The girls and I are visiting the Grandpa and Meme for a few days without Husbandguy. When HG comes with us, he and Lulu share the guest room at night. I'll be sharing with her this time. Our first night here we called HG at bedtime to say goodnight, and the first thing Lulu said to him was, "It's bedtime. And where are you?" Poor kid couldn't fathom going to bed on vacation without Daddy.

Lulu's New Friend

So today Lulu made a new friend. Me too. And I got to see some people who were much younger the last time I saw them. I don't mean anything by that. It's a fact. I was too.

PSP packed her family in the car and made the trip all the way from her house to the Grandpa and Meme's house just so we could hang out and meet each other's families. Lulu and her new friend fought over coloring books and moms' laps like they'd known each other forever. That's always nice to see. And I totally turned into an old lady when I saw Kiddoo, who is 9 (?) years older than he was the last time I saw him. I actually said something like, "I remember when you were this (holds hand at Pete height) big." He's not that big anymore. He's like twice as big, at least! And soooo cool. I remember when he had chicken pox. Now he has a drum set!

It wasn't long enough, our visit. We're obviously going to have to do it again. And the Husbandguys can watch the toddlers while Pete and Kiddoo and PSP and I hang out. Because toddlers are cute and fun, but they're also busy and distracting.

(Thank you, TG and MM, for letting us use your space for our reunion.)

Month-Long Annual Reviews

Remember. Annual reviews are birthdays. And Pete's and mine are both this month. Because Pete opted to have a all-girl tea party this year with her friends, we decided to invite the grandparents to a separate celebration, which was today. Thus began the month-long review. On Pete's actual birthday, Wednesday, we're taking her to Chuck E Cheese because we've been telling her we would go forever and it seemed like a good time to follow through with that. Then the tea party is next week. So far, one person has RSVP-ed yes and Pete said she got one no at school the other day. Then, since the Grandpa and Meme can't be here this weekend or next, we're going to see them the following weekend, at which time Pete will (reluctantly, I'm sure) pass the Birthday Baton to me because my birthday is that next Tuesday. And since we're not sure how or where the whole Grandpa&Meme thing is going to happen, I think we're going to celebrate my birthday with Moomie the following weekend, which is the last weekend in January. Thus: Month-Long Annual Reviews! Whee!!

Also, Happy Birthday today Kiddoo!

Kiddoo-ism

Hey, PSP! This weekend, Lulu used a phrase that we consider a Kiddoo-ism (a Beanie-ism on your blog). She said, "Hold you!" because she wanted her dad to pick her up!

Yay! A Visit! (hopefully)

PSP said they might be able to come up for a visit later in the summer. Yay! She can meet my bosses and see my office, and I can meet her new men and see how much Kiddoo has grown up.

Until Pete turned five, Kiddoo was the coolest 5-year-old ever. Except he's not five anymore...

Now I have to have Moomie show me how to make lemon meringue pie (thank you spellcheck!). Moomie is one of our temps. She's great! I hope she remembers how to make lemon meringue pie...

Mommy's Nintendo

When I was in college, I had a friend who was pregnant, we'll call her HRH PSP. Since we were in college, we were still pretty young and lived at home and everything. She had a Nintendo, one of the original ones, and it was still a little cool so that should tell you how long ago this was. Before the baby was born we were talking one day and I asked PSP if she was going to give the baby her Nintendo when he was old enough and she said that she wasn't - it was hers. We decided that she would just tell him, no, he couldn't have it because it was Mommy's Nintendo.

Then we decided that might be a good name for an all-girl band, but that hasn't happened yet.