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Kid Fest!

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It’s Milltown week so we took the kids downtown to Kid Fest! They had a blast!

She LOVED the popcorn. The SnoCones…not so much.

Making bracelets and necklaces with Gramma.

Then Owen got to ride in a racing canoe!! Some of the racers were the back seat paddlers and took the kids up and down the river. It was his very first time in a canoe and he loved it!

If you notice, he’s watching what the pro does and copies him to steer the boat!

He said he was a little scared at first but then he was okay! We were SO proud of him!

Owen loved sitting in the big fire truck—and even got to turn on the lights and the siren! Katie wanted NOTHING to do with any of it. 🙂

Getting a ninja turtle mask!

And lastly, our crazy photo booth pictures!

 

Sunday morning swim lessons!

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She wanted to play before class! (I’m guessing because it felt like 100° in there.)

And of course she immediately swam down to where Owen was playing (his class is after hers so he gets to play for a half hour).

She’s slowly getting less panicky when floating. The instructor can almost get through the ABCs before Katie sits up.

Katie’s funny. She doesn’t mind being in the water with the instructor but after each turn in the water she comes over to me and asks if she’s done. I tell her no, she whines a little, them she goes and sits back at the edge of the pool and waits her turn while playing with water toys. Every. Single. Time. 🙂

She also normally doesn’t want to play much afterwards because she gets cold but today she was all about it! She swam down to Owen again and he taught her how to swim over the lane dividers! So, she had great fun showing me her new skill!

While she was playing, I took a moment to go watch what Owen was doing.

Owen is getting really good at the backstroke!

Headed home!

Tivo 10 Year Reunion

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Ten years ago, there was a huge Tivo meet in DC. While we weren’t at the original party, we were still invited to the reunion! :p (We were on the Tivo forum but didn’t attend our first meet (and meet people in person) until New Year’s Eve 2006-2007.) 

We don’t take nearly as many pictures as we used to and the parties start dying down around 11p instead of 2a…but we still have fun!

With two of my favorite peeps—Andrew and Sheryl.

Most of the attendees:

 

Dinner with TiVo peeps!

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The start of our weekend activities! Heading out to dinner in Arlington!

  

Taking a break from the excitement that was attempting to move our seats. Let’s just say the tracks work VERY well and VERY quickly when on a hill. And the boys may have gotten kneed in the back. 🙂

Part of our big group!

 

I got sucked in!

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I got sucked into my friends dermatology stuff (Rodan + Fields) and made a purchase. The stuff is EXPENSIVE, but if it works half as well as the photos I’ve seen, it will be worth it. I figure I’m working on my body…now I need to work on my skin.

So after a week of diligent use I don’t see any difference.

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The lighting is a bit different between the two, but you can still see red cheeks and a red forehead. Yes, it’s only been a week, but with all the great success my friends have seen in the same amount of time, I’m a tad disappointed. Of course I’ll keep going—I have 60 days to test it out—so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. 🙂

Personally I think it’s insane to use all the products in the morning and the evening—well, four in the morning and three at night (a cleanser, even though I’m not wearing any makeup?!)—but I figure what I was doing before wasn’t working, so I needed to try something new. And I promised myself I would do it exactly as instructed—but doing that makes it seem like I’ve been doing this MUCH longer than a week!

I’m not saving that Lego.

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Subtitled: Well that’s a first.
Subtitled: That’s not how you play with Legos.
Subtitled: Owen put one up his nose, Katie ate one.
Subtitled: There will be NO pictures of this.
Subtitled: SERIOUSLY?!
Submitted: Katie ate a Lego head today.

Tom and I were in the office and Katie was watching TV. She came into the office and said she put Elsa’s head in her mouth. She knows she’s not supposed to put toys in her mouth and she usually tries to hide it, so we were interested. Tom asked where Elsa’s head was and Katie pointed to her throat.

What?!

We asked if it was in her mouth. No. 

We asked her to go find Elsa. She was indeed headless. 

We asked again where Elsa’s head was and she pointed to her throat. 

Kids. 😐

Sibling Lego project!

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Katie got a Frozen Lego set for her birthday, so of course Owen helped her put it together! (It was WAAAAY to old for her so I knew he’d have to help her!) We ended up having Katie pick out the pieces as we needed them and then Owen would build it. It worked pretty well. 

   
  

It took two days (which drove Owen insane) and he eventually did the last part by himself…

 

Little girl stuck. 

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During Katie’s party, one little girl came upstairs to tell us “there’s an emergency” and all the parents looked at her like “Oh, really?” because we didn’t hear any screaming or crying. Tom went down there and discovered two little girls stuck in the corner behind the couch. Yep, I guess that qualified as an emergency for a 3yo!

So fast forward to this afternoon post-party and I hadn’t seen Katie for awhile and then I heard crying. And I went downstairs and discovered this. 😐

I blame her friends who obviously showed her this neat trick, because that couch has been in that exact spot since we moved in a year ago and she’s never gotten stuck before! 🙂

Katie’s 3rd Birthday Party!

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Daddy and Owen went to pick up the cupcake cake and the pizza before the party!

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We surprised the kids with a bounce house borrowed from friends!

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Owen testing out the Frozen stick-on earrings!

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Everyone had a good time and the bounce house was a success!! I’m losing my mind, though—I didn’t take a picture of the decorated table OR the food table! 🙂

Katie’s birthday presents, take 2.

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Present #2 she picked, which was opened after dinner! Are you sensing a theme here? 🙂

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And the shot that makes it all worth it! 🙂

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(If you can’t tell, it’s a reversible Anna/Elsa doll. You flip the skirt over and the other doll is underneath. Her friend had one at T-ball and Katie co-opted it and carried it around forever. So I got her one off ebay probably two months ago and it’s just been waiting!)