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June 13th - June 26th, 2011

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Super Mario Brothers' Super Show
Hello Kitty Fairy Tale Theatre
Spongebob Movie
Spongebob
Let's Play Videos - Mario ROM hacks
Super Why! Attack of the Eraser & Jack and the Beanstalk
Rugrats
The Fairly Odd Parents
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

Play
Little Big Planet 2 - PS3
Little Big Planet - PSP
Super Scribblenauts - DS
Parcheesi
Taboo
Legos
Mod Nation Racing - PSP
WarioWare D.I.Y. - DS & Wii
Various online flash games
Scrabble w/ M (beat M) - iPad
Casey's Contraptions - iPad
Water Works - iPad
Doodle God - iPad
Doodle Devil - iPad

E wins by a point


Read/Research/Do
Ranger Rick's Just for Fun magazine
Chatting w/ Kendall via DS
Scratch Programming website for animation inspiration

Write/Draw
Magnetic poetry w/ M - iPad
Grocery List
Drew ideas for hair cut

Music
Various YouTube.com videos
Various musical instruments w/ Kendall
Boogie-Woogie
Ragtime

Go/Community
D's SixPax & Dogz
Schenley Plaza
Schenley Plaza Carousel
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (main/Oakland)
Picked up CSA
Back Stage Bar
Grill on 7th
Katz Plaza
Human Motion Center - M's physical therapy
Darla Balthaser kid-sat E & K 4hrs
Mad Mex
Oh Yeah!
Apple Store
Claddagh
Thai Cuisine
East End Community Food Cooperative

Heath/PE
Outside play
Food prep
Helped make grocery list

Other
Elijah's Godfather, Bobby and his wife, Melinda and daughter, Kendall arrived for a visit on Friday, June 10th. They leave Friday, June 17th.
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA

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