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I got two pictures of the boys reading their Dinosaur books (The “How Do Dinosaurs…” series by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague – I adore these books, and have ever since I worked in the children’s department at Barnes & Noble eight years ago) today. This one won out to be the Picture of the Day because of Oliver’s face, mainly. (Oliver-Miles-Linus)
This morning’s picture is over here.
The boys were being so cute, “reading” this morning. If you want to see more (god forbid), there’s a longer video from this morning here.
I already posted one picture from Friday’s dinner, but now I’m going to post more details about it, so I can go back and remind myself about the time I was fancy.
So the dinner was for my friend Alicia’s birthday. A milestone birthday that actually took place last year, but her husband was very sick and she was very pregnant, so the timing wasn’t great to celebrate it then. So she invited about a dozen of her closest girlfriends to dine at the restaurant where her husband (now fully recovered) is the executive chef.
I mean, the man has his name on the plates. That is fancy!
When we got into the private room, it was decorated beautifully (as you saw in Friday’s picture) and fancy cocktails were served, along with fancy champagne and fancy wine (the kind that doesn’t come from a box.)
Of course the food was amazing…the menu:
The dessert:
The second dessert:
Ahh, it was fancy.
The rest of the weekend wasn’t quite as fancy, but it was pretty fun. I took the boys to Target to pick up some medicine, but to bribe them, I first got them popcorn at the Target cafe (definitely not fancy.)
Then we went to my cousin’s house for dinner (somewhat fancy) and the boys played with matchbox cars.
On Sunday, I packed the boys up to go to the Northshore to hang out with Ren and her girls. First, we went to a splashpad (place with lots of fountains for kids to run around in) at the Mandeville trailhead (for locals who are wondering) but the boys were having none of it. Sigh. They just stood around and watched the other kids.
After that, we fed them lunch, Ren put them down for a nap (bless her) and then we went to her mom’s house for swimming, which thank goodness the boys participated in. I wish I had pictures of them in the pool, but since I was in the pool, making sure they weren’t drowning, that wasn’t possible. I do, however, have a picture of Linus with the “baby whale” he floated with.
They also ate a lot of chips.
And then we came home and that was the end of our tiring but fun weekend.
Mama needs a nap.
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Doesn’t this look like a still from an old movie from the 60s? Yeah, more fun with Lightroom.
This was taken today when I took the boys to one of those parks with all the fountains for them to run through. Alas, they do not like getting sprayed with water, so they stood on the side and watched the other kids do it.
The boys were being so weird and hyper and goofy tonight. Fun, but exhausting!
The lovely setting at my friend’s birthday dinner on Friday night. Her husband’s the chef at the Ritz, so we dined in style that night! Mmmmm.
Fun with soap, originally uploaded by pyjammy.
Am I getting obsessed with bathtime pictures? It’s possible. But what else can I do while they’re splashing around, besides take pictures (and make sure they don’t drown each other, of course)?
I got a can of this shaving cream-like soap from Bath and Body Works and the boys love playing with it. Hey, whatever gets them clean.
Hey, gimme a quick click, would ya?
Miles got the first bee sting today. Here is Linus, admiring his band-aid, just before he ripped it off, leaving Miles in tears.
Ohhh, the drama.
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been playing around with a trial version of Lightroom lately. It’s fun to see how I can improve the pictures I’m taking.
Here’s a picture I took of Linus yesterday in the backyard, straight off the camera:
And here’s the “fixed” version. Okay, yeah, it’s pretty subtle. I swear I did more than just crop it!
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