Fun Times
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November 23, 2004: Delightful as always, and still with the residue of my
nasty series of falls evident on my forehead. Gee, that sentence
sure sounded like a nearly one year old baby speaking, didn't it?
Yeah, right...
November 23, 2004: Action shots!! We're on the bus! We're
going downtown to shop! Whoopee!! And we get to ride in the
handicapped/pram burdened seat! We're SpeCiaL!!
November 23, 2004: More cuteness! You can't stand it! You
can't stand it! I know! I can't either! How many damn
exclamation points can I get in this caption?!?!?
November 24, 2004: We had my first Thanksgiving a day early 'cause Grandma
and Daddy were going away on the real Turkey Day. And I got stuck
with the same ole shit to eat. Yay...
November 24, 2004: Mommy's carving the chicken on Thanksgiving.
Isn't she pretty? Daddy said she did a good job.
November 24, 2004: Now this is more like it! Give me some of what
you're eating, Daddy!
November 25, 2004: On the real Turkey Day, Grandma and Daddy went on a bus
tour around the Boyne Valley. This was the first stop in this old
place called Monasterboice to see something called Muiredach's Cross, a
10th Century irish High Cross. The medieval round tower in the
background is really cool. I make towers with my blocks and then I
knock them DOWN!
November 25, 2004: Here's the cross in question. It's nearly 18 feet
tall. You would need three Daddy's to get over it!
November 25, 2004: Grandma and Daddy also stopped at this place called
Mellifont Abbey, which Daddy says was founded in 1142. That's way
older than me! Grandma thought this woman who ruined EVERYONE'S
shots by running out into the complex before anyone could even set up for
pictures was really dumb.
November 25, 2004: Here's Grandma posing near some cool tunnel
ruins. Daddy had to bend over to walk through the tunnel.
That's cause he's big and strong.
November 25, 2004: Grandma and Daddy also went to Newgrange, which is a
really old (5000-6000 years) Neolithic tomb mound, whatever that is.
The white rock is the actual facade that was excavated and restored by the
archaeologists who worked here.
November 25, 2004: This is the entrance. The only difference from
the old site is the front taken out to add in the ramps. Otherwise
tourists would have to climb over the front stone with all its Neolithic
carving art on it. And Daddy says tourists are stupid and would do
it.
November 25, 2004: Another place they went was Tara Hill, the ancient
hilltop seat of the Irish kings. This is the Stone of Destiny.
Daddy says it was quite a walk up there. Grandma really shows it
here. She had to run down an earthwork mound and hope momentum would
carry her up the other side. That or Daddy would drag her up.
November 25, 2004: Daddy says that cause he's touched the Stone of
Destiny, he's got kingly legitimacy now. Which means I can be king
of Ireland some day. Awesome!
November 25, 2004: Tara Hill, aside from being a tourist stop, is also a
field for sheep, meaning the whole thing is covered in sheep shit.
Amazingly, neither Daddy nor Grandma stepped in any.
November 26, 2004: I'm back! The next night, Mommy and Daddy went to
Maynooth for a Fulbright Thanksgiving reception and some 'Mommy and Daddy'
time. That meant Grandma and me played and played!
November 26, 2004: This is how I like to watch TV. It really pisses
Daddy off, so now I do it to annoy him. I'm so cute.
November 26, 2004: Bedtime for baby boy! Grandma has tuckered me
out!
November 26, 2004: Grandma thought about smuggling me back to the US in a
suitcase with her, but I wasn't so keen on that idea.
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