Today is His Birthday

Sitting by the dock of the bay

 Well that quite interlude lasted for about two seconds and then they were up synchro jumping on the docks.

 This guy joined the double-digit club today. We always let the boys be the boss of the house on their birthdays. E asked that we go hunting for frogs (check), go out on the boat (check), eat dinner at IKEA (check), have a friend sleepover (check) and have homemade apple pie (cooling on stove presently).

I don't think he had his rod in the water for 2 minutes when he reeled in his first fish.

But see that second picture? The broken rod? That was from fish #2.

Meet fish #2. When E started to reel it in his rod snapped in half!

When the fish reached the surface we could see why.

E .... you are 10 years old .... and you are a fisherman.

I noticed on the way back to land that A and Granny were making plans for his day coming up.

I don't know if I like the looks of those smiles.

Friday Fun

So it's not quite their birthdays. Not quite the end of school.

But it seemed like a good day for a banana split snack.

There were no complaints.

There did seem to be a little bit of extra energy to burn after all that sugar.

And on the 'to school or not to school' front. We're getting it done.

Done

After a long week of looking we had one last dip in the pool before heading home.

I invented a game the other day for E.

You need a handful of LEGO mini-figures. E closes his eyes and I place one in his hand. The object is to identify the mini-fig using only touch.

We did a pile of them and he only misidentified one of them.

Fair is Fair

There is a whole lot of fun packed into a small space at this mall.

The good news is that I like rides.

And the boys like rides.

 Even M likes rides.

M challenged A that he could make him puke by spinning him on this ride.

But M called 'uncle' before A even stopped giggling.

Normally E is hesitant to get on the rides. But I think the novelty of being tall enough to ride by himself spurred him to try more than he normally would have.

I noticed that there was a difference in the way the boys rode the carousel and the way the girls rode the carousel.

Poor daddy was trying to get some house hunting work done while we were there.

Of course once the ride got going he had to hang up.

Happy Thoughts

Something to be happy about.

Just when we were starting to feel that there was a dark cloud following us around ..... a little sunshine came into our day.

 The boys were so excited they were jumping for joy.

 Or maybe they were being thrown into the air?

 The water is warm and the kids are playing. We thought V might be ready for bed but she decided to stay up and party with the big kids.

Synchro Jumping.

I love these action shots.

And after little sunshine had a bottle .... she was ready to give me a cuddle.

Going Going Arrived

Up and at 'em early this morning.

There is no better way to travel.

The big city.

Arrived. Let the apartment search begin.

Regular Day

I was working upstairs cleaning out closets when I found the first note taped in the hallway.

The second note was on the corner of the desk. The third was beside the laptop.

This is what was at the laptop ... my guy .... with the computer ready to order a new mini-fig.

Here's my goofball getting ready for bed.