Archive for the 'birthday' Category

spoiled rotten

QUESTION: What do you get when you mix a loud-mouth momma, an industrious grandpa and an electrical engineer uncle?

ANSWER: A very happy, spoiled-rotten 1 year old.
It was around Christmas when I happened to, offhandedly, mention to Aunt Kylies that what the kid would really like is a board that had all kinds of buttons and [...]

what a week!

This video pretty much sums up the last week we had with family:

Thank you to grandparents-McKirdy for the sandbox-making. To Kylie and Jeff for the multiple errand-running. To great-grandpa for making the long trip out. To grandparents-Blase for gutter-cleaning (an unexpected bonus!). And to all of you for the general good-times-having. We sure are lucky [...]

so much to say so little time

We are off to ride the Zilker Zephyr! I will write more as soon as I can (I promise - Maggie!), but, suffice to say our baby is jumping head-first into year number 2 - he already has a chipped front tooth. There is nothing namby-pamby about this kid.
Listening: Elvis Perkins (still listening… it was [...]

1-year-old birthday party ideas

So, I’ve started researching for H’s birthday party…

…and I can say, without a doubt, that the world-wide-web is going to be of absolutely no help.
Thanks for nothing - internet!
Listening: AC Newman