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Wonderful Weekend
Posted on February 8, 2011 by Ching under Babies, Zumba.
Seeing Tita Sol and Molly was definitely the highlight of my weekend.
Had just enough time to make Amie’s Zumba class at West Central Genesis after our visit. The theme for the day was Superbowl so everyone (but me because I don’t have a team) came in their team’s colors.
Check out our smokin’ hot instructor in her Dallas Cowboys gear!
This is Amie showing off her mad skillz! Not everyone can walk around upside down on their hands. LOL.
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Missing Molly
Posted on February 3, 2011 by Ching under Babies.
So jealous that Brian got to see Molly last weekend. I miss her so much.
I’ll get to see her this weekend, though! I’m so grateful that Tita Sol is taking such wonderful care of her. 🙂
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My First “Smash” Cake
Posted on October 30, 2010 by Ching under Babies, Poker.
Since I turned 33 this year and we’re both poker nerds, we decided to get a “Pocket 3s” birthday cake. For those of you who are unfamiliar with our poker lingo, a pair of 3s is also called Ponderosa, which is why we came up with the title “Ponderosa Party” for the event.
The term “Ponderosa” for pocket 3s was actually coined about six years ago back when Brandon and LeBlanc used to live at Ponderosa Apartments down the street from T-Mobile. It was funny because we’d squeeze 30+ people into their one bedroom apartments. For seating, they’d roll a couple of the round tables from the T-Mobile break room and borrow some of the break room chairs as well. Whenever we were done, we’d return them so that things were back to normal the next day and no one would be the wiser. Although, I suspect that a couple of chairs got misplaced and didn’t make it back.
At these poker games at Brandon’s or at LeBlanc’s (whoever was hosting that night), pocket 3s seemed to always win no matter what they were up against. I’d lost count of how many times pocket 3s cracked aces by making a set or straight or flush. Since they always won at the Ponderosa Apartment poker games, we dubbed the hand “Ponderosa.” Whenever a 3 would fall on the river to make a set, we called it a “Natural Ponderosa.”
I had never had a “smash” cake before. I was only introduced to it this year when Brian and I attended Gavin’s first birthday. I think it’s a recent invention. Basically, you have the regular cake that everyone eats and then you have a smaller cake for the baby to “smash” — so to speak. Gavin is a little more sophisticated, though. He refused to “smash” his little cake with is hands. It wasn’t until April gave him a spoon that he started attacking it.
My friend Misty said that “smash” cakes are just another way for bake shops to make money. Instead of only buying one cake, parents now have to buy two which translates into more money for the bakery. I think it’s brilliant!
But I digress… We thought it would be funny if my “smash” cake was a 3 on the river for a “Natural Ponderosa.” I don’t think anyone got it except for us poker nerds. It was still funny, though. I loved that my first ever “smash” cake was an homage to the Ponderosa Poker Posse. Those were the days!
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Our Weekend with Molly
Posted on October 10, 2010 by Ching under Babies, Videos.
We had the opportunity to watch Molly over the weekend a couple of weeks ago. Tita Sol went to Nebraska and needed someone to look after Molly while she was away. We immediately jumped at the chance. I didn’t have to take time off work this time around because we only had to watch her over the weekend, but we did cancel all of our plans so that we could spend all of our time with Molly.
We picked her up from Tita Sol’s house on Friday right after work. We’d recently started Salsa Fridays, but we had to skip this week so that we could hang out at home with Molly. Our friends wanted us to come out on Saturday night, but we told them that we couldn’t because we had Molly and we didn’t want to leave her at home. Not that we’re worried that she would destroy anything because she is the sweetest, most well-behaved, most perfect dog ever. We just didn’t want her to be lonesome.
We get made fun of quite a bit because every time we watch Molly, we make all of these plans to take her out and show her a good time or just hang out at home with her. We can’t help it, though. She’s like our child. If you have your child for the weekend, don’t you want to spend every waking moment with them?
So anyway, we made plans to take Molly for a walk along the river. Misty and her two dogs were going to walk with us also. It rained though, so that nixed our plans. Our friends wanted us to come out to celebrate April’s birthday, but we couldn’t leave Molly. Somehow they ended up deciding to celebrate at home. Cory and April were nice enough to let us bring Molly so that we could go.
We had a great time at the Phelpi, celebrating April’s birthday. We ended up having a small six-person poker tournament, which I ended up winning. I think it was because everyone was drunk but me. Yes, including Brian. Ever since he learned he can drink wine, he hasn’t been without. He was a source of amusement for Jay, and I suspect everyone else that night. I was a little worried, but did find it hilarious. He reminded me of that kid on YouTube who was acting high after a dental visit.
We stayed up way too late that night. I think I ended up skipping my Sunday workout that weekend. Mostly because I was tired from the day before, but also because I knew that we’d be taking Molly home that night and I wanted to spend as much time as I could with her.
We really love having Molly over. I can’t wait for us to watch her again!
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Best “Thank You” Card Ever
Posted on September 18, 2010 by Ching under Babies.
I thought I would share this “Thank You” card that Brian and I received because it’s the BEST one that I’ve ever gotten. I’m pretty sure that it’s the best one that Brian has ever received also.
Not only does the card meet the requirements of a text-book “Thank You” card, but it is also personalized also. Notice that the photo inside the card is of Gavin with our gifts.
This is the first ever “Thank You” card I’ve received that is personalized in this way. When April gave the card to Brian and me at our camping trip a couple of weeks ago, I was speechless. I thought, “Wow!” All I could muster was, “This has got to be the best Thank You card ever!” I truly envy April because she’s one of the most creative and crafty moms I know.
So anyway, this blog post is a tribute to the best “Thank You” card ever. Way to go, April!
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