Birthdaze

It's a little known fact that all four members of my family have birthdays that occur on the same day of the week every year. This year all of our birthdays are on Saturday which is sweet! Somehow, birthdays on Tuesday are never as good. Unless it's the first one I suppose, in which case, the day of the week is not the most pressing thing on anyone's mind. I have always loved having my birthday in June. While I can't say I married Dave because he was born in July, I definitely approved of his birth month. And, well, let's just say, it was no accident that my children were born in July and May. But all of this means, that I have had birthdays on the brain nonstop since March!?! D kicked off the season which his annual cinco de dillo fest. This month, I had the privilege of celebrating another glorious year with my family at the beach. We were joined at the beach with two other families and it was perfect. Camping in yurts was absolutely the right way to camp with two young ones that at times need some containment. We played in the sand water, ate yummy food, and devoured Dave's special Lemon cupcakes. Here are some pictures:






Mizz's and Dave's birthday are right around the corner. I can't wait! Mizz requested a Star Wars death star cake, but my mommy sensibilities can't quite wrap my head around that so we going to go for a R2-D2 cake instead. Dave might have a few surprises in store for him as well.

Spring? What spring?

According to the National Weather Service, the Portland area has had only three clear, sunny days between March 21st and June 21st. And, um, I can vouch for that (if I was one of them real blogs I would link to it). In any case, it has been a long, wet spring which was finally punctuated today by what I think was the sun. It reached a whopping 83 degrees today and the Mizz, D, and I frolicked in it with gusto. We went to the park for climbing, running, sliding, action and brought out the water table and hose this afternoon. Thank goodness for the sun.

Despite the gloom, or what I like to call a city wide study on the comprehensive effects of seasonal affective disorder, our family has managed to stay sane and actually even have lots of fun. Pics to follow soon.