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So, Ty's 4th birthday has come and gone and as promised I'm here posting about it.  His birthday was December 8th and right smack in the middle of my crazy holiday photo season.  Poor kid.

You probably think he was completely forgotten in all the hustle bustle of the holidays.  BUT, not so.  I actually did a pretty good job of celebrating his birthday to the MAX if you don't count the fact I never got around to sending out birthday invitations.  That part was a little sad.  I was making last minute phone calls the day before his party…Still, he had many friends in attendance and had a great time.  So, no major problems there.

He actually got to celebrate twice.  His birthday fell on a Monday this year, which totally stunk cause who wants to plan a birthday for Monday.  So, we decided to take him to Chuck E Cheese for dinner the night of his birthday and then planned his party for the weekend after at The Science Museum of Oklahoma.  Pretty cool. 

It all worked out.

Two times the cake.  Two times the pizza.  Two times the presents.

I don't hear him complaining.  It worked out perfectly since his grandparents all came to dinner with us and then on his party day it was all about his friends.

This year he told me he wanted a round Batman cake.  As you can tell, we compromised with a round cake for dinner and a Batman cake for his actual party.  I know I'm a really bad momma for not making his cakes.  But, I never claimed to be a domestic goddess.  My kids are lucky to get fed each night.

The kids did get to make slime during his party, which was pretty neat even if the poor girl doing the demonstration couldn't get anything to work right.  They didn't care.  They were loving just getting to get all nasty and slimy.

It was a total mess!  I only took a few pics from the actual party since I was mostly helping get the kids where they needed to be for various activities and pizza.

So, here are some really bad shots of a super dark Chuck E Cheese with no flash.
 
 

Wes loved all the games.  We were chasing him around the entire time.  I was really glad to have both sets of grandparents there for back up. 
 
 
 
 

Well I’ve finally done it, made it to 21 Leanna got me some really awesome gifts like a batman belt buckle and a belt which I’ve been after for a while, we went upto london for the day and went to the Babylon Exhibition that we were supposed to be going to last week. It was a bit dissapointing to be honest because it just focused on buildings and not really any art so didn’t get any drawing done .

After all that we visited Magma and I bought some pattern books and a book on being successful online. On the way back we went to Wimbledon where I got me some cheap 5.1 speakers though my FireWave hasn’t shown just yet


Click the picture to watch the dissection of a Great White Shark

More than 4000 people, both from grandstands and on screens inside the Auckland Museum.

The public necropsy of a Great White Shark by Auckland Museum and the Department of Conservation is being described as a huge success.

The event - the first of its kind for the Museum - organised to raise awareness of the threats facing the Great White species,

The necropsy was also watched live by over 30,000 people around the world on the Internet.

The procedure was carried out by Marine Scientist Clinton Duffy from the Department of Conservation’s Marine conservation Section, and Auckland Museum’s Marine Curator Dr. Tom Trnski.

This was a fantastic and rare opportunity to bring the public face-to-face with a Great White, both to promote the conservation this magnificent and vulnerable species, and to further our knowledge of Great White biology, says Dr. Trnksi.

The operation examined and measured the shark’s internal organs and stomach contents – which included the remains of fish, parasites, a fishhook and nylon wire.



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