Shuffling off to a PJ party at school. Should have handed him my mug of coffee before I took this shot...

HEY! They got chef hats! *I* don't even have a chef hat!

Welcome to the South

(In line at Kohl's.) My eyes can't roll up high enough in response. Glad I didn't have the kids with me.

Requirements for long car trips.

Who were the marketing geniuses who thought up this one?

Girl's Shopping Day starting as it should

There actually isn't a color that doesn't look good on her

Boba is ready to hunt Halloween candy

Too many Spideys spoil the game

Excel, Lego version 1.0

Daughter says its a "floor graph"

Yep, we got a Wii. This is Lethal, boxing like a champ.

Loved it.

Waiting.

Getting a texture perm. Smells like the rotting dead.

Stuck in doc's office hell

Two and a half hours of child-free time wasted at the walk-in clinic because of this lousy head cold (or sinus infection or whatever). I did, however, score a bottle of codeine cough syrup along with the antibiotics, so... silver lining.

Where's Waldo's Butt?

Kindergarteners are so fickle.

I searched for and ordered this dang sifaka lemur appx 2 days BEFORE my daughter's Zaboomafoo infatuation expired.

The guy who has been pillaging the neighborhood

Yeah, he doesn't look very menacing in this cellphone pic, but I caught him roaming the streets in the middle of the day (which, according to Animal Control, isn't a definite indication of rabies). This fat raccoon has been knocking over trash cans and pulling the fouled guts of every Hefty bag on the street twice a week.

Jay, your dinner is getting cold.

See? Now say, "Meeting adjourned!" and grab your keys.

Addicted to Star Wars merchandising @ the tender age of 3

Typical.

Go, Lightning!

The box seats didn't suck, but the nachos did.

They hate us at Home Depot, too

I netted me a big 'un

I snagged this beauty while she was trying to read a laminated shark guide in the fishing section of Sports Authority. She's a feisty one!

Hysterical, but not the face I was requesting

Moments after his new warm-weather haircut, I tried to direct the boy's famous raised-eyebrow "smoothie" look for my cellphone to send to Daddy, but instead I got this. I don't know what to call it, but I'm certain we're raising a devoted comedian.

Someone always gets into the clean laundry pile when I'm trying to fold

Grocery Day Bribery

Technique rarely featured in Parenting Magazine: To get your 3-year old to sit quietly in the cart while you compare paper towel costs-per-sheet, promise him he'll get to ride a motorcycle going 85 miles per hour though a treacherous desert canyon. Works every time.

Ooookay

Stupid renters.

45 cents worth of yarn to keep him seated? worth every penny.

Back in the saddle again

New Year's Resolution #11: Drink enough Fat Tire this week to last me until next ski season. Check!

6 Degrees of Awesomeness

Looking out the huge window over the wrap-around deck, from my cozy seat on the big leather couch -- roaring fire to my left. (Pics I took with my phone before the battery died forever -- hi-rez photos coming as soon as I dig my cam out of my overstuffed carry-on).

Bloody Marys and Leapster. The only way to fly.

If this sunrise is any indication, it's gonna be a fantastic day.