It’s not a birthday until there is a family party!  And many thanks to Grandma for her extra help in making sure that we had a reasonably clean house for this party.  Seriously, we had an amazing amount of stuff sitting in the living room for the past month, thanks to the kids’ room makeovers. […]

Yes, it was my Dad’s birthday today – and that means cake! And this is what happens when Auntie orders the cake. Auntie: “Well, we call him Dad, the kids call him Gichan, so I just went with ‘Old Man.’  And the Avengers.”

I told Tad that this was the last time he was going to be able to have his birthday party at Pump It Up (the kid is 14 now!), so he went out with a bang.  The jumping part was as fun as it always is, and Tad was the party king. And Auntie was […]

After the 5K on Saturday, Tad and Rerun were invited to a birthday party for a friend of Tad’s.  And it was a pool party at their apartment complex – complete with hot tub and pizza! The day was sunny, but windy and not warm at all.  The kids would play in the pool, then […]