8/27 - Moustacheless Mario jumps for joy at the fajita bar

Someone had a lunch meeting today, and instead of it being a meeting without lunch, it ended up being a lunch without a meeting.  How awesome is that?

"What's on the agenda today?"  "Eating free food.  Your action item is this cookie."  NOM. Check that off the list.

8/25 - Moustacheless Mario is so fancy

I went to get my hair did, and Mario made a fancy friend.

I'm so fancy

You already know

I'm in the fast lane

From L.A. to Mario

I'm so fancy

Can't you taste this gold?

Remember my name

'Bout to blow

8/26 - Back to School!

I guess I had a longer hiatus than intended.  I did take pictures of the twins' toys the whole time!  Someday I'll post them, I swear!

So, fast forward to today...  My wee twins have become big strong third graders!  How about that?

And while Lil' Guy (L) and Lil' Gal (R) were off reuniting with friends and learning important things, Moustacheless Mario and I had a healthy breakfast at work.  Nom nom nectarines.

3/08 - Bee Mario buzzes up a level

Exciting news from Grammie!

Thought you would like to know that Super Mario has returned from his journey through our pipes. He is pretty grubby but in fine spirits. A little soap and water and he will be good as new. He is looking forward to being reunited with Lil' Guy.

A plumber was able to retrieve him when he unclogged the drains.  Lil' Guy's  reaction?  (First, a BIG grin!)  Then:  "But Mario *is* a plumber!"

3/07 - Donkey Kong is on the edge

The competitive edge!  Don't make him jump.  He will beat you to it.  Or go bananas trying.

3/05 - Life gives Donkey Kong some lemons

DK wants to make lemonade with them, but I think hot tea for my cold sounds much better.
(Sick is ick.)

3/04 - Donkey Kong builds an empire

OK, it was actually a lot of workers, who were very busy today.
Still, it’s starting to look like an office over there…  NOT a jungle gym, Donkey Kong!

3/03 - Donkey Kong climbs the corporate ladder

Donkey Kong and I went to check out what happened to the area where I used to sit.  All the desks are gone!  DK climbed the ladder, pretending he was King of the Jungle.  (I tried not to make jokes about his monkey suit.)

We both laughed when someone came to look at a problem with my laptop and told me I’d have to wait for the “wire monkeys” to come by.  We thought DK might make new friends, but it turned out they were talking about the network guys.  At least they fixed my problem!

1/16 - Mario and I win lunch

No, we didn’t win a free lunch.  But it was delicious (butternut squash lasagna) and made my coworkers say “Wow!” when they walked by.  #winning

1/14 - Mario ruins it

Mario was so excited to see the Coliseum, one of the most famous places in Italy, right here at work.  He did a jump and a “Woo hoo!

1/13 - Mario finds a lucky ducky

He said he would ride that good luck duck as far as it would take him.  “Mario Good Luck Time!”

 Sadly, the cubicle wall was only  a few feet long.  And rubber ducks don’t fly.   #theduckstopshere
Still, some luck is better than no luck at all.

8/02 - It's a grape time to be Luigi

No toys today, just twins.  We are getting ready for vacation, so posts will be sporadic.  Watch our adventures on Twitter or Facebook!

"It's grape season, Mommy."

"Oh yeah!"

5/03 - Dinoco beats the roadrunner!

I forgot to bring Mario’s head/Luigi’s body!  I’m so sorry!!

Dinoco was in the van and said he’d be happy to be my toy friend today.  He zoomed so fast, that he passed the BART roadrunner!  Vroom!!

12/14 - Koopa and the amazing talking curry

There was something about the JapaCurry truck that called to us today… Pumpkin croquette, get in my belly!  NOM!

Sadly, the cupcake truck drove away before we could get any dessert.

11/20 - Bullet did not get the memo about Green Sweater Day

Bullet does not want to be a work of art.  This frilly frame on a building made him feel penned in, so he zoomed away, faster than a speeding bullet.

Then he surprised a dragon, who ran off in fright.

Jeanine and I wore the same thing to work today!  How funny is that?

10/29 - Shy Guy meets real plumbers

Shy Guy says, "Fifi is fluffy." Fifi does not look too happy about her recent bath...

We had the city sewer company come out to see if they could figure out the bath tub leak.  They cleaned out the main line, but couldn't find anything to explain that darn leak.

Then we had the plumber come back.  He was really sure there wasn't a leak, but Shy Guy and I stood our ground, and he found the problem.  Leaky caulk at the back of the tub.  Figures.

10/22 - Cloud Guy and the BART bats

There were lots of umbrellas on BART today.  Cloud Guy thought they looked like sleeping bats.

Then we got to work and had a bunch of meetings and lunch at my desk and more meetings.  By the time it occurred to us to go get some fresh air, it was time to go.  What a Monday.

At least the rain stopped long enough for the Giants to win.  And for Cloud Guy to say hello to his peeps.

9/23 - Weekend fun: Derby championship edition

We had a pretty lazy Saturday last weekend, recovering from a big week in first grade and a lot of meetings at work for Mommy.  Here, the Mario gang goes camping on the moon.  (Dunno -- that's what they told me we were doing.)

It was the West Regional Playoffs, and while the twins have come with me to many a practice, they had yet to see a real bout.  It was time to do something a-bout that.  (heh)

We always like hanging out with Bit O' Honey.

 "Can we go look at the girls?"  Who could say no to that??

David looked very dapper, sporting his black and shiny blingy gold.

In the end, the twins' favorite thing about the bout was the cupcakes.  Oh, well.  What's not to like about  rainbow colored cupcake with glittery frosting?

We did not get to see the Half of Besterns Flash Mob, where refs and friends put the ref hand signals to music, but it was a thing of beauty.

8/31 - Donkey Kong tells Princess Daisy to hoist the anchor

Daisy said she was not dressed properly for such an activity and that Donkey Kong should go ahead and hoist it himself.  She is such a princess.  (Lil' Guy left her in the car this morning, and I felt bad leaving her there, so DK and I brought her to work too.)

I asked Erika to hold up Donkey Kong and Daisy, but they wanted to show off their fancy poses.  She had a hard time holding on to them!

How was the rest of your school day?  Here’s a picture I took of you guys meeting Moochie the chinchilla.  Did he like being back at school?

8/23 - Pink Yoshi and the green steam machine

I have no idea what this kind of construction vehicle is, but it seems to have something to do with water pipes and the water tanks that have been sitting around this week.

Pink Yoshi found another pink dragon in the city.  Pink Yoshi said, “My, what a long tongue and sharp teeth you have!”  And then slurped her long Yoshi tongue at it.  Dragons are strange.