we basically spent our 5 days at disney running from one princess event to the next.  we ate breakfast at cinderella’s castle where we met cinderella, sleeping beauty, jasmine, snow white, & belle.  we followed that with a trip to bibbidi bobibidi boutique where the girls each got a makeover.  we had lunch with the princesses at epcot.  we had dinner with the characters from cinderella.  we met tinkerbell and her friends.  we had story time with belle.

we had a lot of fun.

here are some pictures of our adventures…  enjoy!

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enjoy!

neither of the girls were terribly excited by the fire truck and paramedics, but all the other kids sure were. no, there wasn’t a fire from all the candles (sorry mom), my mom works for the upper arlington fire department. they came out for her. the party was a lot of fun (nice work, wendy), but we will not speak of the horrible karaoke.

the rest of the weekend was fun. we were all glad we got to see ma and pa and all the cousins. one the way home, we even stopped in indianapolis to see gigi. we had fun, but boy were we glad to get home to mommy.

here are some pictures from the weekend.

we were invited to walk in the parade by the proprietors of a toy store in oak park, geppetto’s toy box. i’m going to pretend that our invitation had nothing to do with the fact that my lovely bride buys every single birthday present from the store. coincidence that they just expanded? i kid. truly, the store is fantastic. it’s what a toy store should be.

anyway, we walked the entire 1.5 mile parade route, and the girls didn’t tire. daddy carried both for a portion of the parade, but mostly to keep us from falling behind. fortunately for us, there was a tap dance group following us. they stopped periodically to dance, so we didn’t hold up the parade.

olivia and eve took turns riding on daddy’s shoulders, pushing a baby stroller, and riding in the wagon. eve was a big hit as she walked along carrying her flag waving to the crowd wishing everyone a “happy 4th of july”. good times.

so, yes… i had a good time at a parade. well, until i realized that daddy had to walk the 1.5 miles back to get the car. did i mention that i’m old and fat?

anywho… here are some pictures. i hope everyone else had a wonderful 4th.

check out the pictures.

two.

wow.

she still seems like such a little baby, much more than olivia did at age two… maybe because we want her to be. unfortunately, she’s not going to stay that way much longer. i swear she grew a couple inches and matured a couple years in the week i was gone.

anyway, we celebrated her birthday in fine style in indy. gigi and papa had a bouncy thing for all the kids, a huge fancy cake and lots of family came to share in the festivities. eve opened her presents late in the day saying “oh my gosh, oh my gosh”. what a cutie!

here’s a link to the pictures from the day. enjoy!

i hope everybody made it home okay. after a brief redirection to Columbus, GA (d’oh!), i made it just in time for my baby’s birthday party. i will be sharing those pictures in a subsequent blog entry, but my purpose for this entry is to share with you the results of my (sometimes annoying) camera work down in key west.

the pictures in the albums have been unaltered and unedited, and there is some partial nudity. so, you’ll see some blurry pictures, some poorly lit pictures, and possibly some unflattering pictures. most of all (hopefully), you’ll see some great shots of great friends and family having an incredible time. oh, and remember, you all signed waivers. no, really. you did. i swear.

have fun with these pictures. all the thumbnails have been scaled down (as far as file size goes), but you can download the higher resolution version by clicking – ready for this – the “download file” link on each individual picture’s page. there is also a link (click on the printer icon) that will upload each picture to shutterfly.com (4X6 at best, though) in case you want to order prints easily. feel free to use the pictures when and wherever you would like. just mail me a check for $3,000,000 for each picture used.

anyway, thanks to everybody (especially sean and katie) for a wonderful time. i hope to see you all again soon! here are the links:

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thursday
friday

please leave comments to let me know what you think or if you have any questions. enjoy!!!

so, happy mother’s day all!!!

enjoy, and watch your head.