48

i must beg your pardon

please

please

please 

excuse my delay

guess we have been off in la la land

enjoying every second having

daddy'o  back on the scene

i just couldn't pull myself away
for one single second
to record a thing

so let's catch up:

today is a special day over here

 today marks 

mr. man's birthday
 

i know.

first homecoming,
then birthday

big 

big 

celebrations 

all 

around

can you see the smiles 

plastered on our faces?

  

the girls and i tried to get

as dolled up as we could

for the big welcome

this was us a little over a week ago

obviously off in 

family land

enjoying all the wonderfulness that

having the five of us together again

soccer

track

eating in

eating out

daddy's weekend waffles
 big bed

 non-stop laundry cycles
*thank you, honey, for being the laundry guy.
we and our clean clothes thank you
morning notes

and that's just off the top of my head

 now we get to wish him

a happy birthday

48

 

holy cow

that's almost 

half a century

tonight 

we will eat pizza

surround mr man with 

as much love and adoration 

as this family can muster

and of course 

our 

birthday tradition

around the table

staring mr man himself

always the best part

happy birthday, honey.

we love you to no end

and welcome home, sailor