Just Call Me Huck Finn

See the little yellow sign on the gate? It provides instructions on the proper way to care for the gate...the most important of which is to paint/stain it every two years. We'll have lived here four years in June. The portion on the left is the "after" and how it looked four years ago. Given that the gate was one of the better looking parts, I'd have to say that staining every two years probably is a good idea. Let's see if I keep that up. ;)

Tony's First Haircut

After a little encouragement from the stylist, I decided to keep Tony's 'hawk a little longer...it grows that way naturally!

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Alex's First Lollipop

Second haircut, first lollipop. Yes, he drooled down the front of his shirt, down his arm, and all over the taxi. Yes, it was a sticky mess. Luckily I just changed his shirt and wiped his arm. I feel bad for the lady that had to wipe down the taxi, but she's the one that gave him the Dum Dum in the first place.

Farewell to the Ketchup Packet?

Coupon High of the Day

I got:
1 file box
Labels
1 inch binder
Binder tabs
Dry-erase board for weekly meal planning
2 6/pks of "fancy" file folders
2 25/pks of pull and seal #10 envelopes
100/bx of security pull and seal #10 envelopes
6/pk of highlighters
Color ink cartridges
And a Grover DVD
For $62.54 including tax

I will be receiving:
$10 Visa gift card
$8 back in rewards
$4 in rewards for the 2 ink cartridges I recycled

Final cost: $50.54 for over $100 worth of office supplies and a DVD for the munchkins

I'll be riding this high for awhile!

Tony the Teaser

This is how Tony has been teasing me all week. Look Ma, no hands! He'll stand there. Completely unassisted. Often holding a toy in each hand. He'll crouch down, the rise back up to this position. He might even take a step or two until he realizes what he's doing, then he drops to a crawl and takes off. SO CLOSE...and yet, still not officially a walker.

Sorry this picture is of the back of his head...it's pretty much the only way I could catch this.

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Love Rug Pen Triage & Paradigm Shifts

Tonight was the retirement dinner for the GM at Striker's work. Woo hoo!!! We got to dress up and hang out with adults! Grandma and Oma babysat. The evening's highlights can be taken from my Facebook statuses:
-Shortly after arriving, I nicknamed someone "The Love Rug". His last name is Love and both myself and someone on Striker's staff believe he was wearing a (bad) rug.
-As I sat there as the "spouse", I thought of all the times I dragged Striker to my work events at the Staples Center, Cabo San Lucas, Dominican Republic...and I got to go to Sierra Lakes Country Club in Fontana...yay for public employees! ;)
-There were Sharpie paint pens on the tables for everyone to sign photo mats for a scrapbook for the retiree. Striker uncapped our pen and the point fell out. I grabbed the pieces, reassembled, performed triage, and got it working. Later someone came by and asked how we got it to work. They might all be water people, but I am still an office supplies person. Pen triage is a valuable skill, which I will be putting on my resume.
-There were MANY speakers and a fair amount of roasting. I sort of glazed over, but when I heard someone say "paradigm shift" I had to supress my urge to yell "BINGO!" as that's almost a guaranteed winner in Corporate Buzzword Bingo.

Overall, it was a fun night out with the hubby. We got dressed up, enjoyed adult conversation and beverages, and I got my business fix for at least another 6 months.