was the year to show Dylan the town of Dillon where it all started.
Dylan actually does great on road trips. She keeps herself quite entertained and loves the fact that she is now facing forward in her car seat and can point out every truck that we pass by with a big 'uuuuhhhhh'. She's been loving the big trucks lately, oh and the buses! AND she also loves her little backseat side companion, Maggie. I love the leg up on the door - just so kicked back, already for a long day of driving!
While in Missoula, before heading to cousin Polly and Rob's house, we stopped by The Good Food Store (yes, it's actually named The Good Food Store) to buy a host/tess gift and a little something to wet our whistles. Matt and Dylan found the car shopping cart - oh boy, you could have heard Dylan a state away with all her excitement! We were trying to figure out how to take the cart with us as the girl just didn't want to get out.
Here's some shots I took of D in Dillon while we were waiting to pick up our rider packets for Ratpod. She was very comical that evening. She was running around the crowd and would just latch on to any old pair of legs. Now most kids would freak out upon realizing that those legs didn't belong to their parents but in Dylan's case it was quite the opposite she was catching everyone by surprise and then would just laugh and run to the next set of legs.
Here's my trusty Ratpod team for 2010. And quite the team we were, we even had our own SWAG wagon - yes, I said SWAG that's because Jerry, Diane's dad was such a super fabulous help that we gave him an extra W, for WAY TO GO JERRY! Thanks Jerry, you are the best! Hope to see you and Pat next year! And thank you Mike and Diane for making the ride so much fun! I rode 54 mile (not bad for not being on a bike for 2 years) and my lovely teammates rode on to do 75 (they were in training for STP and wanted to get some miles under their belts). Way to go M & D!!!!!!
Matt left before us as he was doing the full 130 miles. Of course he did it all and still manage to make it back to the hotel before me - how does he do it?
Dylan stayed behind with G-ma Montana and G-pa Phil (when he wasn't volunteering). Oh they had quite the fun filled day so I hear! Thanks again Linda and Phil for all your help!!!
After Ratpod we rented a cabin with our friends Sean & Jennifer Benton (Jennifer is one of the main people that run Camp Mak-a-Dream and had a HUGE roll in putting Ratpod all together - nice work Jennifer). It was fun to hang out and play under the stars! Here's a great shot of Miss D fixing her hair. Oh so pretty!
And helping dad work. How much you getting done there Matt?
After Dillon we headed through Helena to have lunch with our friend Jeff Proctor. Then it was back in the car for a nap before going to Great Falls.
Dylan got quite good and giving herself her own "Nana" and then putting herself to sleep. The trick was to catch the bottle before it dropped out of her sleepy little hands. "Must drink, so sleeeeppyyyy, must drinnnkk...."
After visiting our friends Ron & Darlene in Great Falls, we headed over to Kalispell to visit Great G-ma Ruth. We had a fun dinner with her at her retirement home - and let's just say Dylan had everyone going in the dinning hall! There was all kinds of laughter, waves, blowing kisses, and smiles happening - of course, that was in between running from the table out to see the bird cage and back to the table. Oh and let's just say there were a few walkers missing - uh, we don't know anything about that ;)>
So great to see Great G-ma Ruth. We always have great visits with her. After our visit we jumped back in the car to go see Matt's cousin Eric and Amy's new baby Walt - soooo cute. We also got to see Cousin Stacey and husband Todd, Taylor, Uncle Brian & Aunt Vonnie. They are super great people. Matt got some great shots of Dylan and Stacey (one of our number one blog readers). I still have to round those up.
It got pretty late that night so we decided to get a hotel room. The room had a kitchen in which Dylan immediately found a broom and dust pan. So at 10:30 at night there's D cleaning the kitchen - and believe me there wasn't anything else going to get in the way until that kitchen was swept! She was determined. So funny, I wonder where she gets that from?
The next morning we packed up the car (okay, Matt packed up the car) and we headed to Thompson Falls to crash in on G-ma Montana and G-pa Phil for breakfast. We had a great visit for a few hours before hitting the road back home. It was a great trip and so packed with family and friends! We have a few more pictures to round up to add to the blog and I'll get them posted soon.
And I'll leave you with a shot of our captain who drove the WHOLE way. Nice work Matt!
