family, woodworking, photography, K-pop
My mom is in town to attend BYU’s Women’s Conference with some of her friends. Earlier this week was her birthday so my sister Jan, who is an AMAZING cook, whipped up some tasty Korean food and I picked up a Costco cake (I have ambitions but am sadly basically useless in the Korean kitchen).
Singing “happy birthday” and blowing out candles proved to be so much fun that the grandkids wanted to have turns at it too.
Multiple times 🙂
Phew! Our DSL line was down from Friday night until earlier today and it seemed like FORever.
Instead of being an responsible adult and using my time offline productively by getting stuff done around the house I moped around and fretted over the work I needed to be doing for my job. Oh, and I played a lot of Draw Something on my cell, burning through my monthly data allowance in the process.
Do you guys play Draw Something? If so (and you want to further enable my procrastinating problem) ping me. My user name is TheNearestFuture.
Watching this brought back a memory from the 80s: I’m six or so and perched on the bathroom counter watching with awe as my sister Jan cakes on the eye shadow and shellacs her bangs so they hang down over one eye. The Cure plays in the background (or course).
When you watch the video notice how the girl almost breaks character when she starts to peel the orange. She’s trying so hard–it cracks me up. God bless goths.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go dig out my Cure cds.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
We had a fun time at my brother-in-law Ken’s book signing last night. Since he moved to Seattle after winning all that money on Jeopardy we don’t often get the chance to see him speak so it was neat.
Thanks to our friends who came, especially Stephanie and Nick who graciously entertained my kids for a while. E and Mimi were up way past their bedtimes and E’s tiredness manifested itself in a spectacularly manic manner so the extra hands were much appreciated.
I took my new Fuji Instax Mini camera with us to California. It’s a fun little camera that takes credit card-sized instant photos.
I like using the Instax Mini for family snapshots since its film is readily available online and it’s also less expensive than the The Impossible Project’s Polaroid film (which I tend to save for more ambitious endeavors).
There is just something so cool about watching a photo develop in your hand.
My brother-in-law and Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings is in town for a book signing for the paperback edition of his book Maphead.
Maphead is a fun and informative read even if you’re not especially into geography and maps. It would also make a great gift, especially for any dads or grads you might need a little something for.
If we can find a sitter N and I will be there–come hang out and say hi! 🙂
E’s cousins are really into Legos and so we went with them to Legoland for a day. It’s a little pricey: admission is almost as much as it is at Disneyland even though Legoland is much smaller. But the kids had a great time.
E loved the rides but my favorite part was seeing the Lego models. The attention to detail was amazing! They had a large section of Star Wars dioramas which were especially fun.
I love this sweet girl.
Mimi was a real trooper on our trip. While we were at the parks she was usually content just to chill in her stroller.
But for the record she did go on a few rides at Disneyland: we took her on the submarine ride and into the Tikki Room theater which she loved.
E is already asking when we can go back to Disneyland: we told him that we have to wait until Mimi’s big enough to go on Space Mountain with him 🙂
A week ago we drove to Anaheim to spend a few days at Disneyland with my brother-in-law and his family.
Disneyland during spring break was, as you might imagine, extremely crowded. But E had a blast riding the rides. He especially enjoyed the roller coasters and wanted to go on Space Mountain again and again. E also loved the fireworks. Every night when they started he would turn to us and exclaim, “Mama, Daddy, my wish came true!” with this expression of bliss on his face.
After Space Mountain, It’s A Small World was E’s favorite ride–he still breaks into the theme song at random moments 🙂
This was our first time going to Disneyland as a family and I have to say, I was impressed. I know they’re well-known for their customer service but it’s totally true: their staff is really great. Everyone was cheerful and helpful and everything was sparkling clean and well-run. So much so that it didn’t even seem like that much of a rip-off. ($3 for a bottle of water? Eh, fine–look at the smile of my kid’s face!)
The thing that struck me the most was the complete absence of snark or irony. The ride operators never got snippy or rolled their eyes (I’m looking at you, Legoland) and the actors were very committed to their roles and radiated cheeriness. I was thoroughly charmed but more gratifyingly, so was E.
I know I’ve been MIA lately I have a good excuse: last weekend we packed up the kids and drove to California!
We went to Disneyland and a few other fun places. I’ll sort through my snapshots over the weekend and post some next Monday.
I hope you have a nice weekend and a happy Easter!