Mmmm....Liberries! (Best....Caption...Ever!)

Today's entry is short and sweet. It is a presentation done for Feather Meagher by her sister Gail. The connection to my children is that it features Lochlain, and Sean (and Carter Meagher, too) in cameo roles- plus Tatter's big fat head! It was interminably long, so I missed the last slide or two - but I don't think they make memory cards that big!

NOTE: It will take a little while to load as it is my longest movie yet.

Picture Time

Aunt Feather asks: "Why don't you use Flickr?" Because I don't.

The boys got their pictures done in daycare last week. Here's how they turned out:

If I Know Feather Meagher.....

...she's already posted all the photos from Easter weekend on her Flickr site. But that won't stop me from stealing a couple and posting them here. I am also going to try a new publishing format, so bear with me.

What a great weekend! First, Tatter came by on Friday. We didn't do anything exciting that night, but it was nice to have the company. On Saturday, after the ladies took Seanie to the doctor (for a nasty ear infection) and went food shopping, I went and picked Aunt Feather up at the airport - but while we were gone, Ed, Roly, and Annmarie showed up!

Then, I finally arrived back at the house with Feather. It was nice to have everyone hang out and catch up. Ed and Seanie discussed weighty matters while Loch hung out with Ams on the couch .Here are a couple of other things that happened:

Loch played the drums for our guests

Seanie led us in a group prayer.

Bean and I got a babysitter for the boys so that all the adults could go out for dinner. I would like to show pictures from the aftermath of that evening, but this is a family website - and I have to admit that even I have certain standards that I follow. The one segment I can show is when Feather proposed to Ed - making, if it had been accepted, the newest power couple - FED!

Feather, dreamy-eyed and lovesick, proposes to Ed and whispers Sweet Nothings in his ear.....

Can she win him over?

Alone again, naturally......

FED Reunited!

Good times, good times. Finally, Easter Sunday arrived. We had baskets for the boys and communal one for the adults (Loch had the Elmo basket and Seanie had the monkey).

Dinner was great (though it consisted of "am" foods which I "am" not a big fan of) - I was going to say a little something, but Aunt Feather insisted that there had to be a big toast and wanted to say it. After waiting for everyone to settle in - here was how she inaugurated Easter for the North Carolina Meaghers and their guests:

Yeah - wow.
Feather's inspiring and uplifting speech aside, it was really nice for me to be surrounded by my extended family on Easter:

Afterwards, we had an Easter Egg hunt for Lochlain in the backyard:

Then it was pretty much time for the ol' Easter nap - all that fun wore me out!

The Real Thiele Deal

You ever get into that groove of living life instead of documenting it? Well, that's what we've been doing for the last few weeks. We were on LI 2 weekends ago (see here for a short story about that and here for pics) - we flew up. As the whole "flying thing" took us 8+ hours, I think we'll drive next time.

Anyways, some of the family came to visit this past week and we had a blast. A lot of things happened in the last few days, thanks to Uncle Mike, Aunt Mo, Conor, Emmy, and Baby Brendan (who is my godson and a delight)!

We did a lot of things while they were here - first and foremost: I watched Baby Brendan while his parents went out for a few hours and he did not give me any trouble at all - reinforcing my theory that "Babies are Easy". Later that very same day, I made my godson laugh for the first time (or so his Mommy told me) ever in his life:

But other things happened, too:Conor played.

Thieles golfed.

Emmy putted.

We ate.

Children rassled.

We ate some more.

Conor was a weatherman.

Emmy was an anchorwoman.
Babies got nekkid!

And "Unca Mike" and Loch shared a quiet moment.

And for your viewing pleasure, I present to you a short film entitled WAR ROCKET AJAX (which is a clever nod to 1980's Flash Gordon):



LOCH'S WORDS OF THE WEEK: Loch likes to answer questions that he doesn't like to answer with "I not sure." He has also been requesting a lot of "Fishy" (Finding Nemo) and "Lions and Pig" (The Lion King).