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How Ginger Spent Her 5th Birthday pt 1

Hard to believe but it's been five whole years since little Ginger/Lump came into our world. This years event was held at Chuck E Cheese.

  We had the party at noon on her actual birthday, hoping weekday crowds would be far smaller than their weekend equivalents. We were right. While we didn't have the place to ourselves, it was close enough - it felt like our own private playground.


The party started off with the kids just playing and using their allotted tokens for a good 45 minutes.

Of course, some grown ups had to get in on the act too.

 











Meanwhile most of the grown-ups chilled.





At one point all the kids joined Chuck E for a dance along - including YaYa!







Then it was time for pizza!





The grown-ups, meanwhile, had a veggie tray and sandwiches.

Then it was time for cake:



and to sing happy birthday!





Ginger was loving it!



So was her Daddy!




Then Chuck E came out to visit her again





and we sang happy birthday AGAIN! (oopsies!)



not that she minded



Then they put her inside a booth that blew tickets into the air around her. The goal was the golden 1000 ticket prize, but the manager cheated and told her to step on it before the wind started :)







Mission accomplished!



Then it was time to open presents.



We got her a zebra print hassock





a Cuddle-Up-It (her favorite gift of the day!)






YaYa got her a princess movie DVD .



LuLu got her lipgloss




I got her a whiffle ball/bat and baseball mitt, and she got scads of other stuff from friends and family:












Smiley got her AppleJacks, a My Little Pony

and with her tickets from the games she got herself a gumball machine. It was a great time and a swell birthday party (oddly, very relaxing for the grown-ups too) and her day was only half done . . .

Look at these nails!

 I wish I could take credit for this set! But it's the work of Illiana (hot chick w/ the accent at the nail booth). Artistry, and so creative. Taxi is my fave, tennis shoe a close second :)  - Lisa

Silent House

A few nights ago Lisa and I Redboxed "Silent House", a 2011 horror movie filmed in 'real time' and in what appears to be a single, continuous camera shot.  It's creepy and atmospheric and once it even got me to jump in real terror. However - and I'm aware this makes me sound like a dawg - I was genuinely and persistently distracted by the  cleavage of star Elizabeth Olsen (sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley) and so my attention was divided. How divided? Even now, days later, I had to delete several adjectives I wrote before the word 'cleavage. I'd grade the movie a B+.

Lil One

My darling Gracie way back when. :)

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When it comes to dressing, comfort is overrated. A little discomfort probably means your clothes fit and they're not pajamas. - the great Tim Gunn

The First Day of School 2012

The mandatory 1st day of school shot. Note the exhausted looking LuLu - shoulda gone to sleep when I told ya too, eh kid? LOL

And the new school year begins! Not without: one crying, one shouting, and another so excited it was palpable. Onward! - Lisa

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"Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you." - Spanish proverb (at least according to Ryan Searcrest's FB page, but you know how that guy can stretch the truth. One time I heard . . . )