In which I blame The Sick, The Busy and the just plain old Tired

Would you believe I'm still taking pictures of the twins' toys every day?  I am!  Some of them are even quite clever.  And then, at the end of the day, I just don't get around to posting them.  I will...

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8/21 - Elephant wants the cookie, not the cold

My job seems to have a lot of cookies. So much so, that on the days where there are no free cookies, I get a little pouty.  (Do NOT have a problem. Could quit cookies whenever I wanted to. Just not today.)

Happily, new girl Heather has the same problem with fondness for cookies and is good at sharing.  We like her a lot.

3/10 - Darth Maul is not an attack strawberry

A coworker heard me sniffling and handed me this packet of fizzy vitamin C to take.  I put Darth Maul next to it for the picture and told him he kinda looked like a strawberry.  He did NOT like that.

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.)

3/17 - 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.

3/15 - Shamrocks and scooters

No glamorous work photos today, either.  I spent most of the day asleep and Army Guy seems to have gone AWOL, no doubt on a special mission to avoid my camera.

Tomorrow, the twins and I will (hopefully) scooter and skate in the St. Patrick's Day parade.  We got their scooters all shamrocked up.

3/14 - Army Guy sicks it up

So, sick sucks, yo.  I'd been wanting to catch up on my sleep, but not by being felled like a tree.  A gooey, sniffling, tree.  There's not much for toys to do on a sick day, unfortunately.

Here's an outtake from yesterday, where Army Guy was the third wheel in this dance.

And here is a picture of the baby pepper seeds we planted the other weekend.  If we get some baby peppers of our own, Lil' Guy will be very happy.

Now, go on.  Nothing more to see here.  Achoo!

2/22 - Army Guy scoots along

Army Guy liked the army green color of this scooter, whose name was Buddy. (It said so, right on his side.)

Army Guy finds more green.  This was not a happy green.  Remember the sick iPod screen from yesterday?  It must have been contagious!  My poor computer.

12/27 - Crabby becomes a fashion accessory

Crabby climbed onto this medical equipment at the doctor’s office (I do not have bronchitis at this time), and was surprised to see she looked like a false eyelash!

The medical equipment was very surprised and did not make any sudden moves, which is a good plan if there’s a crab on your eye!

12/19 - Caiman and Red Angry Bird start a band

Caiman and Red Angry Bird got bored with all my napping (still sick), so they looked for something fun to do.  They got together with Christmas Snoopy and his bongos and started a band.  They named themselves the Jingle Bell Boyz and now they want to go on tour.

12/18 - Caiman and Red Angry Bird play doctor

I think I have Lil' Gal's stuffy nose...  I woke up this morning and felt really sick, so I called out from work. These guys are taking good care of me, so I thank them much.

* spelling words are in bold font.

10/12 - Nap time for Woodstock's Tree

I found myself needing a stapler, so Woodstock's Tree and I looked through my old work boxes in the shed.  We were happy to find a stapler.  And not only any stapler, but Fish Stapler!!  We will be stapling with style now.

I am still a bit sick, so after being on hold to resolve a bill, I decided to hop back in the sack.  (Look at all those spelling words!!)  Doesn't Woodstock's Tree look cute all snuggled up?  (His elbows are a bit pointy, though!)

Meanwhile, the twins participated in their school's walkathon.  They walked 8 laps, got their faces painted, ate hot dogs, and entered some raffles.  That sounds like much more fun!

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.

10/10 - Yellow Jack holds on

This morning, the big spider was on the floor of the living room.  I wonder if she fell down or climbed down to play with the grasshopper?  Yellow Jack decided he wanted to ride on her back.  She told him, 'Hold on!"

I am still sick today.  Yellow Jack wanted to take his temperature too, so he climbed on top of the thermometer.  Silly little jack.

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.

7/15 - Weekend fun: Picnic and bug edition

This weekend, my wonderful friends Wanda and Ashley packed a picnic and took me and the twins to the park for an extended birthday celebration.  We missed Linda, who is out with an awful ear infection.  :(

Wanda had clearly used the Undetectable Extension Charm, because her bag had any supply that anybody needed at any time.  Wanda is no one to be trifled with.  (I realize I've mixed my movies, here, but I'm OK with that.  If still you're with me, you get 30 points.)

 Trapping the new blowfish eraser in a web of bubbles.  I now dub thee Spitbug.

Note how Lil' Gal's hand is in Ashley's bag.  She is about to pickpocket that iPhone, take her own photo, then call her dog friends at the four corners of the earth. 

And! We met a Very Interesting Bug. at our house He was very nice and beetle-like, except he had pretty lacy wings and some feisty praying mantis front legs. Turns out he's a Mantidfly.

6/17 - Weekend fun: Mommy's Day edition

This weekend was going to be filled with Pirate Festival and fun, but what we found instead was a heatwave and Lil' Gal with a fever.  We were grounded.

Still, we had fun, and the kids gave me a really special Mommy's Day. Playing with Cloud Dough:

Flowers from the garden for me:

Artwork, a special poster, and two of the best smiles in the world:

04/19 - Ian finds angry birds and pretty trees

Ian thought the chicken in the fez might be an angry bird, but she wasn’t.  Phew!

We also liked this pretty tree.  It reminded me of the weeping willow at my childhood house.

Today is the 2-week anniversary of my ear infection.  I still cannot hear properly out of that ear.  Argh!!

4/17 - Sauci Dog enjoys some saucy pasta

Sauci and I are hanging out at my desk for lunch today, looking for relief from ear congestion (mine).

She has been a good guard dog, barking in my good ear when someone approaches my desk from the side of the Ear that Does Not Hear.  (I am this.close to pulling a Van Gogh!)

We had a nice playdate with Linda, who is seen here taking off on a different BART line than we take.