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Birthday Party Update

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Had serious Birthday Party hangover for the past couple of days - and not the alcoholic kind either! I swear, Leda was starting to think that once you turn three, you basically celebrate your birthday EVERY DAY! I mean, it started last Wednesday when Grandma visited and lasted until Saturday night when the last guest left after the party! So, here's the recap... Friday after we came home from the zoo, we started preparing for the party on Saturday. While Leda napped, I ran out to the store to get the last minute stuff we needed and came home and baked a cake! Oh yes, I baked a cake. Again. This time, I used a different recipe and it turned out not too bad! I also decided not to use store bought icing but make my own buttercream icing! And then flavor it with rasberries as our daughter annouced she wanted a pink cake! Oh, the icing, turned out unbelieveablly good! Yum! Saturday was a big big day. I had to put together the cake and add the flavoring to the icing. What we ended up wit

I Just Rocked it Out...

...to Def Leppard. Yeah! For some reason, that doesn't make me cringe! It probably should, but it doesn't! Okay, so the only reason it really should make me cringe doesn't have anything to do with how much I just love Def Leppard. Or that I actually saw them in concert back in the late eighties. Nor the crush I had on Joe Eliott or Phil Collen - darn it, Joe was absolutely HOT in that Union Jack T-shirt. Oh, heck, who am I kidding, I was a sucker for just about any guy in a Union Jack T-shirt with a leather vest back in the eighties! No, the only reason I should be cringing that I am admitting that I rocked out to Def Leppard is only because...wait for it...they were on Dancing with the Stars. Yes, it is an addiction I can't seem to break. I must watch Dancing with the Stars. But, hey, I can admit safely that I have not voted in any other season except when Apolo Ohno danced. Now, if anyone can explain to me what Def Leppard and Dancing with the Stars have in common, I

Zoo Trip

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What a day we had yesterday. I'm beat! The zoo was a blast, although VERY crowded with school field trips. Well, we'll remember that for next time! ;-) Leda had a great time. We saw just about all the animals. We started off going to the G Lodge for breakfast. In the 15+ years I've lived in Phoenixville, the first time I've been - it's a cute little place for breakfast! We then spent the rest of the morning at the zoo. By the time we were on our way home, the kid, she passed out in the car...about three minutes in to the ride! It was a good day. Pictures here - not all of them yet...will add to it later. Got to prepare for the avalanche of adults and kids for Leda's birthday party!

THREE!

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Happy Birthday, Leda! As she did three years ago, Leda woke me/us up early on April 25th! Some how she knew there was something in the dining room for her! We had presents opened by 7AM! She REALLY likes her little princesses (the ones that Daddy just can't stand) and her new Little Mermaid bathing suit and beach cover up! The Art Easel, not so sure of...she likes it, but she can't dress it up in gowns and glass slippers! After we go out for a little birthday breakfast, we are off to the Zoo! Check back later for an update!

Duff has Competition

Yesterday morning, Brock was off early to work the polls, so Leda and I were getting ready together - she was having breakfast, and I was running around getting all the things done that Brock usually does in the morning, like feed the cat, let the dog out, etc. Duff was VERY interested in something outside - I assumed, as usual, there was a squirrel who had breached the backyard fence and Duff needed to chase it off. I let him out and watched to make sure he didn't actually catch the squirrel - with as fat as these guys are getting, sooner or later, Duff might actually win! I noticed that Duff was looking up, so I looked up as well, into the Holly tree, and sure enough, there was a squirrel, but he wasn't alone. The squirrel, it seems, had really made the blue jays mad and they were attacking him. The poor squirrel was trying to get away, but since I had let the dog out, he couldn't run down the tree! It was quite humorous - yeah, I'm a bit sadistic when it comes to squ

Tenants (or, our new neighbors!)

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Yesterday morning we noticed we had tenants moving in. It was pretty amazing...they've been building this nest for the past two days very diligently and with much care. The nest is three times this big now. They don't seem to mind us much now. At first, they seemed a little skittish, but have seemed to realize that if they plan on making house under our eaves and especially right above our patio, our main outdoor space, they had better get used to us! Hopefully we won't have any issues when the babies arrive. It hopefully will be a nice experience for Leda, and all of us.

