Last night, Nory orchestrated a series of family pictures using PHOTO BOOTH.

She did a great job, too!  Giving us firm, verbal instructions to "BE SLEEPING!  BE MAD! BE HAPPY!  KISS JETTIE!"

It was a real blast.

And a START-OF-THE-WEEKEND-LIFESAVER. 

Before our grande-o Photo Booth discovery, we were borderline NORNADO MODE due to two failed Facetime attempts with her beloved "Grampy".  (Dear Grampy, please answer all of our unplanned, sporadic Facetime calls moving forward.  Love, ALL OF US.)

Other things we did to kick off the first weekend of the school year:

*  I went to Zumba class with some of the finest Zumba girls around.
*  Nory and Phil had an epic 1.5 hour swim.
*  Jet had a nap and then assumed the role of "peanut butter cookie sous chef".
*  Nory gave Auntie Gem a "check-up" and gave her a Toy Story bandaid to remedy her cold.
*  Nory and I watched the first ten minutes of every dolphin/orca documentary that exists online.
*  We all fell asleep early :)

In other Parkinson news, Phillip is NOT celebrating his birthday this weekend (so that's lame), Juliet eats way more than Nory and is still the skinniest Minnie around (I guess anything REALLY IS possible), and Nory is jealous that Seton gets to go to school every morning without her (poor gal).

ALSO.

I feel it's imperative to mark this conversation down forever and ever so I never forget how hard it made me laugh....

Nory:  Mommy, you go to work these days?

Me:  Yes.  My boss says I have to.

Nory:  I want to talk to him.

Me:  You do?

Nory:  Yes because I want to switch with him.

Me:  What do you mean?

Nory:  I want to be the boss.

HAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Doesn't she know that she ALREADY IS?!