Wordless Wednesday: visiting the Easter Bunny, 1969

still gives me chills---look at those scary eyes!

Wordless Wednesday: Better than a funhouse mirror

Just a sampling of the lovely images I found yesterday when I downloaded the photos off my iPhone:

Wordless Wednesday: Tinsel Teeth

It is startling when I see my children experiencing big moments in life that I can remember going through as if it was just a few years ago.

Though her braces are way cooler than mine were. For one: The bands? Those are green for St. Patrick's Day. She'll change them for Easter.


Lucky duck.


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Wordless Wednesday: Buddies

(yes, R2D2 was wheeling around the room and ridiculously adorable)

Wordless Wednesday - Whoa, Pinterest!

(my blog traffic after this post was shared on Pinterest, as of Wednesday at 7:41am):

Ironically, I do not even have a Pinterest account.

Wordless Wednesday: Happy

Star: Almost three months with us and right at home

Wordless Wednesday: Through the looking glass

Photos from Jilly's Eighth Birthday party

My little Alice, barcode and all

first craft: painting tea cup planters; followed by lots of hand washing

Mad Hats extra fun: ring a bell every few minutes to make them change positions so they don't end up with their starting hat

You wanna know why they are really called "mad hats"? because this is what your floor looks like after they are done making them

Oh, hello Smiley

Not so happy now. . .

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Happy Birthday to my beloved daughter

Resources: party printables from Paper & Cake; tea cup planters, red rose ring pops & hats from Oriental Trading; Alice costume from One Step Ahead; copied this cake concept

Wordless Wednesday: It's a double

two teeth lost within five minutes of each other;

the Tooth Fairy had a busy night

Wordless Wednesday: Hidden Love

(tiny message found in my salt holder next to the stove)

Wordless Wednesday: Leaping

We've submitted our application:

I'll know in a short while if we will be public-school-sanctioned homeschoolers. Or virtual schoolers. Or oh-my-goodness-what-have-we-done-and-do-you-really-need-our-immunization-records-you-do-realize-you-can't-catch-anything-through-the-computer schoolers.

Wordless Wednesday: How to teach really confusing history

Do you remember in the mid-1800's when Russia and Great Britain fought to get control of Afghanistan?

Yeah, I had no clue. . .

But now I know that the Playmobil Russians tried to convince the My Little Pony Persians to join together to overthrow the strongman dude in Afghanistan and gain the upper hand against those Star Wars British in India * . . .

*you can read the rest of the story in The Story of the World, Volume 4: The Modern Age, pages 25-29**

**the kids still don't really remember it, a week later, but hopefully some day all this stuff will pay off

Wordless Wednesday: Life is Good

Some photos from the most awesome Life is Good two-day festival. We attended Sunday's festivities.

Ahhh, Belly, you are so right. . .

Kids' stage performers The Sippy Cups in all their wackiness.

I Am Not Your Broom! (it was hard to tell who was more excited to see They Might Be Giants: the kids or the adults).

Belly watching her first "rock" show, OK Go (great set, btw!)

Love these guys. And the kids too.

For once, Belly thinks my blog is cool: It gave us access to the very chill Chase Freedom Tent with airbrush tattoos, free candy and food.

Zoinks! The coolest balloon hat evah!

We also got to see Laurie Berkner and Dan Zanes perform, play tug-o-war (kids vs. adults--guess who won?), watch BMX bikes soar through the air, and make sure we exhausted the kids with lots of running around on top of a parachute.

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday, eh?

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And I realize this isn't exactly a "Wordless" Wednesday post, but it's pretty good for me!

Wordless Wednesday: Face Painting

What happens when Auntie breaks out the face paint one afternoon:

And what happens when she agrees to let the kids paint her face:

(thank goodness she's a good sport!)

Wordless Wednesday: The Mini Mosh Pit

This is what happens when we make our kids wait a few minutes in a store with cool music and big mirrors. . .thankfully, no one tried to crowd surf.

Wordless Wednesday: I love Brooklyn edition

Just one photo today, and a few words:

Jilly and I spent three days in Brooklyn both for work and fun. I attended the most awesome kids' music conference, Kindiefest, and spent loads of time with a very dear friend (I almost said "old friend", but I'm getting of the age when I prefer not to call anything "old" but my kitchen).

Oh, and I cut all my hair off the day before we left.

'Twas a lot of fun. More stories to come.

Wordless Wednesday: The Long Spring

He'd like you to know that there is nothing funny about a broken humerus, especially when there are bikes to be ridden, swings to be swung and trees to be climbed.

Wordless Wednesday: Fun with Shufflebooks

1970's Shufflebook by Richard Hefter and Martin Moskof, found two decks on ebay

Wordless Wednesday: Have a sweet St. Patrick's Day

chocolate covered Peeps inspired by this post on Make and Takes

Wordless Wednesday: Sisters

(card Belly gave to her sister on her 7th birthday)

Wordless Wednesday: Happy New Year!

(photos taken by my husband in Boston's Chinatown for their New Year's Lion Parade on 2.21.10)