it's a bird, it's a plane, it's an exhibit at the met!

on sunday afternoon, wennyfest continued and we headed to the met for the superheroes: fashion and fantasy exhibit. definitely worth checking out. they didn't allow any photos to be taken in the exhibit so you'll have to settle for a few shots from the gift shop. many thanks to our friend, toni, for organizing such a big group!

the winning pie

wenny is in town so it was only fitting that we celebrate with pints and awesome snacks at marshall stack on saturday night. she brought us some storms from oklahoma but since we were hanging out at our favorite bar, we just enjoyed the view and played some heated matches of trivial pursuit and scrabble. we (along with jesse) were victorious against team okie - wenny, dave, and dustin.

snapshots from wennyfest

when fanboy is away, cheekygirl gets crafty

since josh was off to connecticut this weekend, my friend, mary, and i decided to pool our art supplies and have a card-making marathon on saturday. or, as we dubbed it, crafting with colin. mary and i share a crush on colin firth so we watched pride & prejudice and bridget jones's diary as we worked.

some of mary's fantastic cards are pictured below. i can't post mine yet because i don't want to ruin the surprise for any of the recipients but i promise to share them soon.

inked by mary

cute chloe

cheeky almost lands in time out

disclaimer: keep in mind that this happened after i'd had three glasses of sangria, which only makes me cheekier than usual.

this may be one of those you had to be there moments but here is how i nearly ended up in "time out" last weekend:

we were eating katie's yummy homemade pizza (see below), sipping our sangria and beer, chatting, and generally having a great dinner when i happened to spill my glass of water (fyi: i'm a klutz). we had plenty of paper towels handy so no major damage was incurred. we all laughed at just how clumsy i am.

then josh says: maybe chloe isn't the one who needs a sippy cup?

my reply was to punch him in the arm. hard.

josh yelps in pain.

chloe looks on in shock. and then she says quietly: did she hit?

katie and steve then had to explain to chloe that it was very naughty of auntie joanna to hit josh and that if i didn't apologize and give josh a hug, i'd go to time out.

at that point, i was laughing so hard i could barely breathe but somehow i managed to eek out an apology and a hug for josh.

clearly, i'm not setting a very good example for chloe! and really, i think i'm about 28 years too old for a time out.