Everything is funnier these days

So today I was listening to a podcast mentioning that the second largest purchaser of Pampers (after Walmart) is Amazon. I decided to look into it, and sure enough, you can indeed buy Pampers at Amazon- and just as like many other items on the site you can save a buck or two if you buy them "used". If anyone is interested in buying our double batch of used Pampers next year, please let us know. We are willing to beat the above offered $39.99 for 140.

Mother's day (by John)

During the year that we shopped for furniture (yes you read that right, it was not just a weekend or two), we went back and forth over fabrics, design, and color. When I found a piece or a swatch of fabric that I thought was classy, Edna would suggest, "yes, that looks really nice, but the first time a little kid with chocolate pudding gets to it, we'll wish we had something else." And I never understood, why Edna would be arming little tykes with pudding-loaded mouths and hands to go on a rampage in my living room. So for mother's day I made breakfast and a card. On the card are three chocolate-pudding hand prints: mine, baby A's, and baby B's. For breakfast we had tater-tots, poached eggs, croissants, and chocolate pudding. I hope the babies use the chocolate pudding to leave little hand prints all over the inside of Edna's belly.

Then when we were coming back from church this afternoon, we found some of our neighbors standing outside in the courtyard with a box. At night we sometimes see a rabbit hopping around on the grass. Our neighbors found the nest and were waiting for someone to come pick them up. That's right, for mother's day they were shipping the four babies away from their mom. So before they left, Edna wanted to hold one: She loved that little bunny. Afterwards I mentioned to Edna, "I don't think I have ever seen you look at ME like that." To which she replied, "Well, I've never seen you that small."

Like prom, but pregnant (by John)

What could be more New Yorky than a black-tie event at the Waldorf Astoria hotel? To be fair it was just a dinner. People have dinner all the time - even us. So here are a few things that made it extraordinary for us:

1) dress. The event was a fund raiser for Columbia Business School. My work sponsored a table, and some of the alumni were busy that night, so I volunteered to go. There were about 1,000 people, all tuxed and gowned out. We took this picture towards the end of the evening. 2) speakers. Henry Kravis introduced the two award recipients: Ben Bernanke and Russel Carson. Ben spoke about the housing situation in the US and Russel spoke about how much the private equity industry has changed over the years and how his family helped foster his success. 3) venue. Ok so you dressed like a penguin and listened to an economist... *YAWN*. So this is the hotel where Serendipity, Coming to America, Maid in Manhattan, and the like were filmed. AND! AND! it is one of the two NYC hotels after which the two old Muppets Statler and Waldorf are named after. In fact, all around the main ballroom are velvet lined balconies - just like the ones they sit in. So in summary: it was just like prom, except it didn't cost hundreds of dollars, we went in a train, not a limo, my date was pregnant, we didn't dance, but we did listen to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve.