OK, thanks, Susan. (This morning, my sister was telling me about how this book said that people used to eat a diet full of fresh foods. I was just reading one of the Little House books that took place during the winter, where several meals were described, but the only fruits or vegetables mentioned were some canned peaches that they had on holidays as a special treat.)

lisah! I'd like some restaurant reccs! Nothing fawncy or really $$, just good food. My parents love taking me out to eat when they visit & I know they won't let me pay, so I don't want to sock it to them. And I know, like, 3 places (Paper Moon, Niwana and Mari Luna up the street.)

I'm looking forward to their visit. I'm always a little apprehensive (disruptive to routine! Parents and me in 750 sq ft!) But then I found out it is only 5 days, not 6 and I was a little sad there wasn't an extra day. We've got one day for the Folklife Fest, mom wants to do some museum tours in DC (so that's another day,) Aquarium, Science Center, AVAM, Fells Point and the harbor, maybe sunday going to open houses (eep!) and the time here is pretty much filled up. And I might be able to get together with the friend I saw give birth & family. So.

I have to be at work early tomorrow, in a suit. My suit could use some ironing. Why am I neither ironing nor preparing for bed? Unknown.

get busy young lady. I am getting in the shower now since I am also making an early morning of it.

In the meantime I am super proud of myself for keeping the tv off and getting through a to do list once mac went to sleep. The list:

pack up ebay box
upload pictures off camera
email GG at least on of the pictures
list chair on craigslist

bonus items:

copy pictures to external harddrive (2 months worth)
bid on shirt for mac
sync iPod

So it was a very fun afternoon at the Getty. Involved a lot of arts and crafts, eating food, running around as either 1) a space ranger or 2) a fairy princess mermaid depending on which kid we're talking about.

We were at the zoo today -- a few pictures on my Blog

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Baahahahahahah....What is wrong with my child?

But we were kind of intrigued by the jellyfish. And he actually has a neck now

Baahahahahahah....What is wrong with my child?

Hee! My mother said that I used to eat the sand on the beach as a baby. The experts all said to let the baby put one handful of sand in her mouth, and she'll spit it out and not try it again. I was apparently an exception to that rule, and my parents frequently kept me in a walker on the beach until I was old enough to understand "don't eat sand."

Owen loved the grit of sand. He'd always look like a powdered donut when he played in the sand table.

The experts all said to let the baby put one handful of sand in her mouth, and she'll spit it out and not try it again. I was apparently an exception to that rule, and my parents frequently kept me in a walker on the beach until I was old enough to understand "don't eat sand."

HA. Well, yeah. That's sort of a problem. He took a mouthful and didn't spit it out. When K tried to pull it out of his mouth he got really really indignant and angry about the whole thing. Silly bug.