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Is It Really Monday?

Exhaustion is an understatement. From Friday night's hi-net worth gala at the Zoo we went on to Saturday. At 9 am I was down at the field for my t-ball team's portion of the Bat-a-thon. Each kid gets 20 hits off the tee and they are scored based on the distance they hit the ball. Of my team of fourteen, we had one kid show-up, and it wasn't Isabella. Oh well, chalk that up to the rainout the week before and people with busy lives. After the morning event it was on to our friend's birthday party at, you guessed it, the Zoo. That lasted until around 3 pm and then it was back home to run errands for Izzy's party the next day.

Sunday morning I took care of the kids while Karen did a few more errands for the party. Then Izzy's party which went swimmingly with the exception of the artwork on the cake. Poor Cinderella looked more like Jay Leno then a princess and we were none to thrilled about that. Fortunately Izzy didn't seem to notice and I actually took a picture of the cake and sent it, with a major complaint e-mail, to the bakery. We'll see what happens with that.

Finally Sunday I spent two and a half hours at the Federal Hill Jazz Festival, volunteering in the Little Tots Lane. That was a blast but the busy weekend, and lack of sleep, was beginning to have it's effects, especially after that one big beer.

Finally came today, Monday. And wouldn't you know it, today was Flag Day. So, the whole family headed down to Fort McHenry for some patriotic music, awesome fireworks and time with our friend Heidi and her daughter, Izzy's classmate, Megan. Plus, we ran into Izzy's friend Courtney and her Mom. Liam loved the fireworks and he said the cutest thing after they were over. He said, "they were crying in the sky." How sweet is that?

That's it. My brain is fried and I need sleep. And it's almost midnight. So, before Monday is gone, I'm going to bed.

Posted by robdesign at June 14, 2004 11:49 PM