After Dinner

We ended the night with a trip to the Irish Times, which is where Chris used to go as a college student.

Pete Papageorge was still playing.

The kickball leagues came in for a drink after the game. I always wanted to join a kickball league. It was nice to enjoy Irish drinking songs again!

And on the train ride home, I finished Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin. Everyone, including YOU, dear reader, should read that book. He's brilliant!

Our Escape

We escaped back home for a 16 hour visit. Nana and Pa took all three kiddos for almost two days. Thank you so much, Nana & Pa!

I took the train into Union Station. That's when I learned of Farrah Fawcett. So sad. We stopped at the Dubliner before going back home. We ran into protestors relaxing after a hard day of protesting. They were pretty nice, despite being kooks!

That's when I learned of Michael Jackson being taken to the hospital.

Then we went back to the hotel to change into dinner clothes. We tried a few places, but didn't like the atmosphere. We ended up at Smith & Wolenskys for light seafood outside. I love DC!

Mother's Day/ Father's Day/ Birthdays

They were all celebrated at once this year. We went to a cute little railroad museum/ restaurant, which the kids loved! Then we came back for cake & ice cream. We only managed to get 2/5 siblings together, but coordinating 5 people is darn near impossible. Besides, one set of folks lives in Chicago.

Obama Democrats

A woman in a hot-air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.

"She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going.. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."

Jon & Kate

I don't know why I'm bothering to write this because I'm not a huge fan. I don't watch on a regular basis, but I catch it now and then. My only opinion, besides the fact that Kate needs to be nicer to Jon, is that they need (and needed all along) to put each other first and the kids second. Saying they're putting the kids first is an excuse to blow off each other, which they have successfully done, and it ultimately puts the kids last.

Grape JAM

I told Will that I was giving him grape jelly, and he corrected me by showing me the jar, which is clearly marked "Grape Jam." Now that he can read everything, there's no hiding things from him.

Name Dropping

Apparently, hubby's uncle is Gisele's Kung Fu teacher.

The Best Food

My current best for you favorite food is my spinach salad. It's made with fresh baby spinach leaves, olive oil, eggs, and Parmesan cheese. It has most every vitamin and mineral in the spinach, extra vitamin D and protein in the eggs, calcium from the cheese, and of course, extra virgin olive oil. I never feel guilty binging on my salad!

At the Park

Christopher's Hawaii Party at Preschool

The Whole Class

















Hokey Pokey

Snakes & Spiders

That is what Christopher is now interested in.

Still Reading & Writing

Though it's not as new and exciting to him, Will is still reading and writing. He wrote the word, "snake" for me the other day.

Expert Puzzle Guy

William can do just about every puzzle we have. He can do them without with or without the frame (ex: USA puzzle). He can do non square puzzles (ex: Shrek).

Robbie is Waving

He's been doing that for a while now. I should have added this post a while ago.

Perfect Baby

Robbie is the easiest baby ever! He goes down for naps and bedtime, even when he's not asleep yet. He wakes up and just plays and makes cute little noises until someone gets him. After Christopher who never slept and who used to wake up crying all the time for who knows what reason, Robbie just seems like the easiest child, ever!

Little Robbie is Teething

His top front teeth are coming in and he's having a heck of time. Poor little guy is just miserable.

No 'Hank You!

Christopher no longer does this because he has come up with a better way of handling things... However, I wanted to write this down before I forgot it.

When we would tell him to eat his vegetables, or whatever it was we told him to do that he was very opposed to, instead of protesting with plain old "No!" he would say, "No 'hank you! No 'hank you!"

These days he'll try most foods, and exclaim, "Wow! That was delicious! Best food I ever tasted!" Then I will say, "Great! Would you like some more?" to which he will reply, "Umm... No, thank you!"

Air France

So, what was Chris doing Sunday night, but flying to Oslo, Norway for an annual conference of all the lawyers in the company. Turns out, two of the company's lawyers, another company employee, and a spouse were on Air France from Brazil heading to the conference, except the other company employee and the spouse, who weren't going to the conference (better? Haha). Thank goodness I didn't find out about the plane until after I had spoken to Chris. Everyone in the company is frazzled. The conference was canceled and Chris returned home yesterday.