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My girls are at about 2:18 and then during the egg hunt which starts at 3:15. Feel free to admire their adorable dresses and matching bunny-ear hairclips. :)

Haven't posted in a while. Let's see ( Read more... )

This week and next week are the "fall break" at Maggie's school. Kinda weird timing, but actually very good for her mental health. It's clear that she needs a break from school. We leave tomorrow to spend a few days with my Dad. Maggie is very excited about visiting Granddad! I told her to pack her Triceratops backpack with toys to bring, and ( Read more... )

Ives had a perfectly lovely time on her birthday yesterday. Brunch at Bonny's with Grandma, Grandpop, Granita, Uncle Tom (briefly, during his lunch break), Uncle Joe, and Rachel. Several awesome books, Thomas Duplo and video, Tinkerbell throw, Mary Poppins video, Ariel doll, pajamas, Pooh Bear talking phone, a GREEN tricycle ( Read more... )

I had a lovely birthday! rainfletcher got me several baking-related items I asked for. Juanell took the girls and me out to lunch and then treated me to a mini-shopping spree at Target (I picked out four new skirts). Dinner was brie and smoked salmon at home (due largely to cranky offspring), and then we went to Baskin-Robbins with Tom ( Read more... )

barryfreed invited a bunch of folks to the Padres/Brewers game last night to celebrate his 40th birthday. We had a great time--first baseball game for our kids! ( And the Pads won! )

Ives is sacked out on the couch. She's sat up, looked around blearily, and thunked back down twice so far. She tired herself out at the park today ( Read more... )

Last Saturday, we attended another lovely party hosted by Cheese. It looked like it would be overcast, but ended up being very nice. The theme was "white" and everyone complied except barryfreed, who wore a t-shirt in honor of his recent skydive (he also brought along a dvd of his jump, which we all watched). Todd lost the croquet tournament for the first ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a party at Mary & Bob's for Granita's 88th birthday party. I brought my mushrooms again (and! got berated by Tracy because they all went before she got to try one--they're getting a rep for yumminess ( Read more... )

Today was hilary5g's 40th birthday party. We arrived at Marcia & Dan's, stopped the car, and turned around to find two sleeping children. We let them drowse for a few minutes before picking them up and heading in ( Read more... )