Hangin' With The Daileyssamis

Colleen and Hamid bought a house! They had us over the other day to celebrate. Here, Henry keeps a close eye on Salma.

Loretta left some chocolate for the other guests...but not much.

Tom received a honorable mention for his good citizenship. He hasn't dipped anyone's pigtails in ink for well over a month.

ha ha ha Salma thinks all her parent's friends are funny!

Playground EscapadesBlowing some bubbles with Loretta Lou. (who only wants to eat the bubble wand)
The way you say bubbles in Spanish is burbugas. It's one of those words your mouth just loves to say.

Here are the Orvetti Lads and Henry all anticipating a parachute toy I'm about to throw from a slide. Miles and Porter are SO happy because they might catch it, and Henry was so frustrated and sad because he might NOT catch it. There's an important life lesson to be learned here. I will let you ferret it out. We left this playground at 5:30 pm and Henry fell asleep in the car and didn't wake up until the next morning. So I suspect exhaustion had a little something to do with his world view that day.

Thank you Peter Orvetti for the pics!

Kiwi Love

Last Friday night, I got to do something utterly, utterly fantastical. I got to see The Flight Of The Conchords in concert. I cannot remember the last concert I attended. (sad, I know) But I would have to reach back to being 19 years old and seeing Sting in concert at Purdue University to replicate the gelatinous insides and trembling fan girl feeling I had throughout this concert. It was that momentous.

When they finished their third encore and left the stage, I was still screaming for more. Then I began plotting a way to sneak onto their tour bus. For realsies.

My friend Rob Candia, somehow scored us tickets to this show. The two performances sold out in TEN MINUTES. And Rob got us primo seats, too! I think he may have used mob connections. In which case all I can say is, YAY MOB!

Arj Barker, the comedian who plays pawnshop owner Dave in the show was the surprise opening act. He was HYSTERICAL and I will have to find his stand-up CD.

If you don't know who FOTC are, do some poking around on YouTube to find clips of their HBO show. Here's a clip of one of their more beloved songs. And one from their show. (swoon)

Jemaine and Bret, if you are reading this (and I know you are because I send you the URL in all my perfume-soaked letters) please know that although I love my husband and children, I will gladly come join you and be your courtesan on tour. Yes...I would be your tourtesan.