the excitement never ends

So my parents have returned from their month-long jaunt to the West coast, including book-end visits to see Kiki. Yesterday, they came over to pick up Frank the Cat before we could lose him again. My parents (and I, for that matter) are really dog people...so they were expecting Frank to show them how excited he was to see them by barking or jumping up and down. I tried to explain to them that Frank was sitting on the couch in the same room as A and E so that they could pet him was sign enough, because he spent the majority of his time at our house running from the girls. Alas, they weren't buying it.

But, you know who was excited to see Nonna and PopPop? My girls. They showed how excited they were by running around like banshees from the time my parents picked them up from school until bedtime. I got tired just watching them literally run laps around the first floor of my house screaming. Bedtime, thankfully, was a breeze.

The other excitement at the Slacker house is that everyone is gearing up for the big birthday tomorrow. And by everyone, I mean, A. If you ask her how old she is, she says "Toooo!" though, sometimes, she does say "Fooooor!" because she wants to be *exactly* like her sister. And if you ask her what she wants for her birthday she says, "Uh...uh...uh...Dora birthday cake!" What's so funny about this is this is her answer every single time, uh's and dramatic pauses included. If you ask her what else she wants she says, "Uh...uh...uh...ice keem!"

I'm just happy that she'll be happy with Dora cake and ice cream as we still need to buy her presents. Luckily, I still have 24 hours18 hours to get it done!