June 29th, 2009 §
My baby turned 15 today.
Kaity, November 1997
She had her toes painted, after a full spa pedicure including an hour in a massage chair.
Purple toes
She had her hands basted, as part of a manicure.
Soft hands, coming up!
We had drunken pork chops (brined in burbon) for dinner, along with artichokes and mashed potatoes, at her request.
Yummy
And then it was off to Sylas and Maddy’s for a 5 flavor sampler, with gummy bears, for dessert.
Chocolate, Cookies & Cream, Chocolate Chip, Reese's, and Mint Chip Ice Creams
Happy Birthday, baby!
June 4th, 2009 §
What I want for my Birthday! (For the grandparents who may have no idea what Kaity’s into this week.)
May 9th, 2009 §
‘Tis the season for birthdays in Lawrence. Auggie turned three last weekend (on May Day), and we celebrated his birthday at Googols of Learning this morning.
There was cake:
Happy Birthday!
Candles:
Technically more than three candles....
Climbing:
Yay climbing!
Fun in the science room:
Whee!
Smush, smush...
And Miles and Kaity both wore mismatched socks; Kaity by choice, and Miles because he was dressed by his father this morning.
Kaity's normal choice for fashionable footwear
Little Mismatched Socks 
There were also plenty of presents, though Auggie was distressed when his friends said a particular gift was from them, his reply was, “No, they’re mine!”
Presents for the birthday boy
April 19th, 2009 §
We celebrated Himu’s birthday today at Googols of Learning (used to be Googols of Fun, but they moved and changed their business model to a daycare, which means they basically got rid of all their arcade games).
They still have their science room, though, so before the party started, we played with all the experiments.
Brandon playing structural engineer
The party was in Mendel’s Munchkins room. Made my inner science geek smile.
Where else would you have a party for the son of a physical anthropologist?
There was pizza and a Star Wars cake. Himu has been bugging his mom for a light saber for ages.
Birthday Cake
The kids had an enormous climbing structure to play on. Kaity waited until all the others went to play outside before braving it:
Blackmail - it's apparently uncool to play in these if you're a teenager.
Say cheese!
Himu had fun opening presents and hanging out with the kids. We got him a bubble glider, and when Geetha noted that it was something he could use to get the house dirty, I told her it was an outside toy.
Himu's "outside toy"
“Did you hear that, Himu? Kris said that toy is for outside!” Geetha said.
Sidenote: Anne brought Lily-Mae to the party, too.
So cute!
November 26th, 2008 §
It doesn’t quite seem possible, but our little Hannah turns 7 today. Next thing you know, she’ll be driving.
July 30th, 2008 §
This is the end of Project 365 (+2). I had to finish it on my birthday, and 2008 was a leap year, so it’s technically Day 367. It went by very quickly, but you can see the Year in Review in the Project 365 Gallery. Which image is your favorite?
Birthday facts:
- Julian Calendar birthdate: 2441162.5.
- Apollo 15 landed on the moon, carrying the first lunar rover.
- Famous July 30 birthdays:
I spent my birthday at the lab, running an amplification gel so I can get some samples off to be sequenced while we’re gone.
We had dinner at ingredient, then went birthday shopping for a new camera for our trip, and ended the evening at Mad Greek for dessert. Triple chocolate cheesecake.
My new camera
July 19th, 2008 §
Brandon turns 34 today. He got some nice cards, a Tandoori oven from Nana & Poohpah, and the promise of some new sound isolating headphones for his iPod, when he can figure out exactly which ones he wants (too many choices!).
We had tickets to the first showing of The Dark Knight, dinner at Kokoro (Brandon’s choice), and dessert at the new iBar — chocolate fondue. Happy Birthday!
July 12th, 2008 §
Spencer turned 5 today, so we hung out at his house this afternoon, eating pizza and Indiana Jones cake.
Kaity and Xavier had apparently decided on a party wardrobe. I missed that memo.
Spencer got lots of presents.
And everyone had a good time.
Hannah, Auggie, and Anne.
But no parents were involved in this plan, I swear. Some older siblings, possibly, but no parents.
You can see more pictures in the Gallery.
