In our grand tradition of honoring birthdays, this afternoon found us celebrating our July birthdays: Mommy and Aunt Nadine (technically, Gramps’ Aunt Nadine but honestly, Daddy wasn’t all that keen on wading through great aunt every time whilst growing up…even though she is a great aunt!) We’ve even got an anniversary in there this month… congratulations to Aunt Betty and Uncle Roger a little bit early (yeah, yeah, another great aunt but the former rule still holds! 🙂
You know the drill by now, right? It’s everyone’s birthday featuring our intended victims…errr…honorees! That means enormous amounts of food, presents, gazing at a rather cute baby who likes wearing what he eats, and the customary squabbling over who is taking what leftovers with them afterward! (OK, I’m just kidding about that last bit however Daddy does remember the negotiations after family get-togethers over who was taking what food home with them and I can honestly tell you that the Middle East peace process has nothing on this set of negotiations for complexity! 🙂
After everyone had cleared out, Grandma Carol stuck around for some games of Sequence and a good time was had by all. Even a little certain someone got in on the action…he was more into playing with and occasionally eating the poker chips you use to mark your spaces on the board but that’s his prerogative!
