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[altarflame]

The ridiculous(ly awesome) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic cake we got Annie for her 12th birthday. She LOVED it. It says, "Happy Birthday, you Pegasister" and references this scene.


She and I had dinner out alone at her choice, P.F. Changs - where she can have all manner of vegetarian feasting.






She used some of her money to pierce her ears.


Here she is about to throw up. The guy was really nice.


Done, and raving that she could do anything, survive anything, that she made up her mind that she was going to do it and so she did.


The ridiculously awesome french breakfast I presented her with one morning. I had just savored something similar and decided I needed to share the experience with someone who would appreciate it.


The following photo set was sent to my husband FAR TOO LATE one night with the text, "FINALLY."

Annie.


Aaron.


Isaac.


Jake.


Elise.

Aaron brought this guy in a couple of weeks ago and told me our milkweed is covered in caterpillars again. I let him take the camera(phone) out to capture more of them.



Since then, we've had dozens of monarchs and tiger swallowtails hatch around our yard. There are butterflies everywhere.

One afternoon while A&A were at camp, I took the littles and met up with Laura and her kids at a new park in Florida City.

My niece Elizabeth:


She is Jake's favorite. They're great friends, and Laura and I lament that they're related and can't get married one day. The height difference really astounds me.


Jake, nephew Brian, Isaac.


Speaking of height differences...wut.

She's like some wild scale model "Honey I Blew Up The Kids" Godzilla Elise. How can my youngest be that much taller than a person who speaks in sentences and uses the toilet?

New niece, Isabelle, sleeping in a Kozy Carrier:


And Isaac, Jake, and Elise standing by the "new" car after they ran around town with me getting it registered and insured and then helped me put the plate on it.

Comments

[medland.livejournal.com]

Come to England, you can marry your first cousins here!

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

Well, it's technically legal in many states, but that is something people laugh about as very shameful about us - like in "states where you can marry your cousin but not a person of the same sex" maps. There is a HUGE cultural taboo, to where I can't really tell for sure if you're being sarcastic and poking fun at England or being sincere!

[(Anonymous)]

Jake's hair in that last picture is just...epic. Do strangers often comment on it? It's so great!

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

Yes! He's had people ask if they can touch it before :p

[sara pine (from livejournal.com)]

I am so jealous that Annie was brave enough to get her ears pierced by a real piercer. I tried the gun thing and mine would never heal. I am a big wimp when it comes to pain...LOL...I passed out getting a tattoo. I am a 32 year old woman with un-pierced ears...so sad.

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

Aww :) She had major problems with gun piercing a few years back, too. And is a big wimp about needles/blood/etc. I tell you what, though, if you can make yourself come through it you'll be exhilarated with your own immortality afterwards ;) She was, anyway, and I remember feeling the same way after I got my wisdom teeth pulled, like, "I'M ALIVE!! I CAN DO ANYTHING!!"

[noelove.livejournal.com]

did you pick a name for the new ride yet?

[altarflame.livejournal.com]

Grant wants to call it Falcor, like that thing from the Never Ending Story. Which I think is slightly lame, but. He's mostly driving it.

[noelove.livejournal.com]

thats cute, but.....no.

[babyslime.livejournal.com]

THOSE ARE CRAZY CATERPILLARS! Holy shit.

Also, I have never seen a pro piercer not put in BCRs... that's weird. What gauge? Tempest was pierced at 18, I think. Mall piercers do it at 22 I think, which is too small and injures too easily.