Dublin Irish Fesitval

This weekend is the Dublin Irish Festival and everyone is gearing up (read:  blocking off roads making it impossible to get around).  It usually has a great turnout and is a lot of fun.

 

But the reason that I bring it up is that Tony’s marching band is performing at the Dublin Irish Festival on Friday night.  If anyone is interested in attending, let us know and we’ll keep you posted on the details as we discover them.  We just know that the performance is in the “evening”.  When Tony marched in this his freshman year, they marched down the middle of the festival playing and then stopped at the main area and played a song or two?  I don’t remember the details.  I just remember Tony (Brian’s Dad) was there and yelled Tony’s name when it was really, really quiet and Tony hasn’t wanted him at any performances since.  LOL

 

So for those that are motivated by how much embarrassment you can heap onto the kids, this event would rank right up there!

It's a Dogs World

Vinnie has a love of sitting in Lucy's dog bed. We're not really sure where it came from. But he is in there daily. It really, really confuses the heck out of Lucy. On Thursday Lucy was trying to hold her ground and Vinnie was okay with sharing. I was *thisclose* to get a picture of them lounging together in the bed. But I jumped up and ran to get the camera. Lucy must have thought I was going for food as she jumped up and followed me, thus ruining the chance at a picture.

But Brian got a couple of good pictures today. Kristen decided to follow Vinnie into Lucy's dog bed. I love the picture of Vinnie looking up at her like, "What are you doing here?" I think it really threw Vinnie for a loop.

Franklin County Fair

On Friday, Emily, Vinnie and I headed out to the Franklin County Fair for the afternoon. It was a bit warm, but Emily was excited to go!

Well, what is it they say about best laid plans? Yeah, well, that rang true on Friday afternoon. Vinnie screamed the entire way down to the fair. It wasn't until I got him in the stroller that I figured out that he had sunscreen (or something) in his eye. He never fully recovered from that. Poor guy rubbed his watery eye all afternoon.

Emily was doing well. She rode the pony, climbed the rock wall (until a bee scared her) and went into the Fun House. Then we went to get ride tickets and each ride was either 2 or 3 tickets ($1/each) and there was a "ride all day" pass for $12. Seemed like easy math to me. I got her the ride all day even though we were only going to be there for a few hours. I figured 5-6 rides and we were good.

Emily went down the slide and had a ball. Then we got in line for another ride and waited for awhile. Right as Emily was about to get on, she stepped out of line and complained that her stomach hurt. She instantly said she wanted to go home.

We found a bench and sat down for awhile, but Emily never fully recovered. We played a couple of games, but she never wanted to go on any rides.

So, in conclusion, we paid $12 for one trip down the slide. Add $12 for the entry fee for about an hour to walk around and pay more money for misc stuff ... and we did not get a lot of bang for our buck. Franklin County won that round.

Need a lift?

If you need to go anywhere, feel free to give Tony a call as he is now a licensed driver!  HE PASSED!!! 

 

 

Licensed Driver?

Today at 2:00pm Tony is taking his test for his Driver’s License.  We may have another licensed driver in the house by the end of the day!!

 

Brian took him out last night to practice the maneuverability some more and Tony was doing well.

 

We will keep you posted!

 

 

We are home from Myrtle Beach

We had a wonderful time! Great weather! Great time spent with family. I've been posting pictures on facebook throughout the week, but thought I would share here for those not on facebook.

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Friday

As you can see, Emily had a ball on the beach and in the pool. Vinnie actually had a ball in the pool and (sometimes) tolerated the beach.

Grocery Shopping

Emily, Vinnie and I were driving home from Zanesville this morning and I had her all set up with a video to watch, except that I charged it powered up so it didn't charge at all. So no video for her.

She got bored quickly and she asked to play a game. I wasn't in the mood for our normal 'I Spy', so I decided to teacher her "I went to the grocery store and bought something that begins with a ..." game that I used to play when traveling. Emily was excited by the prospect, so I started to give her an idea.

I started with, "I went to the grocery store and bought something that begins with a B". Her first guess was bananas and she got it right.

Emily is never one to take the easy route, said, "I went to the grocery store and bought something that begins with the letter Q".

Q?!?! What was she thinking? And everything I was coming up with, I knew she wouldn't know. But I tried anyway ... "quinoa" No. "quince" No.

Eventually Soon, I gave up and she was so excited that she has stumped me her first time playing. She said, "Do you want me to tell you?"

"Yes, please!"

"It was CUCUMBERS!!"

Of course! LOL

Reminds me of the time we played this when Jason and I were young and Jason had us guessing for something that begins with the letter S. Mom, Dad and I spent a lot of time guessing just about everything in the store and we couldn't come up with it. We finally gave up and Jason exclaimed, "CIGARETTES!"