Mark snapped this shot of Kaylee to post on his Facebook to try to help her sell some Girl Scout cookies. It’s her second year, and it’s lots of fun to see how excited the girls get about cookie time. :)
Another photo by Mark. He took the kids to lunch at Fuddrucker’s on their way to Bizarro’s regular lecture this afternoon. More quiet time for me. :) Matthew really enjoyed the lecture. Kaylee decided maybe she’d stick to the kid-oriented ones from now on. ;)
Bizzaro did a guest lecture for the Young Magicians Club this month and Matthew was called up to help demonstrate. He and Kaylee both really enjoyed the lecture… and it looks like the whole group had fun!
(Photos by Mark. I stayed home and took advantage of having the house to myself to get all kinds of super-productive things done be a big lump and watch a few hours of mindless TV. :p)
A quick trip to the park playground after school today. It was fairly warm but really windy (my issue) and someone with a dog showed up (Kaylee’s issue), so we didn’t stay long. I let Kaylee pick which photos to post. She picked these two in which she thought she looked happiest. :)
Mark and I went for flu shots yesterday, and the kids had theirs this afternoon. The kids are always a bit apprehensive about shots, but this year wasn’t too bad. We gave them the heads up about it last night, with Mark promising them a reward if they stayed calm and didn’t complain. Kaylee was still pretty nervous but did well. Matthew was happy that he managed to not freak out about it at all this time.
Kaylee chose to get a milkshake from McDonald’s on our way home from the doctor as her reward. Matthew, who is better with delayed gratification, opted to have Mark take him to see “The Hobbit” as soon as they can work it into the schedule.
The pose above was Kaylee’s reaction when I told her to show me her war wound. ;)
Actually, this is a new clock – my gift from Santa. I haven’t figured out quite where to keep it yet, since it requires a crisp edge to hang over. For now it’s on my desk shelf/drawer, which is a little inconvenient when I actually need to open the drawer. I’m sure it should inspire all kinds of deep thoughts about the meaning of time and so forth, but right now it’s just pretty darn cool.
Matthew, curled up on the couch, intently studying a new game on his iPhone. He was being more cooperative than Kaylee (who kept sticking her foot in front of the camera), so I snapped a few pics before I reminded him that video games aren’t allowed on school nights. ;)
