Dada's 31st Birthday

Dada celebrated his 31st birthday on August 13th.  He took the day off for an extended weekend - which was probably the best part of his low key celebration, not having to go to work!  Over the weekend we had gone to dinner to celebrate on one day and the other day we went to the Brown Bag Cafe in Kirkland for brunch.  We've wanted to try this place out for quite some time and finally made it a priority.  Highly recommended, btw.

Xander had gotten Dada a card and a couple small presents.  

Basically a toy that they could play with together (3 and up for Dada and with supervision for Xander) and some candy.  Mama isn't supposed to get candy for Dada, but Xander wanted him to have his favorites!

After opening presents from Xander and Mama, Dada couldn't help but notice that Muters was playing in the bag of recyclable wrapping and boxes... she's so dang cute!

Overall Dada had a nice birthday and enjoyed some special meals, opening his gifts and taking the big day off.  He got some awesome T shirts and a watch out of the deal - not too shabby.  Mama and Xander are pretty sure Dada likes the watch because he wears it all the time :)  Happy Birthday, Dada!

Muters, you're so silly!

Muters just likes to hang around the house, she's pretty lazy and never does the ironing.  But while we were having sunny days, she would camp out near a pane of glass.  Here she is sunbathing in her own special way.  Sometimes she strikes a version of this pose that we call the "sea otter" - but this version is pretty cute too.