We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck
We went down to DC to celebrate my Dad's birthday last month. Our adventure started with a Metro ride downtown.
In DC we visited the Spy Museum and learned a lot of cool stuff that I'm sure the boys will put to good use someday. Then we took a very shakey elevator ride way up to the top of the Olde Post Office and had an incredible view of all the DC landmarks. The best part was that just as we got to the top of the lookout, the security guard announced that the President's helicopter would be landing for us to see. We learned that Obama flies with 2 other helicopters as well as the one he is actually in. The first one pretended to land at the White House but flew back up at the last minute. The 2nd heli actually landed and had the President inside. The third circled around the White House several time before taking off. It was all quite interesting especially since we had just learned all kinds of exciting things at the Spy Museum.
We stopped for lunch and then headed home where Grandaddy blew out his candles and was adored by his fan club. Here you can see why his fans love him...because he is fun and free-spirited and humors us in the silliest ways (like when I ask him to make funny faces with scary masks)!
Check him out rock climbing at Jake's birthday party. You Rock Dad! Happy Birthday.
Max and some of his friends performed take me out to the ball game at the school talent show this year. They wore their all star baseball uniforms and invited their principle to particpate as the umpire. Max had his first trip to the principle's office prior to the show so he's gotten to know the principle quite well as of late. Let's hope the trend does not continue........
Max is number 46 and plays the catcher if you look close you can follow him through the performance. Part of Max's job at one part of the performance was to argue balls and strikes with the umpire.
"We rolled him in a barrel for months when he was young, on the advice of a therapist - no wonder this blog is so screwed up." - Mom & Dad
"Given my inherent predisposition to hating blogs and left handed people even more, I was pleasantly surprised that this blog doesn’t suck that bad.." - Anonymous Hairless/Glandless Co-Worker
