easter break

This week the kids have had off and the week has pretty much sucked weather wise. One beautiful sunny day yesterday, although a bit chilly, drizzly every other day. So we have gone bike riding twice, gone to see Hop (a big hit with the kids, I liked hearing Hugh Laurie as the paternal bunny, imagining lurid fantasies of Hugh talking dirty to me as both a demeaning House and a bunny that will give me all the candy I want, I'm concerned that I find Hugh the sexiest when he plays an asshole doctor), Oona's made a mess load of Easter cards and drawings, and Owen has begged to go on the computer and watch TV daily, I've had to try and keep both to a minimum, which is no easy task with the crappy weather. During the times Owen isn't pestering me about the TV/computer he has been rereading these Translucent books which he loves (he's read each half a dozen times) and I find it sort of adorable because the books are manga romance. He's also been teasing his sister and refusing to play with her, typical sibling stuff but it drives me crazy because I was an only child and it just seems mean so instead of ignoring it I point out how nasty he's being to Oona. I don't know what to ignore and when to intervene, I don't have history with the sibling rivalry stuff. Elise came out to visit on the mega bus (which I keep calling in my head the magic bus but correct myself before saying it). Oona loooved Elise and was trying to craft a way to enjoy the girls weekend with us. Elise and I both had a religious experience going to Umi, which is the best sushi restaurant I've ever eaten at. It's the only place I want to go for sushi, the toppings they use, looking at their website is like food porn for me just fantasizing about the red snapper, salmon, sawara and tuna. They have really good riesling too. I'd just like to have a lost summer of sushi and riesling, mmmmm.

Elise with a recently converted acolyte, my daughter, just wait until she's old enough to read Elise's book, there'll be no bounds to her admiration.
Owen with his invention, the submafish
One of the bike days, Oona fell and scraped both knees shortly after this picture was taken putting an end to the biking for that day. At least she didn't knock out any teeth. I always see my kids falling off their bikes and knocking their teeth out. It's causes a physical reaction in me, like nails on a chalkboard, when I think of this, my mind is a horrible instrument of self torture.