Because I need to test out some features of the new WordPress system, including the image handling, here's a place-holder post with a bonus SteelyKid photo:
This is SteelyKid kicking back at Niska-Day over the weekend (the annual community fair here in Niskayuna). Don't be deceived by the lazy look of this image-- she was seriously fired up, and went on a whole bunch of rides, including four trips on the "roller coaster," proving she is her mother's daughter. She also took two pony rides, but happily hasn't demanded one yet.
So, how was your weekend?
More like this
[Scene: Dinner at Chateau SteelyPips. DADDY is starting to say something about his day at work, when STEELYKID interrupts.]
STEELYKID: If you eat too many hot dogs, you'll turn into a hot dog!
Long-time readers will remember that I used to do weekly kid-blogging, posting pictures of SteelyKid with a reference animal, Appa the sky-bison from the Avatar cartoon.
In the car, on the way from day care to campus to watch a softball game
DADDY: So, what did you do at school today?
STEELYKID: Daddy, I'm a superhero. They call me Strong Ninja Girl. Strong World-Saving Ninja Girl.
DADDY: Because you save the world?
Those of you who follow me on Twitter/ Facebook have been getting the occasional snippet of cute dialogue from SteelyKid over there. This one's a little too long for breaking into 140-character blocks, so while I wait for her to come downstairs so we can make pancakes, a cute SteelyKid story: