The Girlies Third Birthday Update

It has been a long time since I updated our goofy family blog, but today is the girlies 3rd birthday and I have finally gotten off my lazy butt and posted some more pictures, video, and hilarious comments (actually, no hilarious comments, because I seem to have forgotten how to be funny). The last year has been amazing – the girlies have grown so much it is almost hard to remember what they were like a year ago, but the good thing is they still think I am funny and they love to giggle, so we are very fortunate.

I was able to spend a lot of time with the girlies the last 7 months, since those weasely Swiss cheese/chocolate/Army knife makers decided that they didn’t need me to report to work every day. At first I was mad at Barney Frank and Chris Dodd for their appalling incompetence in ruining the banking industry and the entire global economy (including Iceland), which of course led to my job situation. However, the upside of having New England states elect idiotic corrupt politicians is that I had the opportunity to watch my girlies get a little bit older every day.

I pushed them around the neighborhood in their tricycles, Amelia taught me the proper way to dance to ‘The Farmer in the Dell’ (what is a ‘derrio’, by the way?), and against Kim’s better judgment I taught them to climb into Amelia’s crib and have amazingly fun jumping contests. When I found out that I had landed a cushy job with the Germans, I was happy that we would no longer have to drink cheap wine (not really) but was sad to think that I wouldn’t be there every day to get them up from their nap or take them to the movie theater to ride the huge escalator.

The last year has been wonderful and Kim and I are the luckiest people in the entire world. Please enjoy the photos and videos that I will be posting over the next few days, and please, PLEASE, stay the hell out of Paraguay.

July - August 2008 with the Girlies

July and August were terrific months - Jenny came out to see us, we went to Florida to spend a week with Julie and Original Gary (immediately after arriving, the girlies asked if they could start driving slowly, eating dinner at 4:30, and complaining about the government), my Mom spent a couple of weeks in New York, and Kim's Mom and Aunt Mikey spent a week with us at the Jersey Shore.

In August Mimi (the girlies' wonderful nanny) was attacked by a rabid coyote and broke her ankle, (Mimi's ankle, not the coyote's) which ultimately kept her at home recuperating until February. Fortunately, we lucked into a great situation with the lovely Barbara Peoples, who took care of the girlies until Mimi was able to return. And July and August were also good months because at that point the Swiss were still allowing me to show up every day, and in return they would deposit money in my bank account every few weeks.

This, however, would not last.

Below are some pictures and movies and stuff:

Jenny in Central Park with the Girlies

Uncle Original Gary with the Girlies in Tampa - Original Gary Loves to Hum

The Girlies Climbing on the Jungle Jim

The Girlies with Aunt Julie in her Pool - Aunt Julie Enjoys Listening to Sandi Patti

Kim Lounging with Sally

Amelia Playing in Aunt Julie's Pool

All of us with Kim's Aunt Mimi, Aunt Phyllis, and Uncle Don - they all moved to Florida because they love shuffleboard

Sally Dancing

Grammy Judy Just Made Sally Laugh at Something

Amelia Smiling at Grammy Judy

The Girlies on the Slide in Central Park

The Girlies with Grammy Judy at the Park

My 'Mom' (Judy) with Amelia at the Choo Choo park

Sally's VERY FIRST Amusement Park Ride

Amelia's Very First Amusement Park Ride Too - Neither of them seem happy about this, but they really did enjoy it. Amelia now wants to ride the Screaming Eagle.

Video of the Girlies at the Amusement Park

Aunt Mikey and Kim's Mom with us at the Point Pleasant Boardwalk - Aunt Mikey played skeeball and won a huge blacklight poster of KISS

The Girlies with Julian in his Wagon

Amelia Went to Beanbag - Like Mother, Like Daughter

Kim with Sally at the Beach