And it's only Monday.  Oy.

Miss C's birthday party was a blast.  Yesterday's rain broke in the late morning and stayed away until the evening, so her parents were able to execute their master plan.  See, they live in a near suburb and don't have a big yard for the kids to play in, so they were worried the cousins might get bored at a party.  So they put their concrete back yard to good use - the told everyone to wear old clothes, put out a big sheet of paper, bought some white baseball caps, and set out trays of paint.  The kids started out with paintbrushes, but quickly graduated to hands, and then to feet.  Miss C paddled in the paint happily and then tried to eat it.  It wasn't long before the paper and the concrete around it were a slick swamp of paint, perfect for barefoot skating. 

I was trying to help Chuckles step in and out of the trays, and he set his paint-covered feet squarely on my shoe, so I yielded to the inevitable and jumped in with both my own bare feet.  Oh, and there were spray bottles full of paint, too.  The kids ran wild, in a surprisingly well-behaved way, and I had lots of fun carrying on with them.  The aftermath looked like this:

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I did manage to get the worst of the paint out of my shoes last night, but I suspect they're never going to be quite the same color again.  The other parents will now have the far more difficult task of convincing their own kids that a painting party is not the best birthday celebration ever.  I don't envy them that job.    

The other big news is that the Three Bears are now Four, and Little Bear will have be known as Brother Bear from now on, because he has a gorgeous little sister, born just this morning.  I went over to the hospital to visit and to give Mrs Dr a hand with Chuckles and Miss C, since Mr Dr couldn't get away from work this morning.  Brother Bear and Chuckles were gleefully wound up, running off the high from yesterday and excitement about the new baby.  Mama Bear looks good, especially considering the effort she put in early this morning, and Papa Bear, though working on about his fourth wind, is doing fine, too. 

So I'm getting off to a late start today and I'm already beat.  I'll be quite happy if the rest of the week is a quiet one!

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