It's been a week .....

Tika has been off to VCU a week today. It has been good that I get to talk to her every couple of days to hear how she is doing (she is not great with the e-mail thing). She has had two days of classes and seems to be enjoying them so far. She has made new friends and is close to her old ones. She also has said that she is eating well - supposedly the dining hall is very good for vegans and her and Jenny were going to head to Ipanema today, which is a good vegan restaurant right down from her dorm.

The week has been interesting here as well. Laura's mom came into town Wednesday which has been lots of fun, including homemade fried chicken last night. We are heading to Upperville today to go to one of our favorite restaurants for lunch.

Yesterday was a funny day - well for me at least. Sam has always gloated about not needing braces when both her sisters have had them. So yesterday I took her to the dentist for her regular cleaning. The hygienist comes out and says that she wanted to take a panoramic xray. Of course I asked why. She told me that Sam is missing a tooth - not one that fell out but one that never came in. Well it is one of her molars which means she has too much space between her teeth. The dentist said we should go to see the orthodontist to see if she needs braces. Of course she was less than excited and we I thought about it so was I - yet more funding of those nice cars the orthodontist drives.

Ok off to a fun weekend. Have a great one

.... cu


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My birthday cake

Laura's iPad gift was not enough of a surprise - or at least I believe that was her thinking. After we finished a late dinner she told me to close my eyes and .... she brings out a beautiful chocolate cake.


So not only did it look great, and have Elly on it, but it was delicious. What I thought were fudge pieces turned out to be chocolate pieces - and as everyone knows I love chocolate.

I need to thank Tangela, who made the cake. What a wonderful cake.

So my 46th birthday was indeed great - Laura treating me so special, the girls and Tika's friends singing Happy Birthday to me at Panera Bread on the VCU campus and then a great cake for dessert.

YAY birthdays :-)

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Tika is off to college

Yesterday was one of those really good days but also a little bit tough.

I woke up yesterday more than a bit anxious as I would be taking Tika off to VCU to start her first year. Laura had left a couple of little trinkets around so that I knew it was my birthday and that she would make it a special day even when she knew I had a long one in front of me. I packed the car with stuff that we had at our place and then piddled around until Laura came back from the gym.

Laura did make sure the birthday side of things would be memorable by first telling me that there was something wrong with our blog. So I checked it and saw her birthday greeting and then she told me to recheck it as there was a clue as to my gift. When she saw me smile she excitedly ran upstairs and came down with my gift - a new iPad. And not just any - the biggest and most feature packed. You will see lots of stuff on it over the coming weeks.

So we then went to get the girls to head down a traffic filled 95 to get Tika to school. It was a long day - a late lunch and then 4 hours of moving stuff. Her mom and her Uncle Billy joined us to help (well we did need two cars for all her stuff). She also had a few friends join including Paula who you


have seen mentioned here from our last hockey game. We did get her settled in to her room with a view of the park and some of the cool old buildings on campus. She finished some decorating after we left as you can see from the picture. Her words when she sent the picture - a very Canadian decorating style.

I know she will do well - in everything - just hard to let her go.

Keep an eye out for info on what she does as well as what we will be doing over the coming weeks.

...... Cu


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Happy Birthday Honey!

I wanted to be the first to say "Happy Birthday" to you today. I know today will be special for many reasons, but mostly because you are a wonderful man and a caring father and there is nowhere else in the world I would rather be than spending this day with you............and the college crowd at VCU :-)

iLOVE U (that is a hint.......a clue to your birthday present)

Laura

Bugs Bunny @ the Symphony

It is a popular show - Bugs Bunny cartoons with music played by the NSO. Laura and the girls picnicked first.

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