it's a start

we have sky tv satellite at our house. however, robin and i are not huge tv watchers. with the exception of the occasional cartoon, "amazing animal videos", "drake and josh", and "mythbusters", we don't have much quality programming to choose from! take away the sleeze, the violence, the bad language, excessive commercials and anything re-run and what do you have left? top chef! every wednesday night at 8 robin and i have been watching (what is probably last season's) top chef. if you don't already know it, top chef is the reality competition show about cooking. every week, after a few fun and grueling tests of skill and/or creativity one of the top chef hopefuls is asked to "pack your knives and go". they are now down to the last 4. it is a fun show for robin and i to watch together because we both get to learn alot about cooking and food: meal preparation, food combinations, cooking techniques. plus, there is the side benefit of the weird personalities in the kitchen. there's an unlikeable knowitall smartass in every bunch, dontcha know-at least in reality tv world. this gang takes on a wide variety of challenges that tests their imaginations, food knowledge and cooking skills. the only thing that keeps it from being wonderful is that we can't actually taste the food! come to think of it, that is probably a good thing sometimes.

the ideas from top chef seem to be having a positive effect on robin's snack making skills. here is a photo of robin's latest-the apple/peanut butter flower. nutritious ingredients, nice presentation....a good start.

missing tooth update: robin lost another tooth! the day after he lost the other one, the one right behind it fell out. you can see in the pic that he has a large gap on the right side. cute!