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- Dad had a birthday. We ate delicious gluten free fudgy chocolate cake. Court and Melanie's family can't have gluten, so we were introduced to all SORTS of awesome gluten free creations!

- Mom, Dad, Mike, Kristina, Gpa, Gma B, Court 'n Melanie 'n kids, and Nate, me, and Rhya checked out the Omni Theater last Friday night. It was in honor of Gpa and Gma's 60th. The topic was 'The Amazon'. Rhya sat stock still the ENTIRE time. Her eyes were like saucers.
 Everyone came back to our place and we pigged out and chit chatted until LATE.

Court and Melanie spent the night that night. We went to bed at 1:30AM. Didn't think I could do that anymore, but we just couldn't stop talking. :-) After all it was their last night in the WI tundra. There was no time to waste!
- The kids played in the falling snow the next morning before heading off to the airport. We also packed all three munchkins in the Burley and the dads took them on an outing to the grocery store. There was not an ounce of extra space but they handled it well!

It was SAD to see them go, but we were glad for the precious time we had together. I told the kids to throw snowballs at me while taking this picture:

- Mom had a birthday last Sunday. She's now in her low 50s. :-) You'd never know it right Mom? I don't think that woman ever sits down except to eat and catch up quick on the computer. Dad treated us to China Moon for supper. burp.

- Kids were here every day this week. This is Rhya and Jordan's relationship lately:
Love

And then.....not so much:

Let's just say that Jordan has very specific buttons that are very easily pushed. NO ONE can touch his stuff. THAT'S his rule and if Rhya breaks it he's gonna bawl. and bawl. and bawl. Rhya knows it, so what does she do? TOUCH HIS STUFF! Even if it's just to poke the monkey that he's holding. That's ALL it takes and he freaks out. She thinks his reaction is pretty amazing. Amazing enough to take it to the next level of grabbing something and then running out of the room just so she can hear him scream. She'll hide for a while and then run back and give it back. Cause and effect, over and over.
Don't get me wrong...I don't just let her run off with his stuff. We talk about sharing and grabbing and being nice and making people happy and...... ooofty. 

Today Jordie went home sick. He puked on the carpet. I didn't see it right away, but they got oddly quiet, so I checked it out. They were both staring at the gross pile in wonderment and slight confusion. Rhya pointed to the pile and said, "Jordie's!"