Papa-palooza 2008

This week, my dad paid us a visit (see, there are some perks to being laid off from your job!) and we had a blast. It was so nice to have him here -- Grammie was here for the last day of the visit, too, but she was too busy holding babies to be in any pictures, I guess!

Ellie and Papa had lots of fun playing outside, going for walks, doing a bit of nature photography.... the pink bird is a gift from Grammie and Papa. The back story: Ellie loves pink, and had a conversation with Grammie about how pretty cardinals are, "but not as pretty as pink birds." So of course, on their last trip here, they found a pink bird and planted it in our front yard for Ellie to see when she woke up. The bird has been christened "Silly the Bird," and she enjoyed a full-on photo session the other night.

We took a trip to a new park -- Ellie loved it, but the boys were less than impressed.

One highlight of our trip to the park was Papa cutting the tip off one of his fingers, while getting flowers for Ellie. Yep, always look while you cut!

Probably the most exciting thing we did while Papa was here was get out the pool and dunk those babies! They didn't know quite what to make of the whole thing, but nobody cried and I think we all know that spells a success! One thing they did love, however, was how handsome they looked in their new swim trunks.

Two little dudes, just chillin' at the pool.

Finally, we spent an evening at Falls Park. Here are a few shots from that evening. Please ignore Ellie's rear end hanging out of her skirt in the photo below. :)

Someone please tell me that we don't look this tired all the time -- right? Right???