A UKE and Popeye Eggs in the "Edge" Pan

So this birthday was great his year.  For some reason, lots of people remembered...which is odd for my birthday.  Usually I get a couple of emails or calls....but this year was my lucky year I guess, lots of people stopped by, flowers, cards, and calls.(Really, this never happens, I don't want to sound like a whiner, cause I really have never thought about it in the past, but it was just kind of a lot more than normal this year...and well...it was kind of fun and unexpected).  Then, to top that off, Sam went over the top this year with his gift and will never be able to beat it.  He got me a Ukulele.  He gave it to me early so I could take it to girls camp.  I had it strapped to my back the whole time. :-)  How cool is that?  Okay, YOU may not think this is cool, but trust me it is.  Okay, maybe it isn't THAT cool, but it is really fun.  The Young Women ate it up, and were making up many a tune by the end of camp, and Uke sales skyrocketed in the southern california region. :-) This gift is thoughtful for many reasons for me, but one is that my mom and grandma played, and if I can be like them in ANY way, I am the better for it.  The other gift I received was an "EDGE" brownie pan.  You can see by the picture how it is shaped.  Well...I love brownie edges...but I tried it first with popeye eggs(german pancakes).  It was the best thing ever.  Every piece was  good piece.  No poor unsuspecting soul had to take the middle piece.  Everyone got the yummy edge.  It probably isn't a good thing when food makes you happy, but this made me REALLY happy(this also would've resolved a lot of disputes in the Osgu home growing up).  So with my "bejeweled" crown that Molly made me it was a great day.  On a more serious note, as every year passes, I realize how blessed I am. Good times.

What a month!

It has been quite a memorable past few weeks.  Molly has learned to swim...after a little coaxing(I think at one point I offered her ten million dollars to get her to just put her face in the water).  But after a little practice, bribery and her getting a little courage, she did it.  She won't come up for a breath though, and she just swims across the pool in one breath...hopefully she isn't damaging her lungs.  She has also learned to read and "sound out" stuff.  She is proud of both her new skills and wants to practice them constantly.  Garrett has learned to use the potty!  Which is obviously fantastic for all of us.  He is super cute about it and loves his little underoos.  The best story from his potty training days has been when he had a little accident in his "Lightning McQueen" underoos.  I asked him, "When we need to go potty, what do we say to Mommy?"  He just looked at me with his big blue eyes, looked down at his underoos, and said, "Sowwy Wightning McQueen, Sowwy"   It has been a month of "firsts" and it has been a lot of fun.  These are fun ages to have the kids at.  I had a friend say once..."I wish they would just stay this age forever"  There are days when I think that...but there are other days when I wouldn't mind if they were a little more grown up. :-) 

What a fun week!

We started off the week with a visit from Sam's brother Peter.  He was in town for work, and you would think that he was Santa Claus with how the kids followed him around.  We had  a great time. (which I still think back to that picture and can't stop thinking about how cool these little birds were that would fly around the lagoon, and then just stop mid air and take full speed nose dive into the water...it was crazy)  ANYWAYS...:-)...Sam and I got to spend the whole weekend together while my sister took the kids.  We had so much fun...golfing, Sea World at night, Sam taught me to surf, shopping(amazing how easy this is without kids), then we took in a Padres game Saturday night.  Thanks Em and Tom!  Not, that I needed reminding, but it did make me remember how cool my husband is.  Then I topped it off on Sunday with a drive up to LA to see Thorn(who was in town playing the Sparks) and Caroline, another old teammate.  It was so fun to get together.  It was all capped off by these jerseys(or Jazzies as Molly called them) that Thorn got for them.  They have to have them on at all times and they are getting pretty dirty.  :-)  But when you gotta wear your Jazzy, you gotta wear it.  :-)