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We played Wii...
shopped online...
...played more wii...(joel took some lengthy naps)...
went bowling...(we've been several times, but this was Joel's first time participating. He *loved* it.
went to Family Fun Center...
...and had a good good time. Thanks for coming!
I brought out the huge paper this morning, trying to get Joel plenty of space to draw without getting the table or floor covered in crayon.
Everybody thought it was a good idea.
Until *someone* tried to draw on the furniture. He wasn't very thrilled that that wasn't allowed.
Zai was drawing Ricky Ricotta.
Now we're in business.
After we put it all away Joel found my camera, turned it on and then got scared. He brought it out to me and clasped his fingers looking worried that it might have broken.
Ellen made her first breakfast burrito this morning.
And look! Bangs. She's decided she looks at least 12 is thrilled over the moon about it.
He held out this stick and made a series of "pew!" "pow!" "pew!" sounds.
Where he learned this I have no idea.
After we got back from camping, Brennan had a delayed birthday party.
He was pretty thrilled.
After many, many lofty ideas (a standing Yoshi cake!) and suggestions (How about Bowser and Yoshi! Together on top of a Mario Brothers mountain!) that were gently and kindly moved into the "that's not actually feasable (for me. unless we hire someone.) category, he finally suggested a baseball cake. That I could do. Sort of. Obviously I need a little practice drawing with frosting.
A pinata was a given. None of the boys can have a party without a piñata. This penguin nicely held together until the last person's turn.
A little kickball, a little cake, some presents and a piñata. All this five year old wanted. (Well, truthfully he wanted t-ball. But we couldn't find a few gloves. So kickball it became.)
It was our anniversary recently. xx
This was the first year that we really did something to celebrate it in quite a while. Usually we're gone, or there is a tiny munchkin around or some reason that keeps us from doing something.
I'd heard a lot of other people tell me they'd gone on a river dinner cruise on the Portland Spirit, so I figured "Shoot, that sounds fun." and signed us up.
It was pretty cool. The cruising was the best part. The dinner was fine. The servers sang songs. Show tune type songs.
This fountain is just outside of the boat's dock. I hadn't seen it at night all lit up before.
The cruise was fun. The river was pretty and the singing was interesting. But best of all was hanging with my love, remembering the early years.
We tried a little fishing, but were pretty unsuccessful. The closest they got was seeing a fish jump out of the water. Then, the last day Jeff & Dave took