Anniversary Dinner and 2 month olds

First, a public service announcement:

Don't let your kids watch "Charlie bit my finger - again!" too much.

Here's Katelyn trying out the playplace. I forget where it came from. Things just randomly appear around here that I've never seen:

And here's Wesley showing how it's done.


Here's Kairi with Wesley's favorite buddy Sackboy.


Wesley likes his sisters. He likes playing with them and helping his Mommy.


They're all a bunch of goofheads too.


There's a lot of work to do around this place, so Wesley does his best to help here. Here he is washing the dishes:


And here he is feeding his sister:


Yesterday was the company's 32nd Anniversary Celebration Dinner. Amanda and I made use of our slave--um, I mean our wonderful babysitter who we are very grateful for--to spend 4 whole hours together! That's more than in a normal week combined! First, since you can't be slobs all year long, we had to dress up.

Bow ties are cool.

There were stations all around the Learning Center for sampling food from various Madison restaurants. This one had sliders, macaroni and cheese, homemade pretzels and four types of mustard.


This one had either Korean or Thai food (they both had stations, but who knows which was which. They both had unpronounceable dishes. There was also a seafood place but we didn't get there in time. Not like we would've gone there anyway, but Amanda did have some catfish.

Oh, here's the menu:
Korean items from Jeongmee Park

• Jopt Che- sweet potato starch noodles stir fried with spinach, mushrooms, eggs, carrots and Korean soy sauce (vegetarian)
• Beef Bulgolgi lettuce wraps- marinated thin sliced grilled beef with Korean chili in lettuce leaves
• Thai Food from Kannika Assarattanakul
• Thai Chicken Croquettes- mildly spicy chicken ground with lemongrass, shallot, lime, cilantro, ginger, curry paste

Nostrano

• Farro Salad- smoked mushroom, pine nuts, caramelized onions (vegan)
• Seafood Brodetto- branzini, shellfish, tomato broth, white beans
• Pork Shoulder Agridolce- smoked pork shoulder, grilled ciabatta, Tuscan olive oil

Graze

• Macaroni and Cheese (vegetarian)
• Home made pretzels, mustards and local cheeses (vegetarian)
• Sliders with caramelized onions on brioche buns

Lao Laan Xang

• Squash Curry (vegetarian)
• Chicken Larp- ground seasoned chicken, lettuce, cilantro, cucumber wraps
• Kanap Pa Catfish roasted in banana leaves served with Jasmine Rice

Dessert served after the Innovations program

• Root Beer Floats using Sprecher Root Beer
• Chocolate Cherry Croissant Bread Pudding

There was also a silent auction where people brought in items and you could write down a bid. We saw a bead necklace that had a bid up to $100 and decided that next year Amanda could get rich quick with things like that going for so high. Then we noticed that all proceeds go to a local food bank and not to the contributer. Oh well.


Then after all that trash there was a little program about things going on around the country and other stuff that no one reading this would care about. Then we helped clean up because we're nice like that.