HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVEY!!!!!

Happy Happy Happy Happy Birthday Birthday!

Today is Davey’s birthday. I think we’re going to the Elephant Bar tonight. That place always makes me laugh a little. It seems like a restaurant you’d find at an amusement park. Like the Marvel restaurant at Universal Studios. Davey and I ate there so we could watch Spiderman walk around. I think Davey had the Hulk burger. I think I had the Falcon burger. Elephant bar is a great place to take kids though. It’s noisy and they usually bring the food fast. Plus, they have a kids menu that includes a little sundae. No wonder Roan loves going there. Another plus is there’s a full bar for mom and dad.

Saturday, we had a few people over to grill and play croquet, except we never got to the croquet part. Kind of sad, since I’ve been wanting to play. We need to fix or add one more light in the backyard and I think we can start playing night croquet. That will be sweet.

Later that night, we finally watched King Kong. I wasn’t expecting it to be that great, so as I was watching the first act of the movie, before they get to the island, I was pleasantly surprised. That was soon ruined by chase after chase involving dinosaurs. Some of it looked really crappy too. CG stuff always looks worse at home on dvd, but some of this was really bad. The third act of the movie was a little better, but the whole thing just left me feeling sad. Maybe if they had cut about 40 minutes of it, it might have been better. I thought the beginning up to about the part where we see the first dinosaur was pretty good, though. All downhill from there.

Sunday afternoon we took a quick trip to the zoo so Roan could see the snakes. We have a membership, so we can go anytime without worrying about the $$$. The zoo membership is great if you go about 4 or more times a year. If you stay at home with kids, it’s great to have that option. Only problem now is Roan is really tempted by the ice cream stands at the zoo. So, we got to listen to a good bit of whining. Instead of ice cream, she got a rice cake and some bottled water we brought from home. I know, we’re mean. After we got home, around 5, we were all wiped out. I guess we’re not used to walking around in the sun, yet. I would say it was hot, but it probably was only in the 80’s. It felt hot, though.