Somehow I missed Almightydad's December collection and ranking of the Top Dad Blogs for 2010. Keith Wilcox scientifically ranked the top 125 Dad Blogs from a collection of hundred and DanzFamily.com ranked 31st!

If you are at all interested in Dad Blogs head on over to the ranking, there are some wonderful and fascinating reads there. I can't begin to imagine the amount of work it took to collect and calculate all the data. Even more amazing, Keith is working on a Top Mom Blogs list, a truly insurmountable task!

Thanks Keith.

Our family dentist (who is awesome by the way) really emphasizes the importance of brushing and flossing to our children. Will has been flossing for a number of months now and, well, you just have to see it for yourself...

Mary made the most awesome homemade creme brulee for dessert tonight! Instead of creating a fire hazard, she kindly just put four candles on mine.

I couldn't have asked for a better birthday; my family, a favorite dessert, some great presents and Aunt Donelda shipped in some Chicago pizzas from Lou Malnati's! Thanks everyone!

Mama spotted a wild bear on the loose today! Luckily it just turned out to be Landon after a bath. Below, the little guy can just barely crawl and he's all about pulling up to see what his big brothers are having so much fun doing. Landon's figured out the best toys aren't on the ground!

[Update: I've been told that I don't know the difference between a wild bear and a puppy dog. I suppose the floppy ears do give it away. Whatever.]

Just a great photo of three year-old Will being himself.

Drew is six years old and has been taking piano for just seven weeks. Here he is playing two songs during practice today.

After the jump the Vimeo version of the same video. (I've switched from showing the YouTube version after the jump because Vimeo now requires viewers to go to their site to see the HD version of a video which I think is annoying and, so, their demotion to the second page.)

Drew had his first ever official t-ball practice today and it was really cold. Just a quick 20 minutes where each boy got a chance to bat twice. I hadn't planned on taking pictures, so just some quick and dirty iPhone pics below.

The team waiting in line for their chance at bat.

A strange batting stance but guaranteed to get the ball down the third base line which in t-ball means a certain base hit.

Drew sliding home!

The photo was taken on Valentine's Day in 1991, nineteen years ago. It was Mary and I's first Valentine's Day together and I took her to the Fountains restaurant in Tulsa. They had a photographer who came around to the tables. I don't remember what the options were but we both left with keychain photos about 1 1/2 inches wide. I just scanned the photo and with a little photoshopping to fix fading and scratches, it's clear I found me a purdy one!

After church and lunch today, Will, Drew and I bundled up for some fun time enjoying Tulsa's latest 6 inches of snow. Unfortunately, it was too cold to make a snowman, the snow just wouldn't clump together well enough. But, we were still able to make some snowballs, have a snowball fight, and run around doing all kinds of silly stuff. In the end, we were all cold and tired and had a great time!

With Drew's napping days long gone and Will moving into an every-other-day habit, Landon has become my newest napping buddy.

Tonight, I cooked steaks out on the grill. They looked so good I had to snap a picture. They tasted even better! My mouth is watering as I write this just remembering how good they were. I've explained before how much a good stake means to me...here's to you Spiv.

Drew had his very first piano lesson today. We think we found a really good teacher. Drew is excited about playing and very serious about practicing. It is so wonderful to hear him playing and since I'm writing about this after-the-fact, I can say how surprising it is that he is progressing so fast. Hopefully he'll have fond memories of learning to play.

The musical notes in the photograph are not photoshoped. They are the result of some Christmas lights hanging in the background and a note shaped filter which creates the bokeh effect of the same shape. I used the same technique with a star shaped filter in my New Year's Eve photos of the boys.