SATC revisited

So, I posted a while ago that we had a chance to see Sex and the City before it came out in theaters. Well, Yaz and I got all dolled up and headed to philly and waited in line for 3 hours in 3 inch heels only to find out that the big wigs from the sponsor gave out too many VIP tickets -- only to leave us lowly radio station winners in the dust. Hundreds of women were outraged. There was virtually a riot. We remained calm, but disappointed. We almost headed for home when the radio station guru's told us to at least join them for the after party. We reluctantly headed to that restaurant -- Swanky Bubbles -- for some food and drinks. While we ate we sat with long faces wishing we had gotten in. The lady next to us asked us if we were there for the Sex and The City Party because we looked so nice. We said yes, but shared how sad we were not to see the movie. She asked to hear the details and as it turned out she was the manager of the whole station. She was furious that her people didn't get in. She paid for our drinks and hooked us up all night. She even made sure that we received the door prizes (a $650 gift card to Saks and a $250 pair of jeans!!!!!). In addition, we were sent free tickets to see the movie in a local theater.

So, last Friday I was lucky enough to go out with some AWESOME girls to see the movie. We met for drinks and then headed to the theater. Not one of us left with a dry eye. Not because we are so in love with the show, but more because it was really a story about women being true to their identity and seeking their dreams. We headed to PF Chang's for dinner and unloaded all of our deepest secrets over lettuce wraps. We were the last table out of the restaurant and we had hte best time any of us had had in ages. You can never have too many good friends.

The Best Gift

We tend to draw out holidays in our house so that a birthday becomes a birthday week and so father's day was naturally all weekend long. Paul's only father's day request was that he didn't want to change diapers or deal with tantrums. He wanted to be with Noah but he just wanted to enjoy him. His father's day events started on Saturday when the men in my family went fishing. Fishing was something they did every year when I was young and we would go camping, but over the years people moved away and had less time. My grandfather is getting much older and slower and so there was a special push this year to get everyone together. Most of them caught things but threw them back because they were too small.

When Paul came home I asked him what he wanted to do... I could cook or we could go out. He suggested we head to Boomer's -- a local indoor play place. We'd never been there. First we ate at Perkin's and it was a true delight. This was the best public meal we have had yet. Noah sat politely in his chair, colored, and ate his dinner. We played silly games at the table and Noah pretended his fruit was an airplane and just smiled away. We were amazed at how much fun we had eating dinner! Boomer's was right next door and we headed over there. It was 7pm on a Saturday night and it was empty. We literally had the entire play section to ourselves. I was so happy because I spend so much time taking Noah to birthday parties and playgrounds and museums and Paul never gets to do those things. So here we were, just our little family in this awesome play area and we climbed and jumped and slid and crawled forever... we were all so happy...







Today we woke up and for some odd reason Noah had vomited on his floor last night in the middle of the night and had a slight fever. So, Paul and Noah stayed home during church, but when I got home he was doing fine. So, we packed the dog and Noah and all our stuff in the car and headed to Reading for a clam bake with the family. It was a beautiful day! At one point, Noah got a hold of the hose and was just hunting people down.. it was soooo funny! He had Paul trapped and every time he moved Noah would pelt him with the water. We laughed forever. Noah was so happy and didn't complain or whine or cry at all.

(My dad, grandfather, brother, Noah and Paul)

When it was finally time to go home we packed up everyone in the car and just smiled forever. Paul turned on the radio and Noah started rocking in his car seat until he passed out. We were traveling the same route we used to take every Sunday night when I was still commuting from Reading. Every week at that exact same time we would watch the sun set and just be so happy that we were married and starting our life together. We saw the same sunset tonight.

The best father's day gift was a joyful weekend as a family. We all agreed.

Which one is the dog?

So, Noah is a little confused about his role in the family. He loves Sophie so much and wants everything she has. He was devastated that I wouldn't give him a bone today when I gave her one. He is constantly in her crate. The other day we were eating dinner in the yard and looked over to see this:

The Lewis and Clark Circus

Well, we had the chance to go to the circus this week. I was reluctant to go because of the rumors about mistreatment of animals and just seeing the animals in an unnatural environment, but I decided to go anyway. It was actually not bad as far as the animals go but very bad as far as circuses go. All day I told Noah we were going to see elephants and he was so excited, but there were no elephants! In fact, the only animals we saw were goats (umm, hello? circus?), a horse, and a camel. Every 10 minutes they stopped the circus to give us the opportunity to buy peanuts for $5. Not to mention the fact that we paid $10 to sit on the grass. Oh well, one of our friends was there and bought us popcorn!!!

WOW!

Camp Crew +3 (or more!)

Well, our group of friends has been getting together for about 10 years... since we graduated from high school (some before that, some after that). We try to get together a few times a year and keep in touch in between. It's amazing how close we all still are... we've taken vacations together, spent holidays together, and now it seems that many people in our group are having babies. For memorial day we got together to meet the 2 new babies and of course Noah is a not so new addition to the group.. so now camp is +3! It was so fun to hold the babies and get to know them a little bit more.. of course we also needed our standard camp photo!!



We weren't sure who liked Elmo's Numbers Video more...

Cora was getting feisty!


I forget how little they are!!!!

I guess the best thing is just knowing we have each other. We talked for hours and our experiences are valid, even though we don't see each other that often. It sounds cheesy but we always sang the song by Michael W. Smith in high school -- Friends are friends forever if the Lord's the Lord of them... and we have always believed that. Yeah!!!!! Welcome precious new little ones!!!

To celebrate...

We took our anniversary on the road for a short trip away. We left early Saturday morning to head to Philly for the night. We walked around South street and went shopping, had middle easter food for lunch, picked out which houses we wanted to buy and enjoyed the glorious sunshine. After we checked in, we relaxed for a bit, headed to Rittenhouse Square (where 4 years ago a homeless person in the park told us our fate...) for a walk, and went to dinner at Brassier Perrier. A young couple was sitting next to us (notice, we are NOT the young couple anymore!) and they had both just graduated from college and were looking for a new city to live in. They had no kids, no house, no responsibility and though I wouldn't trade my place in life, I had almost forgotten what life was like in their shoes! After dinner we saw Cirque du Soleil which was AMAZING!!! trapeze artists and contortionists to the extreme! We intended on a big night on the town after that but it was 11:30 and we went back to the hotel to change and fell asleep! Only to wake up at 10AM the next day. We're such partiers!

It was an amazing time though.. just to stroll through town and laugh and enjoy life... yippee!!