Daily Titling is Harder Than Daily Posting

Ah, Saturday, how can you be over already? It's a race against the clock for today's post, so go ahead and lower your already low expectations.

This morning we went to IKEA for some cheap breakfast and some leisurely shopping. It's been a while, so the kids actually had a pretty good time, though Naomi is close to being too big to really enjoy the kids furniture testing/play area for more than a few minutes. We got a mortar and pestle, the better to make more authentic curry laksa with. We got a moderately crappy piece of kid room storage furniture. We got a frozen yogurt soft serve. Thanks, IKEA!

So, while Muriel napped and the grownups did housework, Naomi started in on the artisanal Valentine crafting. She created a set of Valentines for the members of her household that are so miniscule, you can barely see them. Then she taped them on the door of the recipients room (or in Luna's case, above her dog bed). As she was walking around with the tape in hand, she made the observation that here she is, making Valentines for everyone in her family, and does she see anyone making Valentines for her? So you can see that she has already internalized the message of the holiday...

I actually got to run OUTSIDE today, which was great and a lot more tiring than ye olde treadmill. What a beautiful afternoon. I took the girls to the playground at the health club, then for a swim. And now I will close with a piece of advice that I hope will be valuable enough to justify you reading this otherwise superyawn of a blog post: Never go to one of those conveyor belt sushi restaurants when you are completely famished, especially if they have the speed cranked up to enhance your feeling of panic that the little plate you want might get away. We grabbed a lot of plates, is what I'm saying. Night!