Sunday, May 2, 2010
Jessica's 13th Birthday
Lets get the disappointment out of the way early. Barbara and I executed on the actual "Party" portion of Jessica's 13th Birthday yesterday (Saturday, May 1st). The theme was a blend of Amazing Race and Mission Impossible. The disappointing part... we made a video, but alas, this BLOG doesn't seem to afford us the opportunity to actually post the VIDEO. Why don't we just say... the video was a me, solo, in Mission Impossible garb, doing Impossible Martial Arts moves and it was AWESOME. I wish I could share it with you... really, I really do.
Any ways, the hormones... I mean Jessica's teenage friends (who really are a great group to see and hangout with) showed up around 2PM. My wife dispersed the adults helping - to all the locations these kids would have to find later in the party (as part of the Amazing Race/Scavenger Hunt part). She then showed the video and gave the kids their directions... as well as their team tee-shirt and an adult driver.
The kids tore off to their respective destinations with their "Clue Cards" in hand. I was positioned at the YMCA... the kids struggled at my location as each team was instructed to do a particular, somewhat embarrassing activity at each destination. The better their performance the more points they would earn.
After tearing around town, with only ONE ADULT getting pulled over by the cops... the kids finished the race and rallied back at Milburn Park. This is where I battled the demons from he!! (that's a public BBQ pit with two LARGE BAGS of CHARCOAL spitting fire, molten lava, billowing smoke thicker than the head of any teenager... ) to provide barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers.
While at the park, we did some three-legged races, sack races and the "poop a potato game." It worked out really well. A little cake, handfuls of M & Ms and some presents and then all that was left to top the day off would be ... CLEAN UP. And I'm sure all of you know how much I love CLEAN UP.
Oh... I guess there's more bad news. I don't have any pictures. I probably should have snapped off a few pictures with my phone, but I guess I was too busy messing with the barbecue. The party was a blast. Here's a shot of Jessica at her birthday dinner with just the family. Doesn't she look mature?
Yeah... she looks great doesn't she. Man I wish she would stop growing up...
Any ways, the hormones... I mean Jessica's teenage friends (who really are a great group to see and hangout with) showed up around 2PM. My wife dispersed the adults helping - to all the locations these kids would have to find later in the party (as part of the Amazing Race/Scavenger Hunt part). She then showed the video and gave the kids their directions... as well as their team tee-shirt and an adult driver.
The kids tore off to their respective destinations with their "Clue Cards" in hand. I was positioned at the YMCA... the kids struggled at my location as each team was instructed to do a particular, somewhat embarrassing activity at each destination. The better their performance the more points they would earn.
After tearing around town, with only ONE ADULT getting pulled over by the cops... the kids finished the race and rallied back at Milburn Park. This is where I battled the demons from he!! (that's a public BBQ pit with two LARGE BAGS of CHARCOAL spitting fire, molten lava, billowing smoke thicker than the head of any teenager... ) to provide barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers.
While at the park, we did some three-legged races, sack races and the "poop a potato game." It worked out really well. A little cake, handfuls of M & Ms and some presents and then all that was left to top the day off would be ... CLEAN UP. And I'm sure all of you know how much I love CLEAN UP.
Oh... I guess there's more bad news. I don't have any pictures. I probably should have snapped off a few pictures with my phone, but I guess I was too busy messing with the barbecue. The party was a blast. Here's a shot of Jessica at her birthday dinner with just the family. Doesn't she look mature?
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
WHO raises warning to Level 4
[ATLANTA, GA April 16 UPI] -- The World Health Organization Friday elevated its international pandemic alert one step to Phase 4 in response to the latest outbreak of Textuenza. The increase in the alert status signals an outbreak of human-to-human and human-to-cellphone-to-human transmission of Textuenza most notably seen in Austin, TX, which increases the risk of a global epidemic, but does not mean a pandemic is inevitable, WHO officials said in a news release.
Fukuda said authorities need to focus their efforts on mitigating the disease rather than attempting to stop its spread, stressing that "containment is not a feasible consideration."
Experts indicate that containment begins with educating the public to recognize the disease and the onslaught of symptoms. Textuenza is a new, HIGHLY contagious variation/strain of the Type-A influenza virus and a mix of human/animal versions of Mad Cow disease. "It's a potent combination that we are trying very hard to contain. Unfortunately, all our containment efforts have failed miserably since the disease has mutated and been found to spread via text messages. As you can imagine, this puts adolescent and pre-teen children at VERY HIGH RISK."