Dylan actually does great on road trips. She keeps herself quite entertained and loves the fact that she is now facing forward in her car seat and can point out every truck that we pass by with a big 'uuuuhhhhh'. She's been loving the big trucks lately, oh and the buses! AND she also loves her little backseat side companion, Maggie. I love the leg up on the door - just so kicked back, already for a long day of driving!
While in Missoula, before heading to cousin Polly and Rob's house, we stopped by The Good Food Store (yes, it's actually named The Good Food Store) to buy a host/tess gift and a little something to wet our whistles. Matt and Dylan found the car shopping cart - oh boy, you could have heard Dylan a state away with all her excitement! We were trying to figure out how to take the cart with us as the girl just didn't want to get out.
Here's some shots I took of D in Dillon while we were waiting to pick up our rider packets for Ratpod. She was very comical that evening. She was running around the crowd and would just latch on to any old pair of legs. Now most kids would freak out upon realizing that those legs didn't belong to their parents but in Dylan's case it was quite the opposite she was catching everyone by surprise and then would just laugh and run to the next set of legs.
Here's my trusty Ratpod team for 2010. And quite the team we were, we even had our own SWAG wagon - yes, I said SWAG that's because Jerry, Diane's dad was such a super fabulous help that we gave him an extra W, for WAY TO GO JERRY! Thanks Jerry, you are the best! Hope to see you and Pat next year! And thank you Mike and Diane for making the ride so much fun! I rode 54 mile (not bad for not being on a bike for 2 years) and my lovely teammates rode on to do 75 (they were in training for STP and wanted to get some miles under their belts). Way to go M & D!!!!!!
Matt left before us as he was doing the full 130 miles. Of course he did it all and still manage to make it back to the hotel before me - how does he do it?
Dylan stayed behind with G-ma Montana and G-pa Phil (when he wasn't volunteering). Oh they had quite the fun filled day so I hear! Thanks again Linda and Phil for all your help!!!
After Ratpod we rented a cabin with our friends Sean & Jennifer Benton (Jennifer is one of the main people that run Camp Mak-a-Dream and had a HUGE roll in putting Ratpod all together - nice work Jennifer). It was fun to hang out and play under the stars! Here's a great shot of Miss D fixing her hair. Oh so pretty!
And helping dad work. How much you getting done there Matt?
After Dillon we headed through Helena to have lunch with our friend Jeff Proctor. Then it was back in the car for a nap before going to Great Falls.
Dylan got quite good and giving herself her own "Nana" and then putting herself to sleep. The trick was to catch the bottle before it dropped out of her sleepy little hands. "Must drink, so sleeeeppyyyy, must drinnnkk...."
After visiting our friends Ron & Darlene in Great Falls, we headed over to Kalispell to visit Great G-ma Ruth. We had a fun dinner with her at her retirement home - and let's just say Dylan had everyone going in the dinning hall! There was all kinds of laughter, waves, blowing kisses, and smiles happening - of course, that was in between running from the table out to see the bird cage and back to the table. Oh and let's just say there were a few walkers missing - uh, we don't know anything about that ;)>
So great to see Great G-ma Ruth. We always have great visits with her. After our visit we jumped back in the car to go see Matt's cousin Eric and Amy's new baby Walt - soooo cute. We also got to see Cousin Stacey and husband Todd, Taylor, Uncle Brian & Aunt Vonnie. They are super great people. Matt got some great shots of Dylan and Stacey (one of our number one blog readers). I still have to round those up.
It got pretty late that night so we decided to get a hotel room. The room had a kitchen in which Dylan immediately found a broom and dust pan. So at 10:30 at night there's D cleaning the kitchen - and believe me there wasn't anything else going to get in the way until that kitchen was swept! She was determined. So funny, I wonder where she gets that from?
The next morning we packed up the car (okay, Matt packed up the car) and we headed to Thompson Falls to crash in on G-ma Montana and G-pa Phil for breakfast. We had a great visit for a few hours before hitting the road back home. It was a great trip and so packed with family and friends! We have a few more pictures to round up to add to the blog and I'll get them posted soon.
And I'll leave you with a shot of our captain who drove the WHOLE way. Nice work Matt!
Breakfast Anyone?
Our big girl has taken to feeding herself. You wouldn't believe it from these pictures but she actually does a pretty darn good job at it. Oatmeal anyone?
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