After nap, I made a big bowl of popcorn [aside: I can't give them microwave popcorn anymore because I learned they spray the inside of the bags with flame retardant so I've been using the air popper and adding butter and nutritional yeast - the BEST!] and we took it out to the back yard with a stack of kid books, two full sippy cups and big table cloth. The three of us munched our snack. We knocked back our cold ones. We watched airplanes. We read. We laid on our backs with our feet in the air and I led them in a rousing game of "Can you do this?" When all of that grew boring (which took about an hour and a half), we walked around the house and ate every single ripe blueberry off the two bushes that are growing next to the driveway. Those suckers are unbelievably sweet! Then it was time for dinner, which also equals Dude being done with work and sharing in the baby-raisin' responsibilities. Sure, sure - they were not great listeners all day (I mean, did you really expect they would've been??) but the majority of the day was fun and carefree. Tomorrow we're going to visit some friends who have just welcomed a new baby and the day after that we're going to the Children's Museum. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that things continue like this.

In other news, I bought a dresser this evening (via Craigslist) from a woman whose last name is Bacon. How great is that?? Also, it's pretty safe to say that the Bug is afraid of our neighbor, Mrs. Kwok. Ugh. Oh, and also, we're going to Wisconsin next Tuesday to spend a solid 5 days with Dude's family. Wish me luck.