I need to make plans for the 4th of July soon. Yay!

Cashmere, what great pictures! Your boy is not only a toddler, he's already got the keys!--two sets, in fact. Look out, momma. I love the cake photos! The boy has a gusto for life. The few sad, abandoned green beans off to the side of the highchair tray cracked me up.

I remember Ben having his birthday cake. We lived in an apartment then, and Scott's sister, and her husband and kids lived upstairs. Their 2nd daughter was only 17 days younger than Ben, so we did a joint party, in our apartment. We had them next to each other, in their highchairs, in our dining room, and had the whole fam damily there.

Ben wouldn't use the spoon for his ice cream, but really wanted the ice cream. He'd grab a fist full of it, scream because it was cold, cry until he got it into his mouth, then smile through the tears. Over and over and over.

Meanwhile, my niece Hannah had a horrible cold, and some funky stuff was going on with her nose. People started laughing, which startled Ben, and made him cry, which made my niece cry. Those poor babies. It was such a trying birthday party for them.

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Aimee, congrats on the mini-van. Owning one sucks out less of the soul than I'd imagined. Also? It is kind of cool to be up high, while driving. After six and a half years with the mini-van, if I have to drive the other car, I feel like I'm driving a go-cart, although it *is* a Toyota Corolla, so I guess I sort of am.

I have to head back upstream, because I missed the links to the pics of Nora and Tom's place, in all the cakey baby goodness.

Timelies.

This morning, Sesame Street has been about the telephone. Aidan's been walking around going, "ring, ring!" He lost interest when he found the magna doodle. Now he's drawing shapes (not quite correctly) and saying, "twiango, sue-cul, squay". Though, I suppose the shapes he's drawing might fit those names since they're a little deformed for the proper pronunciation.

Kristin, FYI, I didn't get around to watching EYES this weekend. Hopefully during the week, because this weekend could be very busy.

Frank, no worries. At this point, I probably won't get it until I get back from vacation (weekend after next), so there's no rush.

Ah, good to know. If I get to it, I'll send it out pronto, just to get it taken care of. I have a feeling if it's taking me this long, I'm probably just not wanting to add another show (though at least Weds. is already an appt. TV night for me).

Gooooooooood morning.

YAY PRINCESS TICKYBOX!!!!! I'm all sorts of bouncy this morning. One of my friends gave birth at 2:31 a.m. Scarily enough, baby boy was 6 weeks early, but he is supremely healthy for his age (or lack thereof) - 5 lb. 7 oz. - not too shabby for a preemie. Phew.

And then there's the adrenaline high of running 5 miles in the morning. That should wear off soon.

YAY House!!! And Mini-Van! And cutiehead Owen pictures!!!

Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby! Plei baby!

That is all.

Congratulations to vw on making it through yesterday with iPod still a viable goal.

Yay Nora with the offer acceptance! Yay! Now I want to go to Massachusetts just to see your house in person and really enjoy that lovely kitchen. Not to mention the water feature. Nora has a yard! I am oddly giddy considering it has nothing to do with me. It seems very recent that you were saying that you might eventually be ready to look for a house, and here you are already. Yay!

Toddler with cake=lethal cuteness bomb.

Aidan's pre-school sounds wonderful. ANd drawing shapes on teh magna-doodle is too too adorable.

Yay minivan!

Yay juliana's friend's baby!

Smooth and easy induction vibes hurtling Seattle-wards.

Steph is Mars Blackmon.