nonno's birthday

the girls and i came up to connecticut for swimming lessons. we come up every year. k and m have completed their red cross classes, but will be doing an endurance class for two weeks. (well, m will. k will swim in the class for a week before FINALLY returning to her beloved city). c is in level IV this year. g stayed home to take care of xena. today we celebrated my dad's birthday. he's 83 now. everyone is slowing down around him, but not my dad. well, he's slowed down a little bit since he had his surgeries for several aneurysms last year. but his "slowing down" is probably equal to a middle aged man's slowing down. he's very healthy (considering he began smoking at 13 years old and only quit in his 60's) and very much a leo.