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4th of July
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
-- The Declaration of Independence
It was a good, if rather busy, long weekend. We had originally planned to take Rhys to Rainer National Park Friday, but as we were also throwing a 4th of July BBQ Saturday it seemed like not the best timing for a 6+ hour trip. I was also still feeling rundown as I had stayed home from work Wednesday sick with a cold. So instead we spent Friday relaxing--Rhys didn't get out of his jammies 4pm--, doing some light lawn work, made a trip to Ikea for some outdoor furniture, Fred Meyer for a shade pavilion for the back patio, a visit to the rat, er, Chuck E Cheese, for a bit of Rhys entertainment, and then dinner at Red Robin. In addition to making lunches nightly during the workweek and getting up much earlier than I did living on my bachelor's (aka borderline insomniac) schedule, we've also been actively going to 'family places' rather than assiduously avoiding them as I once did. We still haven't worked my way up to a "kids eat free" night, but it has certainly been more kid's space activities than I've been involved with in 25 years.
Saturday we had a BBQ at the house.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jeliza, drakemonger, Olivia, and Elisabeth were present, along with one of cuddlyeconomist's friends from high school, his wife, and their one year old twins. jeliza made the observation that if someone had bet her two years ago that we'd be hanging out at my house with 5 children under the age of 7 and one of them would live here that she'd have thought that person was crazy. We had a number of cancellations, and loree was too sick to attend, but my gamer friend Denise and her husband Dave arrived later in the evening so we basically had an extended small gathering all day. The indoor/outdoor entertaining worked very well, the shade was great because it was damn hot outside even in the shade. Within minutes of sitting down to eat the 4 year old tipper her whole cup of drink onto the table and ground and it wasn't remotely a big deal since we were sitting on the back patio. Had Margo and I been sitting next to each other at the time there would have been a high-five at that point.
That evening we finished up with HDTV fireworks, which were enhanced by the constant sound of cheap fireworks being blown off all around the neighborhood. There was some discussion earlier in the week about maybe going out to see them live but we decided against it in terms of timing. Later we spotted a headline on the Seattle Times that read: "Going to Gas Works Park? Good luck." With the on-going Great Depression II: Revenge of the Derivatives, there were fewer local public firework displays this year. In fact, they had 50,000 people turn out in the park (a record), and the HDTV viewing was probably higher quality with better sightlines anyhow. Plus, since Rhys passed out 5 minutes into the 10pm show, it meant not dragging a sleeping 6 year old home through hours of traffic jam.
Today we was a birthday party for Elisabeth at a gymnastics studio, and then Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
All in all a really nice weekend, but I feel a bit like I need a vacation from my holiday :>
-- The Declaration of Independence
It was a good, if rather busy, long weekend. We had originally planned to take Rhys to Rainer National Park Friday, but as we were also throwing a 4th of July BBQ Saturday it seemed like not the best timing for a 6+ hour trip. I was also still feeling rundown as I had stayed home from work Wednesday sick with a cold. So instead we spent Friday relaxing--Rhys didn't get out of his jammies 4pm--, doing some light lawn work, made a trip to Ikea for some outdoor furniture, Fred Meyer for a shade pavilion for the back patio, a visit to the rat, er, Chuck E Cheese, for a bit of Rhys entertainment, and then dinner at Red Robin. In addition to making lunches nightly during the workweek and getting up much earlier than I did living on my bachelor's (aka borderline insomniac) schedule, we've also been actively going to 'family places' rather than assiduously avoiding them as I once did. We still haven't worked my way up to a "kids eat free" night, but it has certainly been more kid's space activities than I've been involved with in 25 years.
Saturday we had a BBQ at the house.
jeliza, drakemonger, Olivia, and Elisabeth were present, along with one of cuddlyeconomist's friends from high school, his wife, and their one year old twins. jeliza made the observation that if someone had bet her two years ago that we'd be hanging out at my house with 5 children under the age of 7 and one of them would live here that she'd have thought that person was crazy. We had a number of cancellations, and loree was too sick to attend, but my gamer friend Denise and her husband Dave arrived later in the evening so we basically had an extended small gathering all day. The indoor/outdoor entertaining worked very well, the shade was great because it was damn hot outside even in the shade. Within minutes of sitting down to eat the 4 year old tipper her whole cup of drink onto the table and ground and it wasn't remotely a big deal since we were sitting on the back patio. Had Margo and I been sitting next to each other at the time there would have been a high-five at that point.That evening we finished up with HDTV fireworks, which were enhanced by the constant sound of cheap fireworks being blown off all around the neighborhood. There was some discussion earlier in the week about maybe going out to see them live but we decided against it in terms of timing. Later we spotted a headline on the Seattle Times that read: "Going to Gas Works Park? Good luck." With the on-going Great Depression II: Revenge of the Derivatives, there were fewer local public firework displays this year. In fact, they had 50,000 people turn out in the park (a record), and the HDTV viewing was probably higher quality with better sightlines anyhow. Plus, since Rhys passed out 5 minutes into the 10pm show, it meant not dragging a sleeping 6 year old home through hours of traffic jam.
Today we was a birthday party for Elisabeth at a gymnastics studio, and then Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
All in all a really nice weekend, but I feel a bit like I need a vacation from my holiday :>