All Things Cuff 'Em.

It was our turn to host the Cub Scout Den meeting this week and I called the Reno PD to see if an officer can stop by and give the boys a talk about safety. Oh what a talk! He was wonderful and talked to the boys for 1.5 hours...they peppered him with questions and he showed so much patience in answering what was conservatively 314 inquiries...a minute.

Do you wear a bullet-proof vest? Where is your gun? Your pepper spray? Your taser? Have you used them all? You are like Batman!

He was so good to them...truly making them think about safety...personal and their friends...it was awesome...and then in the end...a certain little fella asked him if he could see his handcuffs...

Hopefully this is the first and last time I'll see him cuffed!

Wishing you a moment like Alex felt when he was UNcuffed...free and easy and a lot more appreciative of the fact that even his little wrists couldn't slip out of the handcuffs.

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All Things Fuzzy and Stuffed.

I don't know why Ken and I do the Things We Do sometimes...but after all the Easter celebrations, we decided to cash in Easter Bunny's gift certificate and Grandma Sandi's gift at Build A Bear Workshop.

Alex's Rainbow Bear has outplayed, outwitted and outlasted any stuffed animal we've ever owned. He got a fluffing...which was well deserved. That bear's been through a lot.

Bella was determined to find a dress...not for her bear, Lavender...but for herself...that's right, following in her Mama's footsteps...she thought that these itty bitty little bear dresses would fit her. Bless you child...much like your Mama, you may want to try the Big Girl section in another store.

Kata was ::thrilled:: to find out that they had an elephant as a selection this month...so before you can say "Sale at Nordstrom" she whipped out her gift card and saved money and got herself an elephant...it is the softest and plushest by far in her menagerie.

Clockwise starting at the Top - While they stuff, the kids get to press the pedal, select a heart that goes in the animal and give it a hug to see if its squishy enough.

Alex waiting for his turn, all of the hearts get the appropriate ritual, birth certificates at the computers and happiness all around.

So there they were about 30-minutes later...Bella got a pink bear, Alex a husky dog...and Kata her elephant.

Wishing you'd take a moment to hug that teddy of yours...he knows all your secrets!

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All Things Easter Bunny.

Bella still yawning...she stayed up late the night before.

So it was Easter today for everyone but Eastern Orthodox Christians...sometimes our Easter falls on the same Sunday and other times it's as much as a month apart...and this year it's the far apart version...for those curious there are good explanations out there...but basically it has to do with calendar differences and the bottom line is that the Orthodox observe the old calendar.

Alex was worried, but the Easter Bunny comes on Western Easter...as I assured Alex we're in the Western Hemisphere...so he came today...with leaps and bounds and eggs all around...this year he led the kids on a Treasure Hunt for their baskets...cute little poetry from that Bunny...and then they were off...hunting eggs outside...playing with their goodies inside. It was all one big, tiring but happy, messy morning.

From Top to Bottom, starting on the Left - hiding places the Easter Bunny used.

Hunting for eggs outside...Bella was a pro this year.

Wishing you overflowing baskets of treats this week!

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All Things Daddy Did It.

Please ask yourself...what is wrong with this picture??? Look at the girls' pajama bottoms??? Do they match? No. Are Kata's pajamas awfully short and Bella's awfully long? Yes.

This is the way Ken dressed the girls for bed last night...Bella had these loooooong pjs on all night, wrestling with them no doubt...but she did sleep through the night by some miracle (she usually wakes up at least once) and Kata sported capris...wouldn't be a problem but Kata's knees have already busted through a pair of brand new pjs...she wore a total of ummm three times.

No matter....here they are...our fairly well adjusted sister pair...years later they may need therapy for having us as parents...but right now...they thought it was pretty funny and they kinda liked the fact that they wore each other's pj bottoms all night long.

Ah, the long and the short of it all...wishing you a moment where you can see it both...the long...and the short.

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