It's "Uncle Van" now

Michael's friend and colleague Van, a young-ish, betrothed gentleman, is a wee bit obsessed curious about domestic bliss life.

So Van joined the Rs for our recent Friday night pizza and movie night.

First there was the requiste tour of the home where Van was shocked and appalled duly impressed found to really enjoy the swingset in the living room.



That wasn't the only thing Van enjoyed. Note the ONLY toy he opted to play with in the playroom.



Charlotte was very excited about meeting Van, as you can see, showing off her best side.


The rest of the house tour was fairly boring. Lots of crayon marks on the walls and boxes in the garage. *Yawn*

But, oh, oh, there was a peek into the bomb shelter hole in the basement wall. I think this may have been Van's favorite part of the house!



Van bestowed a lovely spring gift on the girls - a Kite! Unfortunately, the wind-free mid March evening proved too much of a challenge even for Van, the most determined of Kite flyers this West Chester neighborhood has ever seen.





Sarah, in turn, bestowed a gift upon Van. Fluff, from a stuffed animal. Oddly appropriate, wouldn't you say?




Van climbed into the swing set treehouse with Charlotte. As he was about to go down the slide, she plopped into his lap. To say that Van was surprised would be an understatement. He was nearly paralyzed. Charlotte had a blast!



The REAL heart of the night, though, was pizza and a movie. We started with some quacky old animated flick called the Singing Princess. The Princesses-in-Residence vetoed that movie in short order.



Next we tried Van's favorite, Toy Story, which prompted a significant temper tantrum from Sarah because she wanted to watch a certain scene over and over again. (A 2-year-old temper tantrum is a regular part of that domestic life.) Eventually Toy Story was rejected, as was Curious George the movie, so we settled on the current favorite Snow White.

Van and his two favorite Princesses.



Thanks for hanging out with us, Van. Hope we didn't scare you off from having your own kids some day.