Birthday Cake Jan. 2009

Birthday Cake Jan. 2009
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Only Sponge Bob would do for Action Girl's 8th Birthday Party!

We had it at the pool and it was a wet and wonderful success. She has a wonderful group of not-so-little-anymore friends.

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Big Enough For...

This weekend was a great reminder of just how quickly our daughters are growing. Indoor amusement park rides are now something they go on entirely without parents.
We had a little overnight get away with Action Girl's (now age 8!) best friend and her parents and little brother (who is only an little younger than our Super Girl).

The whole "going on rides alone" thing may sound like a small point, but its not. It’s a very big deal, What's more its an even bigger sign of things to come.
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Zombies? Told ya so!!! Get Ready, People!

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Unexpected Daddy Day of Galactic Proportions

Pretty well everyone I know close to my age has kids or is close to friends or just as commonly doesn't but is close to relatives or friends who do.

If you're in the later group (or neither), let me introduce to the exciting world of "family leave" days. Or, "my kid is sick and I can't go to work days."

Rules/The Finer Points of Family Leave:

1) An eight year old child cannot, no matter how smart and charming she is, stay home alone when sick. Don't laugh- it does come to mind every time.

2) Kids throwing up is bad. It is much better than fever. Throwing up while they have a fever is worse still. Worst of all is trying to figure out IF your child has a fever. If she does, somehow this makes you a bad parent. No, that's not rational- it just does.

3) The secret to manging a successful sick day appears to lie in balancing TV and sleep.

4) Call work. If nothing else, this will make you look very conscientious.

5) Somehow sick days can be wonderful day of daddy-daughter bonding. Caring for someone you love can never be anything but great even when its unexpected.

6) Having your eight year old pick Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace as her sick day movie choice rocks. It really is a great kids movie.

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My Random Wikipedia Quote of the Night:

"Bolik and ZIB Bolik (Болик) ran away just days before her flight in September 1951. A replacement named ZIB (a Russian acronym for "Substitute for Missing Bolik", "Замена исчезнувшему Болику" Zamena ischeznuvshemu Boliku), who was an untrained street dog found running around the barracks, was quickly located and made a successful flight. [edit]Otvazhnaya and Snezhinka Otvazhnaya (Отважная, "Brave One") made a flight on July 2, 1959 along with a rabbit named Marfusha (Марфуша, "Little Martha") and another dog named Snezhinka (Снежинка, "Snowflake"). She went on to make 5 other flights between 1959 and 1960."

I offer this to you because couldn't we all stand to know a whole lot more about "Soviet Space Dogs?"

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