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OMG, these Disney-esque, kiddie movies just kill me. Why are the babies always taken away from their parents?

I spied with my little eye Christmas ice cream in the store today. Ummm, can’t we wait at least until summer is over? Jeeze.

Man, the Redskins sure do make it hard to be a fan.

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.

The first words out of Brian’s mouth when I picked him up from school yesterday were, “I had a great day!!”\
YAY!

First Day of School!\
First Day of School!\
flappy arms\
First Day of School!

A hot fudge sundae with Midol sprinkled on top.

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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Kevin is posting the rest of pics in a willy-nilly fashion, so the Mississippi vacation update will depend on what he uploads. He posted the swamp tour pictures today. The tour was really cool- no mosquitoes, only a bit of humidity, we went fast enough frequently enough that we stayed cool and comfortable. We saw half a dozen alligators, dozens of turtles, and some pretty birds. We also saw some crazy-ass fishing shacks, that looked like a medium gust of wind would knock them over, but most had satellite tv, lol. The tour was a bit staged, but I had no problem with that. The captain of the boat would draw the baby alligators to us by throwing them marshmallows. At one point, he actually petted one of the large alligators several times, grabbed its lower leg and lifted it out of the water. To get the large alligators out of the water he put a hotdog on a stick and teased them gently:\