Man, the Redskins sure do make it hard to be a fan.
Author: jclawver
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Brian story
Brian’s favorite thing in the whole world to play with is “finger friends.” Those are the little people that are made when you make a walking motion with your hand, making your fingers act as the moving legs. Get it? Luckily, Brian can take his finger friends with him where ever he goes. Even though I packed a bunch of toys and activities for the plane ride over the summer, Brian mostly played with finger friends (and ate candy, but that is a story for another day). Now that Brian is school, he plays with finger friends when he has recess or a few minutes of down time. He has recently been putting sand in his pocket during recess so he could play ‘desert finger friends’ while waiting in line to be picked up.\
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Still not famous, darn it.
But Kevin’s sister is: We Are Wizards, a documentary about Harry Potter fans who created songs, stories, websites, and how that impacted their lives. Heather shows up at the 26-minute mark and weaves in and out throughout.
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Second Day of School! Second Day of School!
The first words out of Brian’s mouth when I picked him up from school yesterday were, “I had a great day!!”\
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First Day of School!\
First Day of School!\
flappy arms\
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Happiness is…
A hot fudge sundae with Midol sprinkled on top.
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More pictures!
I’ve spent the last hour and a half trying to get these smaller. It just ain’t happening right now. Sorry. (eta- obviously some of the resizing worked. I still give up though.)\
My parents’ house is really lovely. Everything I could wish for in a house. Maybe one day when I am an empty-nester, I can have nice things too. I don’t really have any pictures of the decor, sorry. But I do have pics of the bathtub. All of the kids had a great time taking turns in their jacuzzi tub.\
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I took pictures while the kids made brownies. The pictures came out really well, proving what a genius I am. Ok, some of the following occurred spontaneously, while others were totally faked. You decide which is which, hee:\
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I’ve been slacking in the vacation wrap-up posts. I blame the weather. I forgot where I was, so let’s just start sort of at the beginning of Miss, ok?\
The kids had a great time playing with their cousins and extended relatives, and that was the most important thing. I had fun too. We went to a waterpark; on a swamp tour; a picnic by a small river with boating, swimming, and more waterslides; Chuck E Cheese followed by trampoline/bungee jump-up “ride;” a 3D movie. Plus the kids just had fun making brownies, splashing in grandma’s jacuzzi tub, playing board games, playing with legos, making bubbles, playing with five different dogs, coloring with sidewalk chalk, and just generally hanging out. I made sure to capture as much of it on film as I could. Rule #1: No having fun unless Aunt Jen was there to take a picture. It was an exhausting trip, for everyone. But fun!\
With my niece and nephew (12 and 13 years old, respectively) in Miss, I got to play Best Aunt Ever by taking all of the kids to Chuck E Cheese by myself, getting tickets to go on the trampoline/bungee jump-up thingee, and buying gifts including colored hair extensions. I was looking forward to playing best aunt ever in Va too, but my other niece and nephew (6 and 1, respectively) didn’t want anything to do with me. By that point of the trip though, I was fine with that. :)\
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A tip about the Pledge Drive
See Kevin’s post to the left?\
The way the pledge drive works is that if the goal isn’t meant, none of the money pledged will go to Ficly and no one will be charged. At this point to be so close to the goal is great, but Ficly continues to need that extra little bit to reach the ultimate the goal.\
I just wanted to clarify things, since I don’t think the process is intuitive.\
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News of the Mundane
(Exciting title, right?)\
Last week in Virginia, I burned the tip of my index finger while making a craft with a hot glue gun. It became a normal blister, with a squooshy, liquidy middle. It hurt immediately, so I stuck ice on it all night. By the next morning, it stopped throbbing but would hurt if I bumped it. It stayed like that for a few days and then slowly formed a hard brown cover. The liquid was reabsorbed into my skin and the pain went away. Now it looks and feels like a small piece of chocolate jellybean has been superglued to the tip of my finger. It’s weird. Weird, I tell you! I keep making jokes that I have leprosy or the plague. I just find this very odd and had to share. Aren’t you glad I did?\
My mother-in-law was tickled with my craft, btw, making it all worth it.\
Have a great Tuesday, everyone!
