There has really been a good reason why it’s been a few days (ok, almost a week!) since I’ve blogged.
We left Maryland Friday around 1pm and headed for Virginia. We were planning to have dinner with my parents’ neighbors at 6:30 and it SHOULD only take 4 hours to get from our house to mom’s. I guess I should mention that Daniel drove separate from the boys and I since he had to work Mon-tomorrow and we were staying in VA. Needless to say, we sat in traffic. The boys and I finally arrived at my mom’s at 7 but about 30 minutes before that I got a call from Daniel saying his car wouldn’t shift into high gear and he couldn’t go above 20 miles per hour. He called my dad and of course my daddy went to his rescue (in Fredericksburg…about an hour and a half from their house). I was glad mom’s neighbors were flexible and waited for the boys and I to arrive to have some super wonderful lasagna. Poor Daniel and daddy didn’t have any until really, really late.
Saturday was party day! We celebrated Zach’s 3rd birthday in VA with friends and family close by. He wanted to have a Batman party so I made him a Batman cake that turned out absolutely adorable (if I do say so myself!).
fun and tasty.
Daniel showed up at the party just as I was getting ready to start grilling (Mr. Grubbs, my parents’ wonderful neighbor offered to drive his truck and trailer to Fredericksburg the morning of the party to bring Daniel’s car to mom and dad’s house…of course they sat in traffic and finally made it to the park right when the party was supposed to start!). He loves cheese doodles...
obviously.
Zach wanted to sit by his Ggp (pronounced “jeep”..stands for great grandpa) to eat his lunch. I think he ate all of 4 cheese doodles and 5 chips.
They enjoyed being silly together.
We had a piñata that seemed to steal the show. . .
Jake loved wacking it!
Zach was really determined...
Mary helping Hayden! If the stick wasn't twice his size he might've really wacked it good!
Zach trying really hard!
Evan taking a turn. Aren't his curls the best? His mommy, Sarah, is in the background on the right. Daniel refers to Sarah as "mommy's old high school buddy."
Mom and Mrs. Davis.
Mrs. Davis (and Richard and their daughters, Amanda & Nicole) lived down the street from us when we were younger. I’ll always think of her as a second mother!
After the little kids had all had 2 turns at breaking the piñata we let a few of the bigger kids have a wack at it.
Gabe had no clue that Daniel was going to raise it up as he went to hit it!
Jonathan gave it the final wack that it took to bust it open! (of course, he also broke the stick in half while wacking it!!)
Happy Birthday to you…Happy Birthday to you…Happy Birthday dear Zachy….
Happy Birthday to you!!
On Sunday we took Daniel to the train station in DC…..well, we all went to Franconia-Springfield and got on the subway and rode to Union Station…had a bite to eat and then Daniel rode back with us to the metro center station to make sure we got back on the right subway to get back to the Franconia station and our van. If it would’ve been up to me to figure out the subway map we might still be riding!
Waiting for the subway to come…
(Zach refused to be in the picture with Daniel!)
The boys are excited because Daniel comes back to Powhatan tomorrow evening.. hopefully his truck is more dependable than his car!
Thank you to everyone who helped me at the party..setting up...cleaning up...celebrating.. all of it!
I wish we could have been there! The cake is beautiful! I'm already starting to think about what Sam might like for her cake in 5 months...a little early I know! I want to try to have a small party for her this year...even though its tax season...but we'll see! LOVE YOU!!!
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