Birthday Cake, made with love

I LOVE ice cream cake, and my wonderful family is making one for me!

First, crush up Nutter Butters...


Add ice cream, and whipped cream...


add sprinkles...


um, spread sprinkles...


write stuff with icing...


And voila! The finished product! I have to say... I LOVE IT!

Rock Band!

An early birthday present was the game Rock Band, which comes with a guitar, microphone, and drumkit.

Taisim started out by dancing with Totoro...	Taipan started jamming on the drums...
Then Taisim picked up the mic...	and then Taipan picked up the guitar...

We haven't decided on a band name yet... any and all suggestions are welcome!

Finger paints!

We decided to get some finger paints out, and oh the fun we had! We started out with sponges...



Then moved on to spoons...


and fingers...


and hands!


In that last shot, Taisim went through 20 spoons by the time we were done. She insisted on scooping out finger paint with each spoon ONCE and only once. What started out as a kit of 8 colors, is now a mish-mash of colors... we'll see what happens next time!

Train-o-Rama!

This past Sunday I wasn't scheduled to close Starbucks, so I had to work during the day. Little did I know that would cost me a trip to Train-o-Rama! :( Karen took the kiddos out there, and, as always, they had a BLAST... I'm going next time!

Papa Carnival Ride 2000

Weather not conducive to going out to the local amusement park to ride carnival rides? Not a problem with the Papa Carnival Ride 2000! Just load your kids up and watch them go up & down & up & down until the ride can't take anymore... only to do it again!

This is beautiful

A friend sent me this tonight - it's a public broadcast to promote breastfeeding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=942FRjAJhxU

I think it's just beautiful. I'd love to see something like this in the US.

Blizzard of '08

So the Blizzard of '08 has arrived, and it's a doozy. Here are some pics so far...

Here's a pic from yesterday, notice the fire hydrant in the background to the left of Taipan's head. And then notice the fire hydrant in the close up. That much snow fell in about a day, and it's still coming down as I type this.



When I ventured out earlier today, this is what greeted me after opening the garage door... about a foot of snow.


There's a park bench buried in between the trees.


Here's our front yard and driveway. Honest

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Let It Snow

This storm that's hit us here has dumped the most snow on us this season. We're under a Winter Storm Warning until tomorrow, and many cities in the area have declared Snow Emergencies, which means they're only allowing emergency vehicles on the roads. Having been out there earlier on a failed mission to get Starbucks, I can attest to the awful conditions. There was so much snow blowing I was driving in near white-out, and the plows just can't keep up.

As the snow first started, the kids decided they wanted to go out and play.

Ghosts In Our House

As Poltergeist has taught me, it's always good to check any new home for ghosts. We kind of skipped this step with our recent purchase, and discovered that we do indeed have ghosts in this house. While we were looking for our kids who mysteriously disappeared, they showed themselves in Karen's office...



They must have been hungry, since they went towards Karen's fridge...


One even wanted help down the stairs...


After reaching the bottom of the stairs, the apparitions vanished, and our kids appeared. I hope that 'this house is clear.'

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