Millie the Minx turned 4 yesterday and so today (which is a bank holiday) she had a small gang of buddies over for a tea party. Adam and I made ourselves scarce by heading to the park for a kick around.
Life has been busy lately but we have found time for some bike rides and canoe trips. Shaz has spent the last week or so of the school hols by making the most of the local kid focused attractions such as the zoo and Carnegie Science Center.
One of the cool things about Pittsburgh is the network of cycling trails which seem to be expanding and a nice way to get to the Science Center, which is near downtown, is to peddle along the river on one of the trails. Shaz has been making the most of this and getting around with the kids on bikes.
Shaz also took the kids to Idlewild, which is a water theme park, with the Mastriano family which (I hear...sniff) was fun.
Last Sunday we had a quiet paddle and a swim at Raccoon Creek. Sadly we were ordered out of the lake when the ranger caught us swimming "away from the designated beach" I am now a grumpy old man and definitely do not appreciate such mindless "law" enforcement. As you can see from the pic....independent swimming is banned but blowing poor innocent Canada Geese away is quite acceptable. After all...they shit on the beach in the designated swimming area and we can't have that can we?
After all this fuss I just had to chill out at the Church Brew-works with a pint of Celestial Gold.
2 comments:
Happy birthday Soph! We miss you and think about you guys all the time!
Love,
Ben, Jen, Katelyn, Alexander, and Christian!
Congratulations you guys on the birth of Christian. When was he born? Send us some pics
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