You sound like you've got some pretty awesome kids yourself. Matilda is a cutie from the recent pictures I've seen.

Yeah, she's freakin' adorable when she's not the fussbutt queen of two year old Id behavior. All that circus school training has unfortunately given her the climbing ability of a spider monkey. I picked her up the other day she clambered up on top of my head before I could stop her.

And, I have to say, Emmett was super awesome all weekend. From baseball, to tuxedo events to playing with Matilda it was like all of his virtues were on display.

All that circus school training has unfortunately given her the climbing ability of a spider monkey. I picked her up the other day she clambered up on top of my head before I could stop her.

note to self: never send Dylan to circus school

And, I have to say, Emmett was super awesome all weekend. From baseball, to tuxedo events to playing with Matilda it was like all of his virtues were on display.

That sounds like a great weekend.

All that circus school training has unfortunately given her the climbing ability of a spider monkey. I picked her up the other day she clambered up on top of my head before I could stop her.

I wonder how Leif has been sneaking off the circus school without our knowledge.

Thank heavens I never had climbers.

When I was small (3?) I used to climb on top of our upright piano. I still have a bump on my skull from when I fell off once.

Whoo hoo, I am going to be in New Orleans this time tomorrow! I am looking into tours or other activities to break up some time between bouts of hedonism- I was looking at this one- just from random googling. Anyone have any recommendations? For tours or other non-eating non-drinking activities?

Nutty tried to climb a bookcase at about 3 and it fell over. It hit the dining room table, solid maple, and cracked it, which was very lucky for Nutty. (This was before the days of wall anchors and stuff.)

I feel so lucky that my kids aren't extreme in their behavior. They aren't/weren't climbers, serious bolters (though you have to watch Dillo pretty closely right now) or mad scientist experimenters (don't stick weird stuff in the VCR, etc.) The occasional thrown sippy cup and sugar stolen from the sugar bowl is nothing compared to what I hear about some kids.

That sounds like a great weekend.

Yeah, he was great. Our baseball team broke its 8 game losing streak, and all I had to do was throw him on the pitching mound with the bases loaded and one out and the tying run on second base. But he got us out of it to save the win. And he looked totally dapper and he socialized at the reception for JZ's brother and BiL. And he played with Matilda all weekend and helped divert her from her fuss. I think he even changed a diaper.

After which his purple eyes flashed, he telepathically communicated with a cat, he fixed the warp drive and then he played some classical guitar.

For tours or other non-eating non-drinking activities?

If you're feeling touristy, the Aquarium is pretty great. The Garden District tour looks nice to me -- that part of the city was largely untouched by Katrina.

My default recommendation for something to do used to be O'Flaherty's Irish Pub, but they closed down after Katrina. *sigh*

Careless drivers almost ran over me twice on my way to work this morning. Then I got to work and found a Facebook message from my aunt asking me if I've lost weight based on my profile picture, and the fact that I haven't makes me wonder how much of a porker she thought I was last time I saw her.

I suspect that today is not going to be my best day ever.