Riot and Frolic

– a birthday! birthday! party for the oldest and the youngest Bratt offspring.  How the hell do you have birthday parties for children whose birthdays are close together?  And what the hell is a good way to open/deal with presents?  I hear there are three options:

1. have a present-opening orgy at some point during the party (small children/adults get distracted/bored, it's overwhelming; some gift-openers [this girl] feel self-conscious)
2. open immediately upon the arrival of a gift-bearing guest (never done this; seems greedy/overly-personal, yet kind of nice)
3. wait until the party is over (I like this option, but some guests get angry when this is the plan, even though it is etiquettely-correct).

What do you guys do?  What has worked and what hasn't?

In any case, V and Zoo (and Mae Cake, too) had an awesome time and were spoiled rotten.  

she's ready

bean bag/car/landing pad/awesomeness

– a princess, being put to work.  Voluntarily… again.  She finally got her mop and broom, and was only a little disappointed that she'd have to share my soap and not have her own.  

7am the usual morning line-up, start on the chores and sweep 'til the floors all clean!

– an outing to Charlie's Irish Pub in Stillwater to see Broken Spoke heckle the crowd… and play some tunes.  The ceiling of the pub had kick-line girls dancing around the room, so we each picked out our likeness. 

this is me

– I am the sexiest lady EVER.  Because sometimes, after you run 7 miles to meet your pa for coffee and sit in a coffee shop for 2 hours, when you get home, you get reeeeeeeally cold, but the only warm "clothes" you can find are some St. Patrick's Day-themed socks.  

And sometimes, when you try to run 10 miles 2 days later, your legs say "NO!  Sit yo' ass down" and you have to park it on Summit Avenue while you wait for your husband to pick you up in the car.  Fickle legs.  

i'm cold, but this is hot

– a date with The G, which was a movie sandwich on drinking bread.  Pomegranate Margarita at Rosa Mexicano (with a seemingly-sarcastic waiter, who was not, in fact, sarcastic), Bourne Legacy at Block E (the prequel to the first ones, or so I hear), Premo and Prime Rib Sam-ich at Nye's Polonaise Room (*drooooooooool*).

pretty drunk in pink

beer goggles

Did you have any hot dates this weekend?  Yes, cats and TVs count as hot dates.  See any movies?  Drink any booze?  

Good times.