Dad’s Gathering

On Wednesday evening we attended the Family Week Dad’s Gathering.  It was a good opportunity to connect with old friends and make some new ones.  We’ve always enjoyed the Dad’s Gathering and attended each of the first two years we came to Family Week. Last year they did not schedule this event and we really missed it.  Glad to see it back again!

Children’s Programming

On Tuesday afternoon Brian took Darius to the children’s programming put on for younger children. During the program, the kids worked on creating collages representing their families. So Darius cut out pictures to represent each of us and I think Brian helped him with drawing in the cats. Each part of the collage was labeled with each of our names.

Interestingly, Darius picked out a picture of someone in a wheelchair to represent me. Brian asked him why he chose that picture when Daddy doesn’t use a wheelchair. His amusing response was, “I picked that picture because Daddy likes to sit all the time”.

I guess I have to get up more.

Family Week: One Family’s Perspective

We have contributed a guest post to the Family Equality Council Blog.

“Today’s guest post comes from Brian and Steven Bush-Frank. Brian and Steven, along with five year old son Darius, consider themselves to be just your ordinary gay, foster-adoptive, transracial American family. They are currently liveblogging their visit to Family Week 2008 at http://greendads.wordpress.com.

This year is our fourth year coming back to Provincetown for Family Week, and for us the experience just keeps getting better. We come back to get away from our hectic lives for a summer vacation as a family. We come back to enjoy the unique flavor and history of Provincetown. But most of all, we come back for the sake of our son.”

Please visit here to read the full post.

Bonfire

Here is a photo of the bonfire and a forest of much too short marshmallow sticks for Smores.

Beach Picnic

We’re at the beach picnic put on by the Family Equality Council for Family Week right now.

It’s great to sit and talk with good friends, watch all the wonderful families around us and enjoy some good food. This is exactly why we’ve come back to Ptown and Family Week for the fourth time.

There is supposed to be a bonfire later. I will try to post a picture of it later if we can manage the late hour with the 5 year old.

Playground

Darius and I went to the playground this morning while Papa went to one of the Family Week workshops.

Correction!
Batman and I went to the playground.

A Fine Day at the Beach

We spent much of the day at the beach. The weather was great, sunny and not too hot. The wind and surf were much calmer then Saturday evening and the tide wasn’t so high.

I couldn’t blog from my Iphone while on the beach because there was no signal. What kind of world is this with no cell service or wi-fi? But I took a couple of pictures to use when I got back to civilization.

We didn’t have any scheduled Family Week activities today, so that prompted the long beach visit. This evening we are going to a potluck supper for Pride and Joy Families of Upstate NY. Hosted by friends from Syracuse, Jack, Vince and their daughter Mona.

Parade

Earlier today we marched in the parade.

Family Tea Dance

Here is Darius getting down at the Family Tea Dance.

Evening at the Beach

We went to Herring Cove Beach for a Family Equality Council welcome picnic. The tide was very high and it was very windy, so it made for a very interesting evening. The pictures taken with the Iphone aren’t the best in the world, but if you’ve got a lot of light and keep really still they come out ok.

I thought the sunset picture came out pretty interesting. That’s Brian and Darius is rising from being knocked down by a wave.

Tomorrow is the annual Family Parade and then a gathering for multicultural families.

Next Page »