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I agree -- she's adorable and you are a great sister-in-law. It seems to me that you already have your theme -- a picnic in the park. You could do sack races, a pie-eating contest (3 yr olds love silliness), have cold fried chicken, potato salad, watermelon slices (big ones!), and lemonade. She's still very young, so nothing elaborate is really needed -- I would save the elaborate themes (as fun as they are) for next year and beyond. It really doesn't matter what you do -- a party in the park with that many people will be more than enough (I am actually of the one-more-guest-than-the-birthday-kid's-age crowd, so forty guests is huge to me).

I think it could use a convex mirror ; )

Craiglist, if you are near a large city. I bought my Room and Board sectional for $900 off the Chicago Craiglist, when the same couch was still selling on the RB website for about $3200. Yes, I checked to make sure it was very clean. It worked for us, since I have two kids, three cats, and a very small house, so things get used (and abused) alot.

This was replacing the Ikea couch that didn't last two years (a Tylosand). Good luck --

Re Taherold's comment -- I wonder if some pebbles in the bottom of the bottle would displace the otherwise wasted oil. Just a thought.

Mud and sand...the best educational toys on the market ; )

Daiquri!

Did I miss the part of the article that says they don' have health insurance? Maybe I did, but regardless, I think I'll stick to worrying about my own lifestyle and not worry so much about judging others. People who live in glass houses...

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Love it! It is so much cuter than the Anthropologie inspiration--great job!

Our George Nelson Bubble Lamp. Is the focal point of our kitchen/dining/living space, and we love it. The $300 or so we paid is not bad for an icon of mid-century design.