Yesterday Luke received mail from the White House.

Pretty cool, no? All you have to do is mail a birth announcement to the White House and they send this neat little card back. We did the same thing when Adam was born. They are a nice keepsake to add to the baby book (especially if your children have up-to-date beautiful baby books, mine don’t – but that’s a story for another day).

We also sent an invitation to the White House when Dave and I got married. George and Laura sent a nice note congratulating us (they never did RSVP though). The card was timed perfectly and actually arrived the morning of our wedding.

And in the same vein, I would totally love to have the job of responding to the birth announcements and wedding invites that get sent to the White House. Looking at pictures of cute babies and fancy stationary all day would be awesome.

*I am able to work part-time, from home and will provide my own letter opener and pen. I have excellent penmanship and am willing to submit writing samples in cursive as well as the more informal block letter style. I would require the use of a machine (or an assistant) to seal the envelopes.*

On Friday Dave’s work had a family picnic at a local water park. I took my camera and was happy to sit on the sidelines with Luke and snap pictures of Dave and Adam playing in the water. I had the two of them pose at the entrance (Adam looked adorable in his sunglasses and baseball cap). I mentally cursed the man that stood in my way causing me to miss out on what would have been an adorable shot of the two of them splashing in the water together. Thankfully Dave was able to recreate the moment for me once the annoying guy moved. I even got a couple of really cute pictures of Luke napping in the stroller.

After taking about 20 pictures I realized there was no memory card in the camera – which means all my carefully framed snapshots don’t exist outside of my head. I did manage to get a couple of decent pictures thanks to my cell phone. Here’s one of Dave and Adam enjoying the lazy river:

And even though this isn’t the best quality, I love this picture of Adam running toward me. The tidal wave pool scared him when it started up and so he went right for the safety of my lap. I ended up soaked, but I didn’t mind too much. I mean really, who am I to deny a boy that needs his mama?