Father's Day Pictures

Pops came to visit for Father's Day weekend. The kids painted a ceramic bowl for Adelaide (who stayed at home... thank goodness...she's 95 lbs now!) They had a great time playing with Pops. Abby made him go for a jog with her in the yard... it was HYSTERICAL! She really pooped him out.

Patrick took Pops to lunch at Foti's and then they tried to get the house power washed, but couldn't get it started. We worked on the porch and the shed (adding boards for a loft for more storage) and the girls played doctor with Pops. Pops helped with an Abby bath and story time, but she was too excited having him around to actually fall asleep.

Happy Father's Day!

We made a special Father's Day breakfast for Pops and Patrick... whole grain muffins, hand picked blackberries and fruit cups with strawberry whipped cream. For presents, Abby made Patrick a necktie and an imprint of her "tootsie rolls" (aka her foot), Margaret got him a book from Williamsburg and AP made an undershirt for his "daddy doll!"

The "daddy doll" is a beanie baby that I found many years ago before we even had kids. It looked JUST like Patrick in his t-shirt and boxers (his "uniform.") When we adopted the big kids, Margaret took one look at it and said "Kak Papa" which means "like daddy" in Russian! AP 's gift took the cake... he sewed a tiny white undershirt (the kids call them "micas" ...it's Russian for undershirt) for his little mini-me. We took the kids to a program at the library... the kick off to the SRP. Margaret got to help the performer who was teaching kids about beaches and sea life.

The big kids have been swimming everyday so far this summer at their day camp, Belle Meade. They take a shuttle to Rappahanock Co. and the camp is in a beautiful setting by the Rapp. River. They've hiked Old Rag and have a camp out on Thursday night. I've been taking Abby to the pool as well so she gets to swim three days a week. They're all little fish!

First week of summer and already hit "CJ's twice..." So far we've tried peanut butter, tutti frutti, cheesecake, and pistachio nut... yummmmm....