1/18 - Green Jack is not a dog toy

We were delighted to learn today that packing peanuts come in the same color as Green Jack.

This little doggie wished Green Jack were bigger and a squeaky toy.  Green Jack wished to move along…

Speaking of green, how do you like the snacks I made for the twins' school birthday celebration?  They can forbid cupcakes (srslywtf), but they can't forbid fun!

This is what happens when I have helpers for cupcake baking...

10/11/12 - Yellow Jack finds it all a blur at 8am

Between the cold medicine and the early meeting time, I had to agree.  We both wondered what was so dangerous about the umbrella in front of the bank (?) that it required caution tape.*  Curious.

We saw this big bouquet of yellow orchids in the lobby and Yellow Jack tried to blend in.

* David suggested the umbrella might be to protect passersby from falling objects.  Turns out the falling objects were -- gasp!-- weather!  We got a little bit of rain today.  Protective gear totally warranted.

10/ 09 - Yellow Jack says, "Soup's on!"

(This week's spelling words are in bold font!)

I am still feeling sick today, so Yellow Jack and I stayed in.  Here, we packed up tissues and the phone so we could call in to a big meeting.

I picked up a double batch of soup from the Thai restaurant last night so I'd have some to eat for my sick day.  Yellow Jack thought it smelled yummy.  (It was.)

10/08 - Yellow Jack exceeds the time limit

He liked finding yellow things on the way in to work, especially this yellow parking meter.

I wish there were a time limit on my morning meetings.  4 hours straight seems a bit excessive when one’s sick...

Yellow Jack thought my lentil soup was a murky swimming pool and was going to use the spoon as a catapult to sproing in there for a dip until I yelled, “Stop!” (My coworkers wondered why I was yelling at the soup.)

Going after this cold with both barrels (they call it Tom YUM for a reason):

Odd bug behavior edition:  I noticed there was a grasshopper in the house.  Of all the places to go, s/he made a beeline for the Halloween spider/spiderweb decorations on the fireplace.  Of course.  S/he seemed to take a special interest in walking on the rubber spiders, through the web (I got queasy at the thought of having to untangle one of those spindly legs), and finally landed like a bow on the big spider's head.  So pretty.  Here s/he is, being the spider's parrot?  Yarrrchirp.

10/21 - Yellow Jack wonders why my meetings don't have toys

I guess if you have to have a lunch meeting, it should involve Lego blocks.  The cookie platter looked nice too. I only have meeting in my meetings.

These blue flowers want to be jacks!

Tonight was a fundraiser for my roller derby team.  I have to say, I kinda like being on a poster in a bar.

10/11 - Jacks say "Ack!' There's a big quack!"

We saw a big duck statue outside somebody’s house on the train ride into work today. Quack!  (Oddly enough, David claims to have the same duck lurking in his garage.)

The Jacks wanted to eat at Jack's.  Sadly, this cute old-time restaurant is closed.

9/14 - The BART roadrunner says "Beep Beep!" to Pink Jack

This was a new sticker on the train today.  Usually the maintenance shops have a train car for their logo.  I like the roadrunner!

Here, Pink Jack makes friends with a rainbow asterisk.  Plus!  A letter!  Who knows what letter is in the picture?

9/02 - Orange Jack appreciates art and a good egg salad sandwich

Lil' Guy tells me that today, OJ is a doggie.  He met a nice (albeit kinda creepy) M&M at Walgreens. I think the M&M was grouchy because someone put a sign on his mouth.  Maybe he was too chatty with the shoppers?

OJ and I saw this bus station poster (“Fog”) and liked it.  We also like how you can see the city street (and not me) in its reflection.

I had to indulge my Sentinel craving at lunchtime, and got the wonderful egg salad sandwich (with garlicky pickle).  NOM!

After work, I was off to a 2-day roller derby boot camp with Bonnie D. Stoir.  The kids gave me 2 froggies to take with me.  Here, we have our supplies... Now -- just need some sleep...

9/01 - Orange Jack and his little pickle

We saw this shiny green motorcycle on the way in to work, and -- before I could stop him -- Orange Jack jumped up onto the seat and tried to go for a ride! It’s a good thing we didn’t have the keys – OJ wouldn’t have been able to reach the handlebars!

We tried out the veggie sammich at the place downstairs.  It came with a small bland pickle and made us (me!) miss the excellent sandwiches and garlicky pickles at The Sentinel. Which reminded us/me that we’re not so far away from that place now…  Yum.

 (For those who were wondering about OJ’s gnarled state, please note that small plastic toys do not like the washer and dryer.)

8/16 - Blue Jack has a point

This is the only sunshine we found in the foggy city this morning.

My new work building is right by a fire station!  What numbers and letters do you see?

8/25 - Jolly Jacks

First up, piratey fun with Yellow Jacks.  The pirates did a balancing act on the jacks.  Yar!!!

Then, lots of meetings and busy stuff today at work.  The jacks and I made a pirate face in the "muddy."  Ahoy, mateys!

8/24 - Jacks look for treasure

Doesn't Lil' Guy's picture look nice at my desk?  The blue jacks love it!  (They are riding on a whiteboard eraser.  Whee!!)

Hey!  Now they found Lil' Gal's treasure map!  Har!!

8/23 - Jacks and a cuppa Joe

The jacks and I dropped off our cupcakes at the bake sale and got a yummy scone to have with coffee. 

What did you have for breakfast?

Help the jacks!  This silly tennis ball pretended to eat the jacks, but they are fine. They thought he was silly.

(Mommy has been eaten by a Monday and did not find it silly at all.  Will be home soon.)