friends, friends, and more friends

gosh this weekend was jam-packed with good stuff. friday night was an impromptu guest appearance by yours truly and Dad and Papa at the Lake Erie Captain's minor league baseball game for ITALIAN NIGHT! i did my best to look like i was visiting the Italian Vets Club...i think i pulled it off pretty well :) (ps, the beer in my hand was NOT my idea...ew...not til i'm 21, mom says)


on saturday, mom and i held our first playdate, and dad ran far, far, far away. far. we had 4 moms over with their 4 babies: Aunt Jenna and Nina, Aunt Kara and Kamille, mom's friend Jenine and Natalia, and mom's friend Tracy and Aubrey. you may notice i am the only one in blue...because i was the only BOY! sheesh...dad, why'd you have to run so far away?! at least charley was there! (ps, you don't see Neens in the picture below, because she was doing her favorite thing...eating!)


mom wanted to take a group picture but absentmindedly waited until the END of the play date to do so, and we were all soooooo tired and didn't really want to follow mom's agenda. like it or not, though, she wanted to show you all the silly pictures she took. below is my cousin Kamille and me. i was holding her in place so she didn't slide off the couch :)

then some more pals joined...Neens to the left, then Kamille, then me, and then Nattie. i think i was trying to comfort her from crying...but upon closer look, she was probably crying because i was SQUEEZING her wrist! woops! sorry, Nattie!

and finally, we have all the troops present below. Nina, Kamille, Me (I was even crying by this point!), Aubrey (also crying), and Nattie (not surprisingly, crying as well). kudos to Nina and Kami for not crying; they don't look sad, they just look so annoyed that our moms actually thought this picture would be successful...and as a result seemed to want to slither out of the picture!

i can't wait for another playdate...even if it is with all girls!!! i can wear pink with the best of 'em!

just kidding, dad ;)