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June highlights {Temptations, date weekend, playhouse, baby shower, Father's Day}

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  1) The Temptations. whenever I hear Motown music, it immediately transports me back to college days, listening to the crooning melodies and tight harmonies while driving around in Nick's hearse (yes, he drove a hearse -- it's a long story, but it's not as weird as it sounds). last November I opened up an email from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to find that The Temptations, including one member of the original band, are still touring and they were coming to Pittsburgh in the spring for one show only! I conspired with our friends to plan another double date, just like we did for Seinfeld last year, and gave Nick the tickets for Christmas. however, we realized shortly afterwards that we had a conflict with the performance date. I offered up the tickets for resale to different friends and in various local Facebook groups, with no takers, so I assumed we would just be out the money for the tickets in addition to missing the show (salt in the wound for sure!). then, just a few...
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May highlights {part 2: braces off, aviary, Living Treasures, end of school}

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  1) braces off! probably Cece's highlight of the year, not just the month! what originally was planned to be four months of braces (in the first phase of orthodontic work) turned into six. at month four when she was scheduled to have them taken off, the orthodontist said her teeth weren't quite where they needed to be - and the same thing happened the next month. poor thing was so disappointed! we all kept our fingers crossed that the third time would be the charm and finally, it was! we celebrated at Antney's and then she continued the celebrations the rest of the week with a bucket full of treats from the orthodontist's office that are expressly forbidden when braces are on.  POPCORN!!! 2) the aviary. our friends have a premium membership to the aviary, and were able to get both of our families in for free. the penguins and flamingoes were a predictable hit. they have a new raptor show that cost $4 per person and was well worth it -- no photos were allowed there, but...
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