Catching up ... Tea Parties and Other Activities

Man oh man, why does it seem like we can only catch up with the blog on a four-day weekend? Probably because there just isn't enough time in a normal two day weekend to do all of your catching up AND post on the blog. Something has to give ... so I guess it's the blog. Spare me your ridicule.

So on that uplifting note, let's catch up on the activities of the singing Family von Cichowski (minus the lederhosen and Alps). When I first came back to the fam after the Korea adventure, I wish I could say that I got knee deep in traveling around Japan, but really, I just wanted to hang out and see my family AT HOME (and get to work on my masters program ... thanks AF for cracking the whip on that one ...). And what sort of activities might we embark upon for family time? Pizza and Tea Parties! "Of course!" you say.

Jenny had a great idea for letting Katie make her own pizza and get her involved with the baking process, and maybe (just maybe) it would get her to actually EAT DINNER. But I digress.

Katie and Jenny make a Pizza

Yeah, she likes cheese.

Waiting for the Pizza to cook.  Yep, that's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on over her shoulder.  Am I the best Dad ever, or what?  You gotta start with the classics ...

After dinner, we watched while Blondie blew up the bridge and shot Angel Eyes, but Katie admittedly got pretty bored with the final shootout sequence.  What can I say, Sergio Leone isn't for everyone.  We'll try again later with Once Upon a Time in the West.  Maybe Peter Fonda and James Brolin will win her over.

A few days later we got to rock out to a killer tea party.  It was THE event of the Misawa social Cichowski scene.  I think even Katie's dragon got one of the exclusive invites.  Of course, Mom and Dad were pulling labor for the night, but we got some photos of the glitterazzi ...