Miscellaneous Weekend Photos

Sometimes there are some unusual photos that show up on my camera, Blackberry or Flipcam. More than half the time they're photos of a TV program or some inanimate object in my apartment. Back in the day, had I done the same thing, my parents would have yelled at me for "wasting film." But nowadays, it's a matter of simply deleting the strange photos – like the one of the Dutch apple pie the girls baked (at right).

But before they are disposed of in the electronic trash can, here's a sampling of the ones from this weekend.


Some nice coloring pages, via Veronica.

Olivia's "sudden motion" ruined this photo at
Grandma and Grandpa Weide's house.

This is Julia, I believe, imitating Lauren. Not sure.

Veronica, watching TV in Grandma Weide's office.

Here's the finished product. Stay tuned for the work-in-progress.

I think Veronica took this shot of Grandma Weide...

...and this shot of me.

Here is Julia's creation on the computer.

Dinner With Grandma & Grandpa

Emily (left) and Lauren with the completed puzzle.
Tonight, we enjoyed a nice dinner of chicken and rice, cheese bread and chocolate brownies at Grandma and Grandpa YD's house. It was a wonderful night away from the apartment and the food was delicious. In fact, we ate everything. An entire pan of the chicken and rice, all the cheese bread and an entire pan of brownies.

Afterwards, the girls enjoyed all the new toys that Lauren helped Grandma pick out. Emily buzzed through a 300-piece puzzle in about 90 minutes. Olivia was a holy terror with a remote-controlled car, Lauren played a mini saxophone and Julia and Veronica played on Photo Booth for awhile. (We'll have to get a few of those photos...)

Sean also took the opportunity to show Lauren how to install Skype, so hopefully she will do that on the girls' computer at home so he can talk to them while he's in Europe.

Emily Reaches Teendom

Some of the girls thought the "m" looked more like an "h."
For someone who's been confusing servers by ordering off the children's (12-and-under) menu, Emily is probably not very anxious to turn 13. But that's what she did earlier this month and today we celebrated her official transition into her "teen years."

Here's a look, in pictures, at how the party shook out.

The balloons made for a pretty fun game of "keep 'em up in the air."

Grandpa and grandma Weide were in attendance.

Everyone's plastic cup was dutifully marked.

Lauren did a spectacular job of decorating.

Emily, with one of her typical faces when Sean takes photos.

Veronica helped with the cookies.

Olivia spent a week making this "E.R.W." poster.

Veronica used part of Emily's present as wardrobe.

Emily models the robe that Olivia bought her.