100000 Is A Big Deal

On Saturday the birthday celebrations continued as we hosted a party for Dave with 23 people. I always suck at taking pictures during parties, and while I tried to rectify that this past weekend, most of my pictures were blurry. Boo. (Or they contained pictures of people who don't want to appear on this blog.) However I did get this good picture of Tessa and Funny Bunny.

I really wish I could have gotten a picture of Willem and Rachel playing catch with Funny Bunny and laughing hysterically because that was a really awesome memory.

So if you're not married to math nerd (or aren't one yourself), you may not know that "32" in binary is "100000." Thus, when we invited people to Dave's birthday, we labeled the e-mail "Dave Is Turning 100000!" and encouraged guests, if they wished, to bring a small token for a 100000th birthday.
I love this card which Tim, Janice, Tessa and Willem made for Dave. The message is in binary and Dave has been working hard to de-code it!

Another set of friends of ours brought Dave (approximately) 100000 grains of rice! Our friend explained his reasoning that he counted out 1 Tablespoon of rice (684 grains) and then figured out how many tablespoons he would need to get 100000 grains. It was hilarious!!!

Dave's friend Isaac brought him Genesis and Messiah Beer from the He'Brew Beer Company in New York, which is what Dave is holding in the picture above. I don't think it has anything to do with either turning 100000 or 32. Isaac just likes to give Dave this beer since Dave is Jewish! Isaac also read to Sam from The Brick Bible and Sam was entranced.

On Sunday we went out to Del Dente, an amazing pasta place, with Dave's family. Del Dente even provided Dave with his very own slice of cheesecake. Dave was in heaven as he LOVES cheesecake. (And we didn't ask the restaurant to do this, they just asked what the occasion was when Dave made the reservation and provided this dessert. Thankfully they didn't sing which Dave would have hated!)

Del Dente, like any good pasta restaurant, serves complementary bread. They bake it in terracotta flower pots and it is delicious. Yum!

Sam and Rachel enjoyed some Grandma and Grandpa time. Rachel helped Grandpa take pictures and Sam just watched TV from the comfort of Grandma's lap. (One of the things about not having a TV at home is that Sam is absolutely mesmerized when we go to a restaurant with a TV. Since they are usually showing sports I don't really care that he's watching it.)

Rachel really got into her chocolate ice cream. And I was so full from my supper, I could only eat a few bits of the espresso creme brulee I shared with Dave's parents. Sadness.

And that is how Dave's birthday was well celebrated this year. Now we'll get back to some regularly scheduled blogging. (Until March that is, when Sam turns FIVE! Gulp. I'm not ready for that yet...)