Busy Day

The day started out with a morning birthday pool party for a princess-loving friend of MonkeyBoy.

I’m trying to make all our gifts this year, but ended up buying a few things for this sweet recipient. She received a do-it-herself sticker making kit, complete with stamped images of her beloved Disney Princesses that [...]

Transitions

Lots and lots happening around here, as evidenced by the silence on the blog as of late. I am transitioning out of the traditional workforce with the defunding and closing of my department this month. MonkeyBoy will start back to preschool in a few weeks, and several of his little friends will [...]

Baking Cakes

Two of MonkeyBoy’s friends celebrated their birthday this weekend and their mom asked me to make a cake for the occasion. The party was at an area sprinkler park and had a beachy theme. I was excited to be able to pull out my ball cake pan and came up with a beach [...]

Cultural Confusion

MonkeyBoy had his six month leg follow-up appointment on Friday and it ended up running long, especially since I’d forgotten to take him (I blame pregnancy brain!). Luckily, I called when I remembered (15 minutes late) and they were able to still work us in. His leg was declared “healed, looks as if [...]

Playing

Just a few quick snapshots from the week. I’m working on Craigslisting things today in preparation for the big room swap of 2010. We’re moving four rooms around as we get ready for our new family member and I’d like to have it done this month so that there’s plenty of time between [...]