In light of their recent introduction to (and subsequent obsession with) The Princess Bride, a trip to visit Greg at Princeton afforded them the perfect opportunity to re-enact.....
"Assssssssssss youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu wissssshhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
They started off straight but inevidably ended up in either the bushes or the trees.
(and afterwards they both broke out in massive allergic reactions all over their arms and legs - COVERED in flaming red hives... oopsie)
Ponce de Leon! Look no further! The Fountain of Youth isn't in FLORIDA.... it's in the good ol' Garden State! Just take GSP 98 for Rt 195. Because really. Isn't EVERYTHING in NJ 'right off the Parkway'?!?
And along with the lovely weather, let the annual TB Zoo trips with Tori, Kate, Ellie and Gila Monsters begin!
Giddy-up!
(omg! look at those thunder thighs! c'mon growth spurt!!!)
Whhhooooa NELLIE!
Tongue = out, therefore all is under control.
There was a local "kid day festival" - in other words, a conglomerate of money-sucking shops hocking everything that kids WANT WANT WANT.
Well.... these 2 wanted face painting. The line wrapped around the courtyard and there was only ONE. WOMAN. Adrienne and Nick didn't care and to their credit they waited so very patiently for OVER AN HOUR. Parents were making snide comments (thankfully I chose to keep my yap shut and only mentally chastize her for horrifically bad foresight on not bringing a 2nd, 3rd AND 4th person to a WIDELY-PUBLICIZED-KID-CENTRIC event) until the face painter over heard them and proceeded to take their head off to the tune of "If you don't like the wait then GET OUT OF THE LINE!" Ohhhhh happy "kid day" to you too!
To her credit, she did a fabulous job. I was also a little scared to tell her anything different.
A well deserved treat of kettle corn.
(Mainly because the 'snack' of fresh mozz & tomatoes from an hour++ prior hadn't exactly filled us up & they were already shutting down the food vendors by the time they got their faces done.... sooooo... kettle corn it was. I also would've taken a box of Junior Mints. Or pack of Big League Bubblegum. Whatever I could get my hands on that could be gratuitously shoved into my mouth.)
(Mainly because the 'snack' of fresh mozz & tomatoes from an hour++ prior hadn't exactly filled us up & they were already shutting down the food vendors by the time they got their faces done.... sooooo... kettle corn it was. I also would've taken a box of Junior Mints. Or pack of Big League Bubblegum. Whatever I could get my hands on that could be gratuitously shoved into my mouth.)
St. George Graduation Day 2012!
(just an fyi... I'm SOOOOOOOO far behind on the blog that Graduation Day 2013 has actually come and gone too.... but hey, who's counting.... well, Nina, Becky, Keri, Tammy, Cindy, Sharon,....)
Of course Nick started asking questions... poor Father Andrew had to move him along. Literally.
"MOMMY! I GOT A CROSS!!"
Yes. Thank you bud. Noted.
Congratulations Sunday Schoolers....
Umm, Nick....? Think you can save the ridiculous mugging for the camera poses until some candids later on??
ugh.
Proof that they're getting into heaven.
*whew*
Aunt Cindy threw a killer Memorial Day soiree and because that just WASN'T enough.... she added home made cotton candy to the usual pool-Dorito-fabulousness that is a party at her house.
OH the anticipation!
OH the anticipation!
Here it comes!!!!!
Might as well be the Holy Grail. LOOK at those faces.....
Ooooooooooooooo...........!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh.......!!!!!!!!
Ooooooooooooooo...........!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh.......!!!!!!!!
In case you hadn't noticed that one particular little face is SHOCKINGLY MIA in the above events....
Adrienne LOVES sweets. Like Willy Wonka's love-child, she's got chocolate running through her veins. The girl never met a sugar cube she didn't need to devour.
But it's now official that she loves dogs even MORE!
Through all the cotton candy spinning she was off in the corner with ChiChi!
Nick, on the other hand....
num-num-num-num-num-num
As Sharon spun the cotton candy a 'crust' of sugar formed along the rim... Ryan snagged it.
And washed it all down with a KoolAid.
All I can say is.... that HEAVEN that's not my kid.
Where'd she go!??
Back with ChiChi..... yes, yes... we WILL get this child a dog....
(fast forward 10mos - DONE! - except ours is.... *slightly* bigger...)
Meanwhile, Nick & Wes found the lightsabers and duked it out for the controlling stake in the universe.
Nick won. If for no other reason that Wes moved to the Carolina's thereby giving up all rights to the Monmouth County Sith Lord Dictatorship.
