Pictures of 05.09.04 -- School is Closed, A day in Philly, the new Dryer, dinner with the Slaughters and Mother's Day

The next day was Sunday (May 9) and we celebrated Mother's Day as we had in the past
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so we got Jane up off the couch ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1253 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1254 got ready as I ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1255 showed Jane ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1256 the mother's day flowers ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1257 and Ben ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1258 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1259 and Jane ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1260 posed by the tree for the first (of many) sets of passport pictures.
Then we got into the car ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1261 and drove to Main Street ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1262 where we posed ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1263 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1264 in various configurations ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1265 and then all together ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1266 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1267 thanks to Ed Felten who was in Quizno's at the time (and is probably now very thirsty).
Once inside, the girls ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1268 sat on one side and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1269 on the end while Ben and I ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1270 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1271 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1272 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1273 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1274 took many shots to get an acceptable picture after which the bloody Mary's ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1275 and the con queso dip ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1276 came leading to more pictures of me ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1277 Ben ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1278 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1279 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1280 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1281 before Jane took a good profile ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1282 and a few not so good ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1283 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1284 and after some other tries ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1285 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1286 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1287 I caught the sister act ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1288 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1289 to the amusement of our servers ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1290 as the salad ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1291 the burger ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1292 the sandwich ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1293 and the falafel ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1294 came along with another burger ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1295 which led to a hair length competition ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1296 that was resolved by these two desserts ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1297 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1298 after which we captured the women ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1299 and went to the drug store ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1300 to check out beanie babies ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1301 ../../../Sabbat/2004/05.07-09.04DrLenSlaughterMothersDay//IMG_1302 as we celebrated a successful mother's day.