The troop

This is how cool my family is. After my sister Angelyn and her husband Carlos drove up to my parents' house in Orange County, my niece tumbled out the car pushing a stroller with her two "babies." It seems she recently found two of my brother-in-law's Planet of the Apes action figures and started carrying them around. She puts them over her shoulder and burps them like infants. Ang strokes Zaius's mullet and beard and says, "Nice hair!"


Today was a dual celebration. Yesterday was my dad's birthday, so we had cake! We often get Cuban (Porto's), Hawaiian (King's), or Filipino (Goldilocks) dessert, but it's nice to have basic Chinese style once in a while. Not too sweet and totally light. My older niece Saoirse helped out with the candles. That's her dad/my twin brother with Ang and Lucia on the right.


And tomorrow is Mother's Day. So the moms went out to lunch in the afternoon while we dads stayed home with the girls. The funny thing is that while our spouses were away, each of us was so focused on the needs our respective daughters that we didn't really get to catch up or talk to each other that much. (Dad and my uncle, Tom, took off to pick up burritos from Chipotle)


Before we went our separate ways, we took some pictures of the moms and daughters. Happy Mother's Day, Wendy! I know the new gig is mentally taxing, physically draining, and all-around stressful, but I think you're doing an awesome job.