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Blog posting has been sporadic – I’m sure you’ve noticed. Lest you think that I’ve become neglectful once again, I am here to tell you that I’ve been very busy preparing for Peep Week 2010. Very busy. I’ve been hatching some special plans for this year’s Peep extravaganza! Hatching. Heh.
As part of the prep work, I need martini glasses and I need them for tonight. I was telling Luisa this last night and explaining non-chalantly that I would be going to buy some today and she sighed. She may deny the sigh but I heard it. It was the Sigh Heard Around the World. Okay, not really. It was the Sigh Heard Across the Dinner Table. Fortunately, that sigh came with a smile…a resigned smile perhaps, but a smile nonetheless. I said, “I know. I know you’re thinking about the amount of money that peep-related projects cost us each year. I’m going to have to start submitting a budget every January.” And then, we started to recount the expenditures for Peep Week 2010.
packages of yellow peeps (4)
packages of pink bunnies (1)
milk chocolate covered peep (1)
dark chocolate covered peep (1)
foam core posterboard (2)
cocktail shaker (1)
martini glasses (6)
semi-sweet chocolate chips (1)
graham crackers (1)
eggs (1 dozen)
heavy cream (2)
vodka
creme de cocoa
scrapbooking stickers – vacation set (1)
scrapbooking stickers – beach set (2)
peep bubble blower (1)
Kodak Zi8
I argued that the camcorder should not be included in this list but Luisa insisted that we would not have purchased it if I hadn’t wanted something to make quick and easy videos. Just to prove that it’s not for the peeps, I am going to take short videos of the kids every single day until the ratio of kid videos to peep videos is heavily skewed towards the kids and erases any notion that I bought an expensive electronic device to film marshmallows and marshmallow-related activities.
We will actually be out of town during Peep Week proper so I’ll be posting from the road…or the slopes in Denver…or the plains of Kansas City. Hopefully. We’ll just have to see if I can pull off a week’s worth of posts while I’m on vacation. If nothing else, maybe I can get a video of me falling on my ass while skiing/snowboarding. Fun times! Anyway, posting will be light for the next week but I hope to reward you with all sorts of peepy goodness.
Now, let’s talk fashion. My girl has been rockin’ some ties lately! Twice this week Zeca chose to wear ties to school and twice this week kids gave her a hard time because “girls can’t wear ties”. The kids laughed at her because of the ties which is kinda funny because the ties are the least of her fashion problems. Hello duelling stripes! Note to self: do not buy this child any more striped or patterned clothing because she will wear it in combinations that you could never have imagined.
Behold!
Two head bands, stripes and plaid
Polka dotted pants, stripes and more plaid
She is awfully cute though.
Have a nice weekend y’all and may your martini glasses overflow with something delicious!
Posted: March 19th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Comments
Comment from susan
Time March 19, 2010 at 7:29 am
zeca and shiloh….all of that angelina, um… obsession… seems to have been passed genetically to your offspring – offspring to offspring. you guys busy this weekend? want to play?
Comment from Susan
Time March 19, 2010 at 7:37 am
We have that chair! (Sorry, that was off-topic.)
It’s disturbing how much kids are the gender police — my son gets laughed at for anything pink in his wardrobe, not to mention the dresses…
Comment from Laura
Time March 19, 2010 at 9:16 am
The ties are very cute. I’m wondering whose closet they were in. And who knows how to tie ties and why? Did you or Luisa go through a tie-wearing phase?
Comment from Vikki
Time March 19, 2010 at 9:51 am
Luisa and I both can tie ties but these two are the pre-tied kind. They are kids ties and I have no idea where they came from because they weren’t Miguel’s. Hand me downs from a mysterious source.
And, for the record, I was really into ties in high school.
Comment from anthony
Time March 19, 2010 at 11:56 am
I love the ties…Zeca looks great in them, and in the second photo, she looks downright proud in her tie.
Comment from Kelly
Time March 19, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Zeca rocks the ties!
(you may want to see if you can consider the Peeps dependents and claim these expenses on your taxes)
Comment from Liz
Time March 19, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Zeca does do justice to those ties! And good for her, not being put off by any of the kids’ comments. I remember shopping with my daughter when she was around 10. She just had to have this hat she saw in the store, so I bought it for her. When she got home and tried it on she thought she was just the bee’s knees. She wore it to school the next day. After not seeing her wear it again, I asked her about it. Seems her friend made the comment: “What’s with the hat?” and she never wore it again. btw – clicked the link to the camera – very sexy.
Comment from Deb on the Rocks
Time March 19, 2010 at 3:31 pm
OMG she’s rocking it. I love the color blending on the second one. Mark my words, she’s got an eye.
There are only probably two foods I can’t abide, chitlins and Peeps. At least you can make Peep Art.
Comment from sarah k
Time March 19, 2010 at 4:10 pm
so cute- she is a trendsetter! i have seen the gossip stories about shiloh and wondered what you thought about it? it’s just such a shame they are making a “story” out of how she looks/dresses. enjoy your drinks tonight!
Comment from Vikki
Time March 19, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Zeca came home today and asked us to buy her some bow ties. No lie. She said that she wants to look fancy like a wedding. Now, I’m gonna have to find bow ties for kids.
Comment from elliB
Time March 21, 2010 at 6:37 pm
I used to wear ties even back when I worked in the local school district (1999-2004, with k-5th grade) and the kids would always be like, Ms. Elli, those are for boys. And I would respond, ‘Says who? Babies aren’t born in pink or blue or in any kind of clothes at all, so why can’t we chose to wear whatever we want? People decided that only boys can wear ties, but I don’t agree with them.’ Most of them came to see my reasoning eventually…
Comment from Katherine
Time March 24, 2010 at 6:59 am
Is Zeca wearing a Burberry tie? I love her style.
Comment from Blazer
Time March 19, 2010 at 6:47 am
I think she is setting a trend. Soon Ellen will be wearing striped shirts and plaid ties, mark my words.