The Family *roll

Finally, summer (leaving aside the fact that today it’s 60 degrees). With summer, comes summer activities: the pool, the pizza farm, the dunk tank. What’s that now? Oh yes, I agreed to sit in the dunk tank as part of senior week (as did Dan H.). By the time it was my turn, there weren’t many people around, which gave ample opportunity for friends and lovers to dunk me ad nauseum:

Fortunately, it was 100 degrees that day, so each plunge into the tank was sweet relief.

There has been a lot going on lately, including Eleanor’s second birthday and our 5th wedding anniversary (same day). My parents were in town, so Em and I spent a night in The Cities, where we walked, shopped, watched a movie and had an awesome meal. We also took in the Hmong Market in St. Paul, which has fabulous food and not-so-fabulous crap for sale. It’s nice to see, however, that the products for sale recognize the wide variety of personalities that you might want to inculcate in your daughter. For example:

But not everyone wants a delightful girl. Some people might want their daughter to be a little more toned-down thank you very much:

Oh Eleanor, the first thing I said when you were born was, “I hope you are benign. Benign like a benign tumor.” And now I’ve found the toy to make my wish come true.