Obligatory Johnny's Pic.

Because I'm pretty sure they all have one. :)

Superbowl Sunday.

This year, Superbowl Sunday corresponded with Auntie's birthday, so she had a party.

The kids loved it. 

And Babe found the perfect opportunity to rock the Green Bay shirt Auntie bought her at Goodwill quite a few months ago.

Evidently, Hadley laid eyes on the shirt and begged and cried (and possibly even pitched a small fit) to get Cassidy to purchase it for her.  Not because she remotely recognizes anything related to the Packers, of course, but simply because she thinks it's a green "G-Dawgs" shirt.  We'll take that all day long.

Baby Sam-Sam got in on the celebration action,

and Granti even got all dressed up for the occassion.

Harris put away some baked beans.

We ended up watching the first half of the game with our family and friends, and then Ben and I brought the kiddos home, got them into bed, and used our BFF (the DVR) to catch the halftime show, the highlights of the game, and all the good commercials.

And then we went to sleep.

Man, we're all getting old.  Happy 28th birthday, Cassidy!

From Auntie.

Auntie invited Harris over for a slumber party a couple of weeks ago.  You can check out all the fun they had right here on Cassidy's blog.  Which, by the way, you should totally add to your reader.

Election Day at the Aquarium

Yes, I voted.

But I also took advantage of the Election Day holiday to head down to the Georgia Aquarium with the kiddos, Auntie, and Baby Sam Sam.  In my book, Election Day and the Aquarium just seem to be made for each other. 

Harris and Hadley were mesmerized by the fish, Baby Samuel was perfect, and Auntie somehow managed to keep up with herself, Samuel, his carseat, his stroller, his diaper bag, and her purse and still enjoy the day.

Harris was all about running from exhibit to exhibit, and couldn't wait for the rest of us to catch up with him so we could all go check out "more cool stuff."  Babe, on the other hand, really enjoyed the areas where she was able to actually get her hands on animals:  starfish, stingrays, sea urchins, baby sharks...you name it, she wanted to touch it.  She would have been content to keep her hands in the pool all day.

The jellyfish, penguin, and otter exhibits ranked high with the kids.  The big sea turtle was pretty cool, too, as was anything that remotely resembled Nemo.

Cassidy and I favored the areas with wall-to-wall viewing windows.  We were fans of the penguins, also, but crawling through the penguin tunnel left me with a slight claustrophobic feeling and some extremely sweaty armpits.



The kids also really enjoyed the parts of the aquarium where the ceiling doubles as a viewing tank.

Hadley remained quite subdued while taking everything in, but Harry had a bit tougher time keeping his excitement in check.

He was pretty much full throttle from the moment he first spotted the aquarium logo while we were still a block away from the building.  "Look!  A G-Dawg-Fish!  A G-Dawg-Fish!  Do we like the G-Dawg-Fishes?"

Yes, sweet boy.  Yes, we do.

Deepo's appearance helped us end the morning on just the right note,

and meeting up with the Kim and the girls at The Varsity only made the day better, even if Kim had her order taken by a very clean cut, very old, very white gentleman whose opening phrase was, "How can I help you today, ma'am?"  Not quite your typical Varsity experience.

But then again, we're not quite your typical family.