Room cleaning

Rae has been talking about thinning the herd when it comes to Kaylee's toys. So it was no surprise when I came home to the two of them organizing toys into "keep" and "donate" piles.

The pinecones on the right are in the "donate" pile.

The "keep" pile on the left extends for at least another foot ...

Also, no surprise.

She loves books

She is reading the phone book.

The phone book.

Seriously.

Last night as a single dad

Rae returns from Vegas tonight. And while we've had a blast, it will be great to have my wingman back.

Kaylee and I celebrated the night with Pei Wei. (I had Shrimp Pad Thai and she had Yucky Chicken.)

If you believe in fortune cookies, the two of us have something to look forward to.

A day in the park

It was only 101º today — so we decided it was a perfect time to visit the park.

And while we were there I decided to play around with my new toy. The embedded HD video is shot and edited entirely on the new iPhone.

Not too shabby.

I'm not sleepy ...

I need a shotgun

SCENE: A Tucson rooftop. Fireworks burst in the distance over a small mountain. A crowd of friends and friends of friends have gathered to overeat, drink beer and watch stuff explode.

KAYLEE: Daddy, I want to go sit next to that boy.

DAD: Oh, Christ.

She runs over to ETHAN and sits down next to him. She begins to talk to him only to see him run away and seek shelter next to his PARENTS. Undeterred, KAYLEE pursues him.

ETHAN: Mommy, I don't want to sit next to that girl!

KAYLEE: But Ethan! Look at me. I have brown hair just like you!

ETHAN does his best to ignore the girl. Kaylee begins flipping her hair and shaking her head.

KAYLEE: And look what I can do. I do this with my hair sometimes.

DAD: Kaylee, we don't flip our hair at boys.

PARENTS: Oh yes she does!

DAD begins to sob quietly as the mountain begins to burn in the distance.

Let them eat cake

After a morning of cursing, I have finally beaten iMovie into submission. All so I could share 220+ photos of Kaylee eating birthday cake.

You'd better love me.

What's for snack?

CRACK CHERRIES.

Princess Kaylee

All royalty needs a throne.
And shoes that look like alligators.