Tonight the DiSimone family entertained ourselves with a good clean game of b-u-t-t-'s up. (Sorry, I can't type the word correctly since inevitably there will be all sorts of perverts coming unnecessarily to my site with the google search terms for b-u-t-t-'s up if I spelled it without the dashes. ewww.) If you haven't played it in awhile, I highly recommend finding some of your favorite 5 year olds to play with. The girls were giggling and laughing until they had tears streaming out of their eyes. Jason and I were just dying because they could not hit the "target" for anything. Just count how many times it took Holly to even hit Jason's back...and that she missed standing about 3 feet away. But her excitement when she finally did connect was just awesome. So, yes, that's what we do for fun around here. No monopoly or reading...good trashy fun.

Edited to add: Jason says the reason Holly couldn't hit his rear was because he "has such a small, toned b-u-t-t". Um....yeah, babe. Sure.
 

This is the (most adorable) little boy that I got to hang with...Nah Nah Na na naaaah! Caleb has the perfect combination of big cheeks, lots of drool, and two (and too) cute bottom teeth. And a tongue that lolls out like a dog in a car window. Loved that! I'm imagining a tooth must be coming soon. He also happens to be the son of a friend of Jason's (did you follow that?) from high school. I was super excited that they drove up for this session today, what a nice treat for the weekend! We hung out around downtown Paso Robles while I did my usual sales pitch enticing them to move here. Seriously people, the house next door to me is going on sale soon.
 

Today I saw a matinee of Slumdog Millionaire with my friend Marcelle. Jason generously watched all the kids while we went to the Crooked Kilt, ate potato skins, had two Kilt Lifters (yummy!), and then went to the movie. It was kinda like how my college days were, only everything happened in the afternoon instead of night time. Oh, and there wasn't the smell of fresh cologne in the movie theater...instead it smelled a little of Bengay. Friday matinees get a different crowd, if you know what I mean.

Anyways, I loved the movie and especially loved the way it was filmed. Very cool angles and post-processing work on the colors. I also really liked the soundtrack. I am a sucker for the Indian music. In fact on my way home from a wedding in October, the hotel had an Indian MTV channel. I watched it for 2 hours. Seriously. And, then I decided to brush off the camera and take a couple shots of the kids. I haven't approached them with the BIG camera in a loooong time. I am a little worried that I won't have enough photos of them growing up. Need to take more pictures and videos. But, then I got outside and realized how cold it is. Burrrrr. My kids will probably only have their lives well recorded when it is summertime. I don't do cold.
 

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I am going to be out of town for a few days in Las Vegas. There's a big convention of photographers that meet there annually, and I'm going for my first time. I have previously tried to avoid this convention due to my incredible love of gear. Somehow I don't think it is safe for me my wallet to be walking a tradeshow floor full of the latest camera gear. But, I'm throwing caution to the wind and packing my bags, including an empty one just in case. If you need to get a hold of me, my iPhone is coming of course...so I'll still be in touch.

And, since no blog post is complete without some photos...here's a few point & shoot from when I took the girls down to San Diego last month. Anna's highlight of the San Diego trip was taking my aunt's dogs to Dog Beach in Del Mar. She spent hours throwing the tennis ball for the dogs, and even had fun giving them a bath afterwards. Holly's favorite part of the San Diego trip was seeing family...but of course, I didn't take any photos of that. UGH. So, here's a few from Disneyland. She got a stuffed cat (Marie?) that she carried on every ride with her. I couldn't figure out why Holly rode the merry-go-round with her head facing up so strangely, until I saw this photo...she was imitating Marie who she had put on the horse next to her.