Our Fifth Anniversary

It's time to celebrate another anniversary, not the blog's, but my wife's and mine. We have been married for five fabulous years. Unfortunately, it was a work day for my wife, so the celebrations started off with taking the children to a local playground. The playground is pretty awesome, with a wooden castle, a wooden plane, a wooden fort, many climbing/crawling structures, swings, tunnels, mini-golf, Frisbee golf, and oodles of other fun things to play with. The children loved it, as you can see:

Lucy poses at the top of a small climber with abacus

Lucy tries out a unique swing; too bad Jacob wasn't nearby to tri it out

Lucy peaks out of the fort climber

Jacob crosses a tricky bridge on a metal climber

Jacob peaks out of the castle climber

Wobbly stairs to the castle

During nap time, my wife and I signed a lease for a townhouse, so we are one step closer to moving into a place where we will stay for the next three years. We also did some shopping, including a shoe store, where we figured out our UK foot sizes, and the local comic shop, where I picked up the latest Hellboy, B.P.R.D., and Green Lantern issues. My wife went back to work and I to the cottage.

When the children woke up, we picked up my wife and headed to the local bowling alley for more fun. Jacob and Lucy had only bowled on the Wii till now, so it was a special experience for them. The bowling alley was very child friendly too. The lanes have automatic bumpers which you can assign to each player on the automated scorekeeper. When Jacob's or Lucy's turn came, they'd pop right up and then go back down when someone else bowled. The alley even provided special ramps for the wee ones to roll their balls down. The kids loved every minute of it. Check out these sweet pics!

Jacob shows how to use the automatic score keeper

Lucy bowls with bumpers and the ramp

Lucy celebrates her victory--touchdown!

Jacob's touchdown pose--must be a family trait.

Jacob loved the ball return too!

Fashionable feet

Lucy was the best cheerleader ever, as can been seen from this video:



The children have been asking to go bowling again. I think we have a family sport for the future. Sorry, cricket and soccer/football!

Dinner was pizza at the bowling alley. The kids were uninterested so they had chicken fingers. Everyone enjoyed their meal. I also tried Bulmer's Cider, which was wonderful. The only bad part was when Jacob asked to have a cookie for dessert. We went over to the cookie racks and they were all empty! Luckily, we had cookies at the cottage for them.

Angie's cousin stayed with the children after they went to bed. We went down the hill to the pub in town for dessert. We ordered two desserts: our favorite sticky toffee pudding and Tia Maria cheesecake. The sticky toffee pudding had the ice cream and the toffee on the side. This way of serving it seemed the best. You could make your own combination and the ice cream didn't melt right away. The cheesecake was great too. The crust was thick and crunchy and made a great contrast to the smooth and sweetly creamy cake. Both went well with our black tea and reminiscences of the past five years.

It was a great day and a fun celebration of our anniversary.