I'm not a football fan at all but I am a big fan of food and beer so I really enjoyed the Superbowl party at our friends, Stacey and Mark's house last night.
REAL PARTIES: Kimora’s Sweet Shoppe
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Keeping It Real. Real Wacky Since 1997.
Currier's BFF, Connor, turned 4 yesterday and his mom, Jessica, threw a wicked cool Sponge Bob Squarepants party complete with an awesome Sponge Bob cake and jumpy castle. Now Currier's already talking about his 4th birthday and how he wants a Sponge Bob theme. We'll see how many times that theme changes in the next 4 months!
Our good friends, Chad and Najah, came and spent the weekend with us. We started their visit off with hot wings, cocktails and poker in to the wee hours of Saturday morning. On Saturday everyone slept in (except for me and the kids of course- grr!) and then since it was a crappy, rainy day we had no choice but to pamper ourselves with lunch out, pedicures, pizza and a movie. It was a relaxing, fun visit and it was so good to catch up with friends from our Sicily days.
The Rohes came and spent the weekend with us. They arrived late Thursday evening so we let a very excited Currier stay up for their arrival kicking off a weekend of fun, video games, fort building, bike riding and serious cousin shenanigans. On Friday Christopher took care of the kids while Kathy and Trent came with me to my doctor's appointment and Friday evening we celebrated with a steak dinner and too much to drink.
It's been a scary couple of weeks for me as I dealt with the possibility that I may have cancer. It all started a few months ago when I went to the chiropractor for sciatic nerve pain (still hurts from my pregnancy with Rya) and something showed up in my neck on the x-ray. I then went to my doctor for blood work and an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed my thyroid was enlarged and there was a nodule on my thyroid or parathyroid. Fast forward a few weeks and a referral and I'm sitting in the office of an oncologist. ON-FREAKING-COLOGIST!
My cousin Cheryl gave this awesome t-shirt to Trent. This past weekend he was wearing it and Currier's teacher stopped by the house on her walk to say hello. She said, "That's a funny shirt" and Trent said, "Yeah, my wife's cousin gave it to me" and she said, "Wow... and you're wearing it?" She obviously hasn't seen the best movie of the year. Happy Friday!
Hello. My name is Rya Diane and it's been three whole days since I've had a bottle. I made the switch to a sippy cup cold turkey. My mom made me throw all the bottles (except for 2 emergency ones that I don't know about!) in the trash this morning to signify that I'm a big girl now and no longer a baby. Really, my mom just doesn't want to wash bottles anymore. Bye bye Bubba.
After being cooped up in the house with an illness and freezing temps for over a week, today we finally got out for some fresh air. We went to the Isle of Palms to walk on the beach, feed the seagulls (straight from our hands!) and collect some seashells. I'm so happy to be feeling better and finally have some warmer weather... Now it's time to start working on those resolutions!
The kids woke to find Befana, the good witch, this morning! According to Italian folklore, Befana brings treats to all the good boys and girls on the last day of the holiday season, Epiphany. She brought them Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs DVD and some candy. Turns out to be the perfect gift for today because I have a wicked cold so we're skipping preschool and the gym and curling up on the couch to cuddle and watch our new movie.
We celebrated Trent's 38th birthday last night at Yamato Japenese Steak House with our good friends the Buelks and the Aukamps. The reservation was for 6 adults and 7 kids. We were a little nervous to be out numbered by the little people but all the kids behaved and it was a really fun evening... Sake shots, an entertaining chef, hot tea, delicious food, good company, cupcakes and a Buddha gong! Happy Birthday Trent. We love you.