New Season of Life

Remember being about 17 years old? I do. I thought it was a fabulous age to be and I never wanted to get any older. That was more than half my life ago now.
Gone are the days of after-school basketball practice, soccer trips, and sleeping in on the weekend (not to mention insane summer nights where we climbed through windows and emptied bedrooms). My plans on Friday nights vary very little from my plans on Mondays or Wednesdays (actually - that just changed - my Wednesdays will now be booked with lots of Young Women:)
If I play any soccer now, that's it. No going out for hotwings after games or meeting my teammates to play pick up at the park during the week. Those were good times - no doubt.

Now everything revolves around two little people I'd never even dreamed of only a few years ago. It is definitely a new season of my life.


Last week, we hosted a birthday party for our now 4-year-old Anushka. While we have celebrated her birthday every year, this was the first where we had 12 girls running wild. Actually, to my surprise, the 12 girls were quite well behaved. Perhaps because we had an activity planned (notice the girls' necklaces) or maybe because they are just really good girls - either way, while it was stressful, the party was nowhere near the hair-ripping nightmare I was bracing for. Now, the big test will be Diggity's 4-year-old party.

Check out a great way to get your putt putt ball in the hole:

Blue Tongues, Teriyaki, Etc.

Once upon a time, there were a bunch of goofy teenagers who lived in the LP hood. Some of their adventures truly are novel-worthy and hopefully one day will be read by the masses - after the names have been changed to protect the guilty (as well as our posterity).
Occasionally, we still commiserate about past escapades as well as some incidents we wish everyone would forget. However, none of this can be done properly without Leslie's teriyaki and some robin eggs.



My personal wish is that everyone would erase the image of me running through LP with a certain piece of 'clothing' tied around my head... Anyone else have a good one to share?