Daniel recounts the events of the day

At dinner tonight, Daniel went over the events of his day. Here's a snippet of his narrative of naptime (note: Baby Ava is a doll):

"Baby Ava took her clothes off, but I just had my socks off. Then I took my clothes AND my socks off and I was like, 'aaaaggghh!' Then one of the guys from Aladdin came in I was like, 'Jafar! Jafar!' And then we fell asleep and I couldn't see anything anymore."

Devoted Husky

This is Matthew's first Husky Football season. I must say, I'm pleased with his devotion thus far.

College

Daniel and I have some interesting conversations while waiting for him to do his business in the bathroom. Today he made some of his first comments on his preferred college .

"Daniel, you're growing up so fast. Soon you'll be driving and going to college!"

"Ya!"

"Do you want to go to college someday?"

"Yes, I do."

"Daniel, what college do you want to go to?"

(Chris crosses his fingers and prays to the patron saint of the University of Washington, Don James (not an officially recognized saint.....yet).

"Ummm...the University of Alpa!!"

What? I had never heard of the University of 'Alpa'. At that point I was just hoping 'Alpa' was some way of saying 'Swiss Alps', in which case we'd have to do a campus visit soon.

"Daniel, I've never heard of that school. Can you tell me more about it."

Daniel got a concerned look on his face and then said,

"Um, Daddy, I'm not interested in talking about this right now."

He then proceeded to deal with the business at hand.

"It's nice having a little buddy around!"

Daniel announced this morning about his cousin. Matthew agrees.

5 Years

5 Years ago today...

The ceremony


Driving away to the reception



Dancing



Time for a picture

Sailing away into the night

It's 8:45pm at night. We're home late from a party...

Daniel: "I can't go to sleep tonight, Daddy."

Chris: "Why?"

Daniel: "Because I'm too weak to go to sleep."

Chris: "Why are you to weak?"

Daniel: "Because you don't give me enough food."

Chris: "Are you trying to say you need more food, Daniel?"

Daniel: "Yes, I need a peanut butter and jelly sandwich."

Don't worry, I have everything under control

Eusterzelishror 2010

For the past couple of years we've had the opportunity to vacation with our good college friends, the Eustermans and Stamschrors. We had a great time this year - and doubled the number of kids from last year's trip! Enjoy some fun pics of the gang.

Eusterzelischror

The kids.

Nothing like Mommy time.

The Mommies.



Daniel experiments with inverted swinging.

Daniel, Elizabeth, and Noah.

The dinner picture.

Crab hunting with Matt.

Cheese!

The Moms...er...two moms with Casey.

The special cake the men baked and decorated in honor of the women.

Daniel and Matthew.

On the ferry to the island.

Six hand piano: a masterpiece.

The babies: Maximilian, Cecilia, and Matthew

Guess what?

Just as Daniel was about to drift off to sleep tonight, he whispered:

"Daddy, guess what....?"

I prepared myself for a litany of excuses why he didn't have to go to bed.

"What, Daniel?"

"........The store has milk.......and so does Costco."

Can I drive?

Daniel is 16 in his mind.

"Mommy, Daddy, can I drive home please?"

"No, Daniel. Driving takes practice, plus you need to be 16 years old to drive. You're 2."

"OK, I can drive all the way home by myself. You guys can walk."