Weekend Update – Emerson Turns Two - 8/10/2010
Emerson turned two this weekend, and we had our party out at Blythe Park. Grandpa Steve and Grandma Deb were in town (and we sneakily invited them to help set up), and Grandma Elaine and Papa Lee made the trip up as well. Notable items included: 1) a Robot-shaped cupcake birthday cake, and 2) WAY too much food. My boy is 2.
The rest of the weekend was something of a blur. Saturday afternoon was basically an exercise in trying to keep the girls from stealing Emerson's new toys, and trying to allow Emerson to learn to share. Lydia found it rough, seeing a ton of new toys spread around that she was supposed to wait for. On Saturday evening we tried a BBQ place up in Lake City, called Rainin' Ribs. The ribs were decent, but my favorite had to be the hushpuppies (little fried cornbread balls, with bits of jalapeño in them.)
Sunday morning, Grandpa Steve, Grandma Deb and I took the kids down to my standard Jay's Café, for breakfast. It was nice to finally get to include Steve and Deb in those regular old activities that make up our life up here. It might not be much (it was only breakfast), but it's those very specific things that make up all of who we are. Being included in that stuff is just as important as those 'big' events that prove to be more a pain in the ass than they're worth. They occur more often, too.
Sunday afternoon, I had volunteered to spend time at Country Village, manning a registration booth our preschool, Woodinville Family Preschool, had setup there. I'm on the board of Woodinville Family Preschool, because I absolutely believe in the mission of the preschool, and have really connected with the community that the preschool helps foster, so volunteering to man the booth was simply an automatic 'yes.' The less-than-stellar weather seemed to impact turnout though, so there weren't a lot of folks there. Still, we did manage to talk to a few parents, and give out a few registration forms.
I published a single photo from the birthday party, mostly because the photos from my phone came out a little blurry. Still, it's a great one, with my little man blowing out the candles on his birthday cake.
Daddy-Daughter Night - 8/6/2010
I'd been hyped up for nearly 3 days once I picked up the tickets to go to the game with Zoe. Don't get me wrong, having little kids is fantastic, and a wonderful adventure, but Zoe's a little older now, and so I really couldn't help myself. I found some good seats, cheap, (given the dismal performance by the Mariners this season), right behind the Mariner dugout, and Zoe and I made a night out of it.
Although the Ms did pretty poorly, they were shutout 6-0, we had a grand old evening of it. I got home near 5, and packed her up in my car. As we were heading to the field, she was trying to guess what we were doing, and eventually guessed a "ballgame." (Smart kid.) We got to the field, and she was immediately amazed at the kinds of food you could buy. She eventually decided "hot dog", when I told her that people would come down to our seats, and bring food for us to buy. We sat down, the evening had started to cool down, and I was just amazed at how good the seats were, down on the field, right over the dugout. We ate our hotdogs during the first inning, and Zoe got a cotton candy. The cotton candy puff (stick, thing? Whatever you call it) was probably bigger than her head. After about 3 innings, it became apparent that Zoe's interest in the game was largely done. (It was really more than I expected... but she sat through 6 full scoreless innings without complaint.) Still, a great evening.
Photos:
Zoe getting ready for the game
Ichiro stepping up to the plate.
Big grins
Zoe and Me in the 7th inning.
Dead Blogs. - 8/5/2010
Goddamn it.
I had a blog post, the first in nearly 6 months, and for some reason, Copy / Paste isn't working.
Sorry it's been so long. I know the world doesn't need anymore dead blogs...
Things upcoming:
Emerson's Birthday! Blyth Park in Bothell (awesome hidden away park).
Gramma Debbie and Papa Steve coming up to visit!
Daddy-Daughter Day: Today, Zoe and I go to a Mariner's Game!
See ya!