One Way to Celebrate a 40th Birthday

Give him 40 gifts!

Richard got his geek on today as he opened a variety of gifts, but I think he liked the Green Lantern ones the best!

We stopped at Mom and Dad's after dinner and Richard was greeted by a bunch of numbered parcels:

Richard will need to take his vitamins to get through opening all those gifts!

Did you know that you could get a Starship Enterprise Pizza Cutter?  Richard didn't either!

Awww.... It's a plush Hal Jordan!

And, uh, a bobblehead Hal Jordan?

And a pop-up book with Hal Jordan?

And another Hal Jordan t-shirt????

Okay, that's just a bunch of green tissue paper to bring home to the kitties to play in later!

We ended with a large blank canvas.  That's something for Richard to work on over the next 40 years!

It was a fun way to end a fun day.  And tomorrow is his party... So more pictures to come!

DC Comics-Green Lantern Head Knocker 1 (from S2)
Funko Green Lantern Plushies
STAR TREK USS ENTERPRISE PIZZA CUTTER
DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book

Happy 10th Birthday, Wilson Duda!

On Sunday the Duda clan gathered to wish Wil a happy 10th birthday.

Another Belated Birthday Bash Blog

Last Sunday the "Bingo Bunch" (minus John, who was away at a movie con) ventured (at 60 miles an hour) to West Virginia to celebrate Dad's birthday and the best way we know how: supporting the economy of another state by placing our money in the pockets of casino owners. Woo-hoo!

We started out in high spirits, wearing our lucky clothes. Mom took the picture, after a brief training session on how to take digital photos. Not bad, Mom!


Richard and I ran through our budgeted slot machine funds fairly quickly, but Dad and Jen did relatively well (in our world, that's either breaking even or coming home with a few extra bucks).

Here's our self-portrait at the end of the day (since Mom wasn't there to snap the picture). Sorry, I covered the flash with my finger, so we're looking a little orange. Or maybe that's what happens when you spend a Sunday afternoon among smoking gamblers...

Itty Bitty Birthday Kitty

Okay, I have to include one picture from Scout's first birthday party last month, only because it was so hard to take it...

Don't worry, not kitties were harmed in the taking of this picture!

Belated Birthday Bash Blog

I'm sorry I haven't blogged in so long, and I'm only a little sorry about the alliteration in the title...

Earlier this month we celebrated Jen's birthday. Mom and I were joined by Joanne (all the way from Illinois!) for a weekend getaway.

On Saturday, September 6th we headed up to the Cleveland Heights area to see the Vatican Splendors exhibition at the Western Reserve Historical Society. Since it was the weekend for the exhibit it was pretty crowded. The highlight was the gift shop at the end of the tour, complete with Vatican Splendors shot glasses. Too funny!

After the tour we headed out to Legacy Village for shopping and lunch. Now, if you know Jenny at all, then you probably know how much she despises "birthday productions" at restaurants. Let's see how the Cheesecake Factory likes to celebrate birthdays:

And let's see how Jenny reacted...

Oh, she loved it! Don't let her tell you any different :-)

After lunch and shopping we headed back to our hotel for more celebrations. If you want to know which birthday we were celebrating, you might want to take a closer look at this picture:

Happy birthday, Jenny Bean!

Belated Birthday Bash

This weekend we headed out to the Massillon Great Escape theater to a movie to celebrate my birthday. The girls went to see Mama Mia while the boys opted for the more masculine Bat Man.

We all enjoyed our movies, but I think the guys were especially pumped with the Dark Knight. Both agreed to see it again with the girls!

Mama Mia was a very fun movie to see and left us in good spirits. Then we headed out to Rockney's for dinner.

Look how happy everyone looks... Maybe that has something to do with the table of 25 little leaguers who just walked out the door!