Carlson Closeup - Jake

I was trying to think of something clever to blog about and I thought, "What if I 'interviewed' the family and posted the answers in a blog. Add some cute pictures and BOOM - clever blog posting - well, clever to me anyways, so that's what you're gettin'.

I am asking the same 25 questions to every speaking member of the family, so this should be fun by the time we are done. Our first, victim, er... candidate is Jake. Since he is our middle-aged monster, I figured I would give him the honors in the inaugural Carlson Closeup.

Let's start with a little picture montage of our cuddliest little Carlson (you can click on the picture for a bigger version):

Isn't he our cute little fuzz bucket??

I had an interesting interview with the little monster. A lot of the answers needed a little coaxing, but these are very indicative of the cotton-topped cutie.

Q. Apple juice or orange juice?
A. Apple Juice

Q. Are you a morning or night person?
A. Night

Q. Which do you prefer, sweet or salty foods?
A. Sweet

Q. Ninjas or pirates?
A. Ninjas

Q. What was your favorite childhood television program?
A. The Backyardigans

Q. Are you a collector of anything?
A. puzzles and cars and trains (oh my)

Q. If you could be any animal, what would you be?
A. Elephant

Q. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
A. Be like Buzz Lightyear

Q. What is usually your first thought when you wake up?
A. Watch a show

Q. What do you usually think about right before falling asleep?
A. Dreaming

Q. What's your favorite color?
A. Blue

Q. What's your favorite animal?
A. Lion

Q. You're given 1 million dollars, what do you spend it on?
A. A fan (gotta love the childhood innocence)

Q. Are you mostly a clean or messy person?
A. Messy

Q. Who are you going to marry?
A. Mommy

Q. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
A. In the city - because he wants to drive

Q. If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?
A. Disney world

Q. What's your favorite song of the moment?
A. Life is a Highway

Q. What's your favorite movie?
A. Cars

Q. Have any hidden talents?
A. playing

Q. What would be your dream job?
A. Firefighter

Q. Which would you rather have, 100 million dollars or true love?
A. True love

Q. If you could have 3 wishes granted, what would they be?
A. 1.Mac and Lightning. 2. Truck. 3. Mousetrap

Q. If you HAD to change your name, what would you change it to?
A. Fuzz Bucket

Q. What's your favorite cookies?
A. Valentine's Cookie

Next up on the Carlson Closeup - Julia!

2010 - Still waiting for global warming ....

Well, we've been freezing our tails off so far in 2010. Today was actually nice (sunny, 60 degrees, etc ..) UNTIL we actually decided to go to the park where the temperature dropped 20 degrees in like 5 minutes. We were enjoying a nice family stroll on a nature trail when all of a sudden Cold Front #137 blew in. Thank goodness Julia drew X's on the trail every 15 feet otherwise we would have never gotten back to our car :)


So it's been a while since I blogged. Being frozen to the core has stifled my writing creativity. Either that or it could be never getting a good break from work -lol. Here's a synopsis of key things that have happened since the last blog:
- Thanksgiving - my favorite holiday of the year
- Christmas - very special this year with my first nephew, John Carlson Busker, being born on Christmas Day!!!
- Car breaking down again - still working on getting it fixed
- Dead rat in the walls - it is still decomposing and yes it stinks
- Jansen is now completely mobile on his hands and knees - pulling up to his feet on EVERYTHING - if he's not walking in 2 months I will be surprised
- Jansen has like 8 teeth now!!! And we wonder why our nights were so bad around 12 weeks and after - ouch!
- Julia is reading like a superstar and is picking up the violin very quickly
- Jake is .... well he's Jake! I love that boy to death and I love holding him tight in my arms. He is starting to show glimmers of actually sitting down and learning

Whats to come ...
- some more recent pics of the family
- some interesting opining by me on some topics that are near and dear to my heart

Until then, the Crazy Carlson life goes on