testing, testing...

Rewind

In defiance of my stated desire not to post old photos on the blog, I could not resist publishing our last years photos of Lollapalooza. We had such a fun time. The kids had their first live music experience...no earplugs but we were off to the side. Loud enough to "rock out" as V would say; not so loud as to cause hearing damage - I hope! Wish we could have made it this year (Radiohead! Kanye!) , but alas not in the cards. Maybe next year they will book Tom Waits or Sinead- then we will have to go.

Oh my God, they are taking over

This morning after Violet crawled into bed with us around 6am we all settled back into an uneasy sleep. Shortly after 7, I was awoken to hear Violet creaking open the door to Jack's room. Too late to do anything, I was resigned to having Jack be up (he typically is still sleeping at 8:30 let alone 7). Since they seemed be playing nicely I might have closed my eyes for a second more. A few minutes later (2, 5, 10...anyone's guess) we heard giggling and the sound of Violet's voice getting closer. Then Jack's!?! How could this be. Don't ask. I have no idea - no crash was heard and definitely no crying. So how did Jack get out of the crib? It is a mystery. Violet was enigmatic about it and Jack well, he's not talking.

Is this our future - the kids banding together to problem solve? I think we are in for a crazy few years (decades). I guess we will start with seeing what tomorrow brings.

Violet playing bags at the MetroMix booth - win us those Lolla tix honey!

I don't just treat the kids to ice cream (Sar)

Tent love

Mom, this post is for you. The kids are still totally loving the tent. What I thought would be a private sanctuary for V has turned into a must set up, crawl through the window, run around like banshees and generally up the chaos level (in a good way) daily event. When we have play dates all the kids want to play in the tent. Now if only we had a little more space....