I took the day off work since the boys are off school all week. We went to the aquarium, and I love this cute picture of Miles. That is all.

Miles talks a lot. And aren’t those the sweetest cheeks ever? I’m so lucky to have three sets just like those to kiss and squeeze.

Used my new camera remote to get a rare picture of me with the boys. I bribed them by letting them push the button. Hey, whatever works!

Using my mom’s iPhone (and Instagram app) kinda makes me want to get an iPhone. Don’t tell George.

Larry got the boys a fishing pole and showed them how to fish in the little pond in their backyard. This is Oliver here with him. The next day, Miles would catch one!

I got the boys some magnifying glasses from the dollar store, and they were totally enthralled. Later, they had me make them journals, so they could "write" down their observations, just like Sid the Science Kid.

My view at work on Friday. We had an all-day seminar.

The boys got these pirate masks from one of George’s coworkers.

Arrrgh!

Their first Fun Dips! (And can you believe I had to tell George how they worked?!? Where did he grow up?!? The moon?? Surely they have Fun Dip on the moon!)

As much as I enjoyed the card that George got me, nothing can beat these glitter-filled constructions the boys came home from school with. Ack, my heart! (And I just love being "Maman"!)

Boy, are the other parents going to *hate* me.

So, I decided to do the ubiquitous lollipop picture for the boys’ valentines for their class. (The card says, “Be Our Valentine!” and those are their signatures underneath.) Note I did one picture for all three. Big mistake. Today I learned they’d be distributing their valentines to all of their friends, and with one card for all three, that’d be impossible.

So I ran to the grocery at lunch and got two more cheapo, candy-based sets of Valentines so that all three will be able to give Valentines to their friends.

That means every family will get five pieces of candy from us tomorrow. Ha!

As you can see, it was a gorgeous day, but it was cold. In the 30s. And before any of you Northerners inform you that "that’s not cold", remember that we have thin Southern blood. It IS cold, dammit.

So anyway, this was taken during the thirty minutes we lasted outside this afternoon. The rest of the day was spent inside. A sad waste of such gorgeous sunshine, but what can ya do?

Oh, and this is Linus, yelling, "CATCH!" to me. I was too busy trying to take a picture while avoiding getting hit by that orange ball to make sure it was centered.