I’m not saying that I wouldn’t want a pet otter or three, but seriously… a little out of our birthday present price-range. They were leaning towards “otter” as a theme, still, but I think that the flowers work well; some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t get her started talking about Aphmau. Oh, wait, too late. Give her fifteen minutes or so and she’ll move on. 😛 Anyway, the black frosting was a big hit with the girls and involved a lot of tongues sticking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
She’s constantly making new stuff with her sculpey clay, which needs to be cooked to harden it, some of it intended to be gifts for others (she even made Kia some earrings as a birthday present). A lot of it,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m fully aware that I’ll be getting similar abuse next year, but I’ll still be comforted by the knowledge that Tim will always be older than I am. 😉 And you never know: Maybe Arwyn will have moved away from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, Kia remains the queen of the non-sequitor. That aside, the girls did have a wonderful weekend and we happen to really enjoy hanging out with the two birthday-boys’ parents, so we had a great time, too. The movie “If”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And I only fell once, and mostly because I was trying to avoid a slow-moving kid that got in front of me… and that whole “not so good at stopping” thing. Not bad for someone who hasn’t skated in 25-30[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The girls are happily showing off their new stuffies that they got from us, plus they got a couple more from others. They also each had their own little cake, which means that we all got waaay more than our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For those from the area, if you remember those old Detroit Zoo commercials with the meerkats running past with one saying “This way, guys!” and another animal says “Wrong way, guys.” Then they all run back the other way? Yeah,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kudos to anyone who can actually decipher that, but that’s about what it sounds like when they get excited about something and both try to talk at the same time. Blahblahblahnoisenoisenoise. That aside, they each had fun birthdays with family,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Instant friends for life, as is the usual for my two. They paired off for a little while, but spent most of the time playing as a quartet. Upstairs, downstairs, and all around. The five year-old was a bundle of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…