The Reason For My Blog

Last night I took the three oldest kids to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Michelle stayed home with Natalie, so while we were there I e-mailed her these pictures and I called her and told her she could post them on her blog. I thought it was a good idea, but she wasn't really into it. Basically she told me something like,"Hey, don't tell me what to put on my blog - post it on your own blog." But I didn't have a blog, so she made me one.

I thought it was really sweet of her. She tried to do it as a surprise. But the big tip-off was when she asked me what I wanted my password to be. Actually, this is "my" first post. Everything else Michelle did - the name of it (which I kind of like, but it's too long), the layout, the pictures, the music, the background, the blog roll and the previous posts! I was pretty much asleep while she did most of it. I didn't even know that my blog existed until this morning. And then she even snuck in another post before lunch. I think she's done being my ghost author, at least for now.

So anyway - last night we went to the boardwalk. Good times. Good times. The blond kid in the front of the cave train picture is Matthew. He belongs to my buddy Phil. He and his wife met us there, because honestly that place scares me a bit and I pretty much won't even go unless there is a good adult to kid ratio. Everyone had fun, today Kristina said it was the first fun thing we had done all summer. (Whatever short term memory girl!) She gets to go on the most rides since she's the tallest. Jeremy's favorite thing was winning the consolation prize at this ball toss game. Then Ethan wanted the same plastic inflatable hammer that Jeremy had so I let him play, too. But somehow he actually won - then I got nervous - cuz the whole point was for the two kids to have the same thing. But the girl running the booth said he could have the stuffed doggie (now named Spot) AND the cheap blow-up hammer! Wow, catastrophe averted.

Until next time....