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Bauer Family Fun Day

Saturday was a busy day for my family. It started in the early afternoon when my dad picked up Kris, Amy, Gavin and I from our apartment to celebrate Momma’s 16th birthday (not to be confused with last time she turned sixteen.)

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Kris immediately went to the piano to try out the new songs he learned. (Amy got him a keyboard for Christmas. He is a newbie but he’s picking it up fast.) Jim stepped in and showed him what’s what. Jim is a pro with a lot of instruments.

We had a delicious dinner of stuffed shells, salad and garlic bread. Somewhere around dessert time, Momma dove into her presents. One of them was a scrapbook of old photos. She talked us through each one of them.

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Later on we all spent some time by the fire. Momma went online, with some guidance from Jim and Kris.

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Gavin was playing Happy Street with my mom (not shown: sitting across the room) on his iPhone.

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Amy found a new use for the scarves we all got this year from mom – hiding from potentially embarrassing moments which are typically caused by my dad. (e.g. the “who’s your blog” incident from a few years ago which I promptly tweeted, or that 45-minute-long conversation about Dutch ovens, etc.)

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After Momma’s party (and some coffee), we rallied for the second family birthday of the day: Janice’s 31st birthday karaoke party in Korea town.

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Kris started us off, belting out some of his go-to songs.

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Janice took it from there. Gavin got into the duets. He and I sang the Aqua “Barbie Girl” song (soooooooo hilarious) and Bruno Mars’ “Marry You” (aw!) We stayed for awhile. Everyone got a few songs in, including her friends.

And then Janice opened her gift. Yay! More members of the matching scarf (or cowl, whatever it’s called) club.

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And, some also very awesome news: I tried out my new hair doughnut and it was fabulous. Amy put it in my hair for me. Check out that bun (above photo.)

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