Sam's birthday was a lot of fun. Check out the pictures here, http://www.flickr.com/photos/truscott/. The best part was the slide that takes up our entire living room. The only thing that would make it better is if the slide was rated for people four times heavier than it is, then we could all ride it. A set of monkey bars would be nice too. I think we are going to get Gus a trampoline and Zoe a pair of those sumo suits. That way we can eliminate all of our floorspace, and our kids will never have to go outside.

Sam's birthday

Another year has gone by since Sam was born, and I think his birthday party was a raging success. We all went to our friends house to celebrate with Elle, whose birthday is nearly the same day. It was funny to hear the two fight a bit about whose birthday party it was, but in the end I think they agreed to disagree. The cake was great and so was the company. We talked about children and freedom! The girls made fun of us and our discussion about the safety of our country vs. the right to privacy. We played games like ring around the rosies and pin the crown on the princess. Sam didn't mind, he likes to spin around and say "I am a princess." Gus used to say things like that and dress up in a tutu, but now he his mad that we took pictures of that. I will have to remember to pull those pictures out at his high school graduation or wedding! It was a lot of fun.

We also had our cousins in town for four days! We had a blast. There were 10 kids and 4 adults in our house for four days and although it was crowded everyone had a great time. Zoë tried to leave with them, but she decided to stay behind until we can go visit them in a couple of weeks. We all went to the New England Aquarium on Saturday, which was actually a lot of fun. The kids really liked all of the fish and we only lost two of them for less than 30 seconds! It was kind of crowded, which made it a bit more exhausting, but I don't think the kids mind that kind of thing much. We then had a night out on the town with the adults. We got out of the house late enough that we just had desert. Just so you know what a typically double date with thirty something parents is like these days, we started by driving to Target and getting some items for the cousins trip home. We then went to Harvard Square and spent 15 minutes looking for parking. We got a desert at Finales, walked to the tea shop, then to the hot chocolate shop, and enjoyed our sipping delights and goodies in the car because it was too crowded in the stores. Then we stopped at Ellen's house and went home! What an exciting evening. It was fun, I haven't laughed so much in a long time. We were all joking, making fun of others, and remembering old times just like we always do.

Please take a look at the pictures here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/truscott/