pics from our first family cycle down to the audubon park:
cordelia and madame ruju are already besties
awww, darla’s humoring mommy face
spiderman
darla said she could see the statue of liberty
awkward smiles + flowers for daddy
where should we venture next?
we had our date. i got to wear heels. that’s pretty much all i was looking for.
we only made it in to hear one song of sister crayon but we’ll be looking to hear more from that band. sounded pretty good from what i heard. also, zechs marquise gave me a latin Zappa impression. their energy was pretty good, but it kinda got old after a while.
or maybe i’m the one that got old.
Maps & Atlases sounded brilliant as always. the only problem with this show was that it was at the basement. this venue is really tough. i want to like it, but no. i cannot.
dear sorority chicks, there is only so much space at this venue. coming to a show just because mark put it in his status update with the intention of bumping into him and asking him why he never called is not, in fact, a good one. also, talking during the whole entire show is not, in fact, a good idea either.
here’s where i viewed most of M&A. see that tiny little screen up there on top of the fridge. best view i could get:
oh well, the point is we got out, we heard good tunes and i got to wear heels.
winners.
mike and i are readying for our first date night of this vacation. we’re headed to Maps & Atlases. Very excited. it’s the first tour stop for these guys and we’re looking forward to hearing the new album. he’s better and bettering every time we see him.
i think it’s going to be the perfect way to rekindle the fires of love:
a Chris Monday comic about our snake invasion.
our weekend probably resembled yours: cook-outs, backyard play, gathering with friends and fam. and of course mother’s day fun.
in addition to all the fun stuff, i feel like my productivity level has gone through the roof now that there’s an extra pair of hands. i guess it’s like that, huh?
just a bit of it:
the circus came to town = free parking. $12 cotton candy. whomp whomp.
kid friendly backyard cookouts
yes.
yes, please.
and our mother’s day dinner photo op. this is the best we could do, but that’s all right with me.
was your mother’s day terrific? i sure hope so.
our mom’s day started by waking at our second family’s house so i got to see all three faces of the little ones i love so dearly this morning. mother’s day bonus.
we hit up some french pastries, lounged around and then drove to meet my parents for dinner on the border (of IN and OH, not mexico. and not at taco bell).
so what i’m saying is, today was wonderfulz.
plus, I GOT PRESENTS!
darla oh-so-willingly modeling my kimono mike brought me from japan
don’t be jello of my korean socks. afro bear with neon “let’s dance.” best part is that the package said these socks were “for man.”
my mother’s day card from mike and darla, which i may have actually bought for myself. shrug.
thank you dear hubster and daughtster.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY ERRRRBODY!
ps. thank you to everybody who sent me special salutations :)
5/7 – 1.2 mi
5/8 4.8 mi
5/10 – 5 mi
5/11 – 5 mi
5/12 – 1 mi
week total: 17
grand total: 43.3 mi
true or false: whenever i see this sign i read it in my head in the voice of sean astin as samwise gamgee “sharrrrreee thhhheee rrrroooaaddd”. TRUE. whenever LotR is in question the answer is always true.
darla practicing her biker sneer
my opinion of the piercing of the lobes falls in line with the majority of you. we’ll be waiting until miss darla realizes it’s a personal choice she can make for herself. at this point, i don’t think she even knows that little girls can get their ears pierced; only grown up ladies.
my mother waited for me and i’ll do the same for darla. i’m glad we didn’t wait too long though because if i had made it until i was out of high school i probably never would have had it done. the thought of shoving a piece of metal through my body now makes me quite queasy. i know i’m being a bit histrionic with that.
but, since we don’t have any cultural ties to an early ear piercing, i’m sure darla will ask sometime in her early school years and we’ll make a day out of it just as some of you have described. i like that.
i think it will be a good introduction to the idea that it is her body, her choice.
drum roll….
happygrape2 is the winner of the ornamental things earrings. that should make you happiergrape2.
congratulations!
an email is coming your way so i can collect your information so you can collect your bounty.
thanks to everyone for your comments and, as always, for reading MomJeanz. xo.
this may have been our best homecoming yet.
i never get a good shot of their first moments together. too much is happening and that’s ok.
welcome home to the 986
i ran out to do an errand and when i came back darla and mike were making this cake. ok, cake for dinner. woo woo!
tandem candle blow-out
it’s going to be a good 10 weeks. i can tell.
Until 1:30 pm
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