golfers delight and some birthday stuff
Annie is officially 5 and ready for kindergarten. Fortunately, her birthday ended up being on Saturday, so we set aside the entire afternoon and evening just for her. Mike didn’t get home until 4:00 because he had a camp-out the night before with the scouts. Once he was home and all unpacked we headed out for dinner. The plan was to go mini golfing afterward, so we chose a restaurant close to that destination. It turned out to be a hunting lodge-style restaurant, and Annie thought it was so fancy. When she was ordering her mini corn dogs, the waiter told her that that was an excellent choice. This definitely confirmed to her that we were in fancyville.
Next up was the mini golf experience. Apparently, the establishment only takes cash, so we made 4 attempts to get money from several ATMs. I was ready to give up, but the BP ATM was willing to give me some cash. The girls were very excited to golf. Annie seemed to pick up on the concept pretty quickly and actually was patient enough to hit the ball enough times until it went into the hole even if it took a dozen tries. Mimi, on the other hand, usually gave up after a couple tries and just picked the ball up and put it into the hole. Mike and I didn’t keep track of scores. We really just enjoyed watching the girls have fun.
Annie is already planning our next golf outing. We spotted a go-carting place next door, and I thought that that would be fun to do. Mike wasn’t in complete agreement, but he’ll give in soon enough.
Later that night we went home for cake. Don’t tell Annie, but I didn’t spend that much time on decorating it. You see, I have tons of jelly beans, and I thought this would be a great way of using up a lot of them. Unfortunately, I still have tons left. I’m sure she didn’t notice either that we didn’t have real birthday candles and had to use a tea light.
Tonight I will take pictures of Mike’s new toy. The documented photographs have been demanded by several of Mike’s male friends.
August 26th, 200810:34 am at
Happy, happy birthday, Annie dear. It looked like a great day. I hope the start of school is just as magical. I’m glad she could go out on such a fancy evening for her special day.
August 26th, 20083:05 pm at
Oh, so cute. I LOVE the cake. That is similar to Luke’s cake. That’s what you get for moving! I wanted to tell you that I was checking out your business website (being nosy to see if our pictures were on there) and was so impressed by the photos. You are really good. Some of them were really emotional to me for some reason. I am really thinking that I would like to get into it. Do you have any advice? What should I do first? I took a photo class in high school but it is all gone from my memory now. I wonder how far apart we are. Maybe we could meet at Lake MI to do a photo shoot and hang out in the fall?
August 27th, 20082:31 pm at
Happy birthday Annie!
That is a cute idea for a cake! Who says you have to spend hours decorating a cake for a kid to like it? CAKE is all they care about. Is there cake? If yes, then all is well and good in the world. I once used fruit leather to decorate a cake. I cut out shapes of fish and seaweed to decorate Hayley’s cake. It was easy, fun, and the kids loved eating the scraps of fruit leather.
August 27th, 20082:35 pm at
Jenni-
Thanks! Yes, Annie cannot wait until school starts. She’s all about the fancy stuff these days, too, thanks to “Fancy Nancy”.
Denise-
You are very sweet with your comments. I would love to give you any photography advice/tips. Ask away, anytime! I took photography classes in h.s. and college, and I was amazed at how much I did actually retain when I picked up a “real” camera again. You may surprise yourself. Of course, it took years of practice and trial and error to get to my style and current skill level. I think there’s always room for improvement when I see other photographers’ work and get envious.
August 27th, 20089:53 pm at
Sara-
Thanks for taking the time to check out the bloggy and comment because I know you’re outta town right now. Annie got her birthday card today and was thrilled to get mail just for her. When I read it to her she got the most excited when I read off the signees. She squealed, “Uncle Jim!” I’m not quite sure why Uncle Jim was the one to bring out her joy. He really does have that effect on people, huh?
September 2nd, 20088:15 pm at
Jen,
Can you send me your phone number and e-mail address? The Nursery School is finally going to contact you about getting the web-site up (and paying you for the work you’ve already done).
September 2nd, 20089:27 pm at
LOL, Denise! I will definitely get on that. I’m the one who has felt bad about this wondering if I should get in touch with someone from there, but I just kept putting it off. Thanks for getting with me about this:)
September 3rd, 20084:15 pm at
Where’s Mike’s new project? I’ve been waiting with bad breath.