Life's A Beach

Well, wasn’t that special? Let’s talk about something wholesome, shall we?

Like, 8 million years ago, the kids and I went to a birthday party for a little girl who was turning two. A bunch of her friends came, including the Terrible Two (who aren’t terrible at all, btw. In fact, they’re sorta angelic. Just sayin’)

$Three\'s company, too.$

There were insanely fancy cupcakes, and when I say fancy, I mean THEY HAD COCONUT CUPCAKES and I almost left house and home and ran away with one and married it and had little tiny coconut cupcake babies with it.

$That\'s my girl.$

And if you remember the post about that day, which you don’t, because you still weren’t born when I wrote it back in Paleolithic times, you’ll recall that we stayed after and hung out at the beach. But not before we had us some Fatburger, (who’s cups saved our asses bladders later that night) which 2of3 said was “A’ight.”

once he was allowed to see again, of course.

And then, we were off to English Bay to wait for the Celebration of Lights. (Read: Big ass fireworks show set to start 15 gazillion hours after we got to the bay) Our wait can be easily soundtracked as follows:

Blowin' in the Wind

Castles Made of Sand

I can dig it, he can dig it...

Baby, can you dig it dig it?

Ghost in the Machine

I Fall To Pieces

That last one is getting submitted to this, BTW:

And then we watched the boats come in, and the tide, too.

It was seriously, like, the most excellent night ever. We made friends with a bunch of stoned, homeless dudes, some drunk suburbanites, and a couple of grannies, none of which who were together, but all bailed us out of our freezing cold, no-blanket, sopping wet state by sharing coats, chairs, blankets, glow-sticks, and even one of them manned up and peed in a cup so my proper as all get out 10 year old could find the courage to do it, too. They hugged us when it was over, all of them, told us how glad they were that we sat with them, and carried my stroller up the beach to the sidewalk for me. God, I love Vancouver.

And so concludes round one of Mr Lady Finally Dumped Her Memory Card. More completely untimely photographs coming soon to a blog near you.

Megryansmom

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 4:12

Thanks for the picture share. The kids looked lik ethey were having a great time.

Megryansmoms last blog post..Monday Madness

Mike Marshall

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 5:04

Vancouver is like to-tal-ly west coast…….que no? Good Times………good times.

Down the street you can hear her scream you’re a disgrace
As she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside
And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool
He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
And his tears fall and burn the garden green

And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually

A little Indian brave who before he was ten,
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built up a dream that when he grew up
He would be a fearless warrior Indian Cheif
Many moons past and more the dream grew strong until
Tomorrow he would sing his first war song and fight his first battle
But something went wrong, surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually

There was a young girl, who’s heart was a frown
cause she was crippled for life,
And she couldn’t speak a sound
And she wished and prayed she could stop living,
So she decided to die
She drew her wheelchair to the edge of the shore
And to her legs she smiled you wont hurt me no more
But then a sight she’d never seen made her jump and say
Look a golden winged ship is passing my way

And it really didn’t have to stop, it just kept on going…

And so castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually

I hope you don’t mind Lady…..I loves me some Jimi. Peace, Mike.

Hockeyman

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 5:43

Sweet pics!

Hockeymans last blog post..Here we go again…

CarolynOnline

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 6:16

Mmmmm coconut cupcakes.

CarolynOnlines last blog post..Fun with nuts.

texasholly @ June Cleaver Nirvana

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 6:18

Random is the new black.

texasholly @ June Cleaver Nirvanas last blog post..Holly’s quantitative theory of potty training

Marti

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 7:03

Those cupcakes make ME want to marry them! Vancouver is beautiful!

ms picket to you

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 7:05

And the Olympics!? Coming soon, right? With cupcakes for all!

ms picket to yous last blog post..Let Me Tell You Why I Hate You

Jill

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 7:10

Beautiful photographs!

Maria

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 7:31

JIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry. I got distracted.

Marias last blog post..My Anger Stems from Pain.

Kori

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 8:02

Wow, those are some great photos! And it sounds like so much fun…why, oh why, did I not make the time to meet you halfway when I was in Seattle? That was stupid of me, wasn’t it?

Koris last blog post..Another Inch Taller

April

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 8:13

You had to go back and just throw it in our faces a little bit more, didn’t you?

The pics do depict what a priceless, perfect day it was.

Aprils last blog post..My Story

VegasDad

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 9:54

Great photos. And sounds like a great evening too.

VegasDads last blog post..a night in the er

Jeremy (Discovering Dad)

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 11:06

Looks like a very cool place to raise a family. Good to love the place you live. I like the pics too – I submitted one to the Greeblepix contest too. Yours is way better though!

Jeremy (Discovering Dad)s last blog post..Surviving Two Weeks of Family Vacation

Marie

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 11:12

It may be a memory dump, but Ah, I love this story!
Cupcakes AND beach time!

Maries last blog post..Day-Week-Month-Year Planning

Susan

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 11:58

Sigh. Someone else who’d marry a cupcake? If wasn’t already married to chardonnay…

Susans last blog post..Blessings – Part 4 Or QVC Featuring Children

Melisa

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 12:02

Yummy looking cupcakes…awesome photos! :)

Melisas last blog post..The Best Thing Ever When You’re At Home For Breakfast, Eatin’ Sausage and Syrupy Things

Ashley

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 12:12

Sounds absolutely delightful…except now, I want cupcakes. Darn you! ;)

Ashleys last blog post..Looking back, looking forward

cory huff

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 12:28

If you ever come to Portland, look me up. I’ll take you to St. Cupcake. It’s a bakery that only sells cupcakes. Dead serious. Absolutely amazing chocolate butter cream frosting. Wow.

Anyway….call me. If you want.

cory huffs last blog post..What Happened to My Fitness Motivation?

Natalie

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 12:37

*Sigh* I would love to live in Vancouver.

diamond dave

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 13:01

Forget the cupcakes, I miss Fatburger!
For that matter, I also miss In-n-Out Burger and Carls Jr. Highlights of my days in California.

BTW that’s one heck of a shiner your kid is sporting. Get it from his brother or a skateboard?

diamond daves last blog post..Musical Interlude 8/15/08

Miss

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 13:17

Now THAT is my kinda party!

Misss last blog post..Empty

Zoeyjane

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 13:40

After all that I ended up with two thoughts in my head:

“Why does JDawg still wear his ring?” and,
“I don’t think I could pee in a cup on the beach, regardless of how many bums were willing to demonstrate it for me.”

wrong shoes

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 13:47

We are sort of planning on moving up to that area, and now I want to even more. The problem is, we are not familiar with it at all! Is there like a guide to moving to the northwest? What’s a native Texan to do? How can I get some of those cupcakes?

Carrie

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 13:55

So glad you unloaded that memory card . . . totally worth it!

Andrea

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 14:08

That one you submitted to Greeblepix? Is fucking incredible. I submitted one too, despite the knowledge that yours will smoke mine (sounds kinky) but hey, I tried.

Sounds like a kick ass day. Makes me want to take a vacation to Vancouver.

Andreas last blog post..Wishing I Were Here

Loralee

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 14:16

Those cupcakes are only like the second thing that has looked absolutely YUMMY in ages. And I have less than zero chance of getting my hands on a damn cupcake today.

BOO.

Loralees last blog post..Weddings

PAPA

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008 at 15:00

Vancouver is the best of New York, San Fran and Denver wrapped up all together which is like a totally pretentious way of saying, I love it! Great city, great people.