Vintonville - The life and times of a guy, his Lady-Friend, a Little Dude and a Little Sis.

Since July 8th was a memory-making type birthday celebration (and we all know nothing says family memories like receiving an assault rifle), Mari-Catherine graciously opened the first half of her birthday to allow Joshua a “traditional” party with balloons, cousins, cake, presents and drowning risks.

My contribution? I baked this sweet “airplane” cake. Well, truth be told, Mari-Catherine actually did the baking… I did the cutting, molding, frosting and cussing:

I know humility is generally encouraged, but DANG– I’m pretty awesome.

After whipping up the airplane miracle, we spent the afternoon swimming at the Gerrard’s (MC’s sister’s husband’s parents house). And oh the good times that ensued: Joshua’s finally jumping into the water and letting his head go under while also navigating “the deep” without cutting off circulation to our arms. Mari-Catherine is looking FIIIIIINE and doing back flips like a Pro while me, well, not so much. It’s belly flops, uncoordinated toe-touching, and splits/family jewel crushing shenanigans. Nice.

When present time came, Joshua tore into some really cool stuff including: a Bug Vacuum (the thing suck bugs up, looks at them under a magnifying lens, then release them into a habitat– i.e., certain death), a helicopter, an addition for his train set, a “How to Draw Book” and the very next day, a very cool fighter jet from Liz and Luke which he now rocks out and sings to (it plays the Air Force theme and “Highway to the Danger zone”, which incites face scrunching and head banging– see all the action below).

Thanks to all the Dunkley crew who showed up to make the party one for the ages, and to Emily who allowed Mari-Catherine and I to steal away early for dinner and the Opera “Aida”. And you thought I was kidding about the Hanukkah minus the Minorah stuff. Not even.

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