“papi – happy”

We’ve had some very exciting days in the V2 family. Wednesday, the Lohrstofers came to town to visit! For 7 hours the house was complete, deliriously happy chaos as all four siblings got to play with each other. Speaking personally, it was ever so nice to compare notes with Chris and Mary. We’re all going through a lot of the same things.

Before they arrived, Monica kept running around the house yelling “happy, happy!”

The day after the Lohrstofers, we took our first major road trip. The normally 6 hour trip to Holland was done in a still respectable 7 hours. Once in Holland, the girls got to meet their aunts and cousins for the first time.

Monica, again, has spent the days yelling “happy, happy.”

Today, Dad took us all for an airplane ride.When I was a kid, we would beg Dad to do a whoop-de-do. What’s a whoop-de-do? It’s when you point the plane up, gain altitude, then point the plane down and quickly lose altitude. The effect is that you get to literally float through the air (it’s the same things astronauts do for training for space). Many people don’t like the sensation (my mom was never a fan).

The girls loved it. I was watching Kelly the 1st time. At first her face transformed into a look of sheer terror. By the time she floated back to the floor she was asking to do it again.

Here’s the video of the 3rd time.