Textuenza symptoms include head droop, inability to make eye-contact, twitchy fingers, seemingly unprovoked and uncontrollable giggling, laughing, snorting, eye-rolling, grunting, shoulder shrugging and drooling. Affects seem most pronounced in young teens with a cellphone in their hand. The undeveloped frontal lob of young teens make them especially susceptible to the disease which is now transmittable through simple texting.
One set of parents expressed their concern, "We just gave our daughter, Jessica [Daniels] a cellphone for her thirteenth birthday, and we're very concerned about this disease. We're convinced most of her friends have already been infected and are currently contagious. Just last night, when she opened her birthday gift, we begin to see signs of infection. What do we do now? The cellphone is already out of the box," said Mr. Daniels.
What's next? What unforeseen consequences lurk in the not so distant future for the Daniels family and other parents of young teens? What happens if these kids start to get behind the wheel of a car? God help us all.
Fukuda said authorities need to focus their efforts on mitigating the disease rather than attempting to stop its spread, stressing that "containment is not a feasible consideration."
Experts indicate that containment begins with educating the public to recognize the disease and the onslaught of symptoms. Textuenza is a new, HIGHLY contagious variation/strain of the Type-A influenza virus and a mix of human/animal versions of Mad Cow disease. "It's a potent combination that we are trying very hard to contain. Unfortunately, all our containment efforts have failed miserably since the disease has mutated and been found to spread via text messages. As you can imagine, this puts adolescent and pre-teen children at VERY HIGH RISK."
Textuenza symptoms include head droop, inability to make eye-contact, twitchy fingers, seemingly unprovoked and uncontrollable giggling, laughing, snorting, eye-rolling, grunting, shoulder shrugging and drooling. Affects seem most pronounced in young teens with a cellphone in their hand. The undeveloped frontal lob of young teens make them especially susceptible to the disease which is now transmittable through simple texting.
One set of parents expressed their concern, "We just gave our daughter, Jessica [Daniels] a cellphone for her thirteenth birthday, and we're very concerned about this disease. We're convinced most of her friends have already been infected and are currently contagious. Just last night, when she opened her birthday gift, we begin to see signs of infection. What do we do now? The cellphone is already out of the box," said Mr. Daniels.
What's next? What unforeseen consequences lurk in the not so distant future for the Daniels family and other parents of young teens? What happens if these kids start to get behind the wheel of a car? God help us all.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Teenager... newest member
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
-Ferris Bueller
Sadly, the world’s newest teenager probably won’t recognize this gem of a movie quote… Jessica’s life has been moving at Mach speed (at least from my perspective), and now, today, on April 15th, Jessica becomes… a TEENAGER. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, Jessica is celebrating her 13th Birthday today.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Easter 2010
We celebrated Easter in 2010 and the kids hit the eggs pretty hard -
You can see Jacob and Stephanie prepare their TEN eggs for coloration-
Jacob's best fake smile for the parents smile-
Stephanie couldn't be any more excited-
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The Snow-Miser take two
I, Jessica Daniels has recently read my dad's blog entry and I think that I need to clarify a few things!! As my dad stated earlier I made a pretty awesome snowman which I have given the name snow white!! Now the neighbors decided to make a few snow creatures AFTER I made mine. THEY TOTALLY COPIED MY IDEA: SNOWMAN WITH HAIR!! So, just to clarify, my snowman is THE best. Also my dad's "scoreboard" is completely wrong and I beg to differ!! This is the real score:
Jacob-20 ( left early)
Stephanie (came in late)- 8
Neighbor kids- 6
Dad- 30
Me- 21
SINCE WE PLAYED KIDS VS. ADULTS THE ACTUAL SCORE WAS:
Kids: 50
Dad: 40 (He got points deducted for pelting snowballs to hard)
SO tenchnically we dominated!!! BTW I LOVE SNOW IN AUSTIN!!!!!!
Jacob-20 ( left early)
Stephanie (came in late)- 8
Neighbor kids- 6
Dad- 30
Me- 21
SINCE WE PLAYED KIDS VS. ADULTS THE ACTUAL SCORE WAS:
Kids: 50
Dad: 40 (He got points deducted for pelting snowballs to hard)
SO tenchnically we dominated!!! BTW I LOVE SNOW IN AUSTIN!!!!!!
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