A long, long time ago, before the earth had cooled (or something) I used to write personal posts on my LJ. Now is as good a time as any to start up again, since I had a very nice birthday weekend.

( My quiet but fun birthday celebration. )

While I'm still working on the next issue of Wild Violet, I took a break this morning to take some birthday self-portraits, a tradition now for about seven years or so. Like last year, I had to take some with my little Kung Fu Panda, as well.

( Birthday self-portraits, with KFP. )

My Kung Fu Panda is sucking down a mid-morning bottle before we hop in the car and meet a friend for lunch. This morning he played in the YMCA Child Watch while I worked out, and then we attended a concert at the library where he learned about jug band instruments. His verdict: shakers (maracas) are fun... and delicious ( Read more... )

If you didn't already know, we held a party Saturday at my Dad's place to celebrate our Kung Fu Panda's first birthday. Here's the day, in pictures.

( Probably the only time he'll push away cake. )

After KFP awoke from his nap yesterday, we managed to open presents and eat cake before the guests had to leave. He was still sort of sleepy and dazed, but at least he wasn't crying and flinging cake!

While he was interested in being sung to (my little guy loves music), and in poking the baby-friendly Apple Swirl cake Mom made, he wasn't so keen on ( Read more... )

I've just downloaded the LJ app for my Droid phone. We'll see if it's better than the mobile version of the site, which was great for reading my FL but wouldn't let me post comments.

We are celebrating KFP's 1st birthday with family, but he got tired and cranky, so I'm in the bedroom while he takes a nap. There's no point forcing cake on an unhappy ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, onezumi!

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