1/08 - Pikachu gets a lift

One of the joys of working from home is that you can wear whatever you want.  Which today, for me, was my skates.  :)

6/09 - Derby Tournament and THE MANTIDS HATCHED!

I was off on Friday for a school meeting and to get ready for my team's participation in the Attack of the C Squads tournament.  Here are Disco Brawl and Beryl Belligerent, enjoying some cherry pie with 6 of our fans.

We didn't win any of our bouts (sigh), but we played our hearts out, despite a bunch of incidents that day and the prior week that could easily have kept us home.  Go, TVRG!

Oh, and I jammed!!

And when I got home?  One of the new hermit crabs had escaped *and* the praying mantis egg case had hatched!  O.M.G.

What a weekend!

3/18 - Max and Ferdinand's field trip

Max the Cyclops and Ferdinand the dog came all the way to work with me, but then I just sat at my desk and worked all day.  I didn't even take their picture.  They were not at all happy with me.  So I took them to derby practice and now everything is fine.

Sorry, guys!  I'll do better tomorrow.

3/17 - Weekend fun: Rainbow and Shamrock edition

We made it to the parade!  The kids rode their scooters in the junior auxiliary brigade, and I skated with my b*tches.  It was awesome.  Then we went home and collapsed.

Sunday, we made rainbow pasta!

The pot of gold?  My little leprechauns.  Awww.

1/16 - Ghosts like ballet too

Maybe Ghostie's next sheet will be a tutu!

It's that time of year again....  Derby!  Derby!  Derby!  So excited for this season!

12/12/12 - Jeanette does some reading while I am in meetings

She’s reading the Roller Skates book David gave me.  She told this carriage to stop driving on my desk.  Plus, the horses’ clippity cloppity was disturbing my coworkers. I think Jeanette wants to be a librarian when she grows up.

What were you doing at 12:12 on 12/12/12?  I was in a meeting.  I made a wish, and no -- it was not to get out of the meeting!

11/18 - Weekend fun: Roller derby edition

It was my team's last bout of the season.  We were hungry for another win, and were preparing for this bout with an intensity that was new for us.  I was also preparing a mountain of snacks and toys to keep the twins busy during the bout, in case they were not into watching me skate...  That morning, there was a most excellent good luck spider in the kitchen and a good luck rainbow in the sky when we hit the road.

The bout was in a vintage roller rink that was leaking from days of rain.

The other team was better than us and hit harder.  They had plays that foiled us multiple times.  We lost by a heap, but what we won was better than points.  We came together as a team in this bout, communicating, devising new strategies on the fly, and we were hitting b*tches like never before.  (And we participated in the other team's flash mob, dancing Gangnam Style at the top of the third jam in the second half.)  As far as I'm concerned, we were winners that day.

And I was a hero to my biggest fans.  :)

A million thanks to Kingpin for his kid wrangling assistance.  (And for being outraged at the officiating!)

Photo credit: Thank you, Russell Reno Limprecht!

11/10 - Ham is some pig

Look! It's Mommy's old work friend Windy! We are having yummy burgers. I miss you.

 Then we went to see how Philly does roller derby.  Ham thought he was a champion and mugged for the camera.  What a ham.

11/07 - SpoonyHead says "Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

We saw this ad on the wall.  It was a call to be a goat.  SpoonyHead did not think much of this idea.  Neither did I.  In roller derby, if you are a goat, it means the other team has you cornered.  No, thank you!

SpoonyHead asked me why dogs can have raincoats, but talking spoons can not.  I did not have an answer for that.

10/05 - Inch the Inchworm finds a stripey friend

It was a ladder on a truck! (Yes, Inch looks a lot like Tigger’s tail.  He hears that all the time.  Inchworms can be stripey too!  Lil' Guy told me so.)  Lil' Guy was right!

We walked/inched around at lunchtime.  When we looked up, we saw redwoods and a beautiful California blue sky.

When we looked down, we saw a removable wall filled with construction project stuff.  I was hoping that store was going to be a restaurant, but the sign says it will be a 7-11.  Meh.

Cupcakes for my derby team's car wash/bake sale are ready.  Want one?

10/03 - Cyclops Alien feels the fall

It’s pumpkin season!  Look what I found at the store!  Pumpkin breakfast bars.  NOM.  Cyclops Alien and I thought they were quite tasty, but a little dry.

Work was really busy today and I missed the last day of the heatwave, but I got to take it all out at derby practice.  #feelingthefall  Derby makes everything better.  :)

9/30 - Weekend fun: Large mouse edition

The highlight of last weekend was Archer's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese.  Lil' Gal had been begging to go there for.ever.  I hadn't ever been to one with kids (those crazy college days).  So the day had finally come for those two milestones to line up.  The kids had a great time with their BFFs.  I got to follow a large mouse around in a conga line and talk to some adults.  #winning

We also had fun wearing old Halloween costumes around the house.

And riding bikes/skating at the basketball court of the nearby school.  Until we melted.

The end.

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.

9/19 - Ocean Research Truck finds a new specimen

Ocean Research Truck and I saw a shoe shine stand and a shiny circle with squares at lunch today.  The rest of the day was meetings, meetings, meetings.

We named this strange creature Alligatorus Hatticus.

Wasn't Mandaryn Crush so sweet to get me this cARRRRd for Talk Like a Pirate Day?