Beautiful Saturday

Is this really the middle of April? We had a gorgeous day today. Warm and sunny. One of those days you don't want to spend anytime inside. Leda woke me up bright and early today (another 6 am morning...third one in a row this week, but who's counting?) I spent a few minutes in her bed with her trying to get her to see the error of her ways (it's too darn early) but to no avail. This morning was also the first morning (or any time) since we made Binky Kitty that Leda asked for a binky! Ready for this? I told her no, but she could hug Binky Kitty and I grabbed Binky Kitty from his corner of her bed only to find a big gapping hole in his back! Yes, my child, sometime in the past 12 hours or so, had opened the hole in the back of the cat where the binkys were placed with care before he was sown up. Both the binkys were still inside, but very accessible. I haven't a clue if she attempted to pull one out and suck on it, but she could have if she wanted to! Binky Kitty is curr

Beautiful Night

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We had a beautiful day here today. Of course, I was stuck inside working. Tonight, after a bit of a meltdown (no nap...apparently it was just too much fun at daycare today!) and a bath, then dinner, we headed outside to enjoy the evening as the sun set. I looked up into the trees and saw these doves, so I ran in and grabbed my camera and took some pictures. This one is better at full size...click on it to go to flickr.com, click on all sizes and select large or orignial. I do believe it might be sideways though! And Leda took some pictures of Daddy... That's it. Just a really nice night.

Our Princess

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Leda is very into dress up right now. Loves her "glass slippers" she got from Auntie Joan for Christmas. Likes to wear them all the time, even in her nightgown... Oh, and in case you couldn't tell, those are the Disney Princesses on her nightgown...

Total Geek

I went shopping yesterday, by myself, so that means, the iPod got a good workout! I went to Target to get Leda some new socks - turns out, her feet have been growing! She no longer fits into the socks I bought her in like August or September. Go figure! I ended up getting a few things for her birthday, too. It was while looking for metal skewers in the kitchen gadget section that "The Girl is Mine" came on during a iPod shuffle. Oh, come on, you know the song, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney? Yeah, you know it. Anyway, it got my head a bopping and when it was over, I turned off the shuffle and went right for the whole Thriller album. Yes, I was "gonna be startin' something" right there in Target. After Target, I was off to Acme for a little food shopping - see, I was gonna make dinner for friends and I needed supplies (thus, the reason for the skewers!). On my way, yes, I jammed to Thriller in the car. Arriving at Acme, I decided I needed to hear the album ag

Another Milestone

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Today, Leda gave up the binky. Mind you, we aren't exactly sure how this will play out over the next few days. We are hoping for the best, but not totally sure that Leda understands the implications of what happened today. I had every intention on a "practice" run with giving up the binky. I have an old one of hers that has been sitting on my desk for a long time now. She knows it is there and has pointed it out on occasion. I've told her it was her "little baby" binky and now that she has a "big baby" binky, she doesn't need the little baby binky any more. She seemed to understand that. So it was my intention to do a practice run with the little baby binky. But I took the big baby binky with us, just in case. The idea; go to Build-a-Bear and put the binky in a bear, so that she will always have the binky with her, but instead of sucking on it, she would hug the "binky bear." Her friend Paige has one and it worked for her, so I though

Fears

I have a fear of heights. I have a fear of spiders (well, not so much a fear as I just can't stand them, won't have anything to do with them, and please, don't tell me that they are important to the ecosystem, blah, blah, blah...) I have a fear of being inappropriately exposed to the public at large, either by accident or on purpose (not that I would do that on purpose, but in case I would, I have a fear of it!) I fear that I will never look like the models in the Victoria Secret catalog. Ever. All these fears pale in comparison to my worst fear imaginable, that something, anything, terrible could happen to my child. And although I don't dwell on it, it is something that I feel on occasion and hope never to have to realize. There are several blogs I visit on a regular basis. I learned of Emily's blog about two years ago from another blog I visit regularly...I read the most hilarious post and have been back on a regular basis since. This week, Emily posted about goo

Good Fortune

Leda and I are having a girls weekend since Brock is off doing One Lap stuff this weekend. So I picked her up after work and we headed over to the local Chinese place (in the local supermarket...it's quite good) and we ordered ourselves a little Chinese dinner. Then off to home to eat what Leda described as "Yum, DELICIOUS!" several times during dinner. She said something about Mommy making the best dinners, too, I do believe! ;-) After dinner she got to have some ice cream since she was so good for me at the store and she ate a really good dinner and we settled down to watch a little Emeril Live - it was an old one from a year or so ago with Jimmy Buffett. Leda and I danced to the music together and had a genuinely awesome time, just us girls. Just before bed, I let her have her fortune cookie (yeah, yeah, sugar, smuger!) She opened her cookie and of course started shoving it in her mouth while I read her fortune - "You will be successful in everything." What m

Year of the Cold

For anyone keeping count, this would be the third cold I have had this year - yes, the past 3 months have consisted of a sinus infection and three colds - one right after the other. 2008 is quickly becoming known as the Year of the Cold. It was my lovely parting gift from a weekend of training in Boston. This is getting old. Fast. It's a beautiful day out today but I don't want to go outside because I'd rather climb into bed and go to sleep! Sucks! I can't wait until spring really appears and I can clean this house out of all the germs that have made themselves at home this winter. It's time for them to leave my house for good!