ma's birthday
the girls and i drove to columbus for my mom's 60th birthday. the drive went fine (god bless in car dvd players). our only real meltdown came from eve about 10 minutes from my parents' house. typical. the birthday party started at 4:00, and we arrived right on time. eve was crabby from the crying and only wanted daddy, until the end of the party when she became slap-happy. then the ham in her came out. olivia spent most of the time playing by herself when she wasn't monopolizing ma's time.
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.
happy 4th!
more belated tales. this one of a family walking in the oak park 4th of july parade. i have a long-standing dislike of parades (as well as festivals, street fairs, etc), but as a father, one must make sacrifices. so, now that i have sufficiently established my martyrdom, i will say (begrudgingly) that we had a good time.
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.
geneva 2.0.1
ok... bad daddy. these are long overdue. by "these", i mean pictures from eve's 2nd 2nd birthday. not a typo, eve had 2 parties. this one was 8 days after her birthday. we had it at My Gym in river forest, just down the road from our house. i think all the kids had a good time. i know eve did.
check out the
pictures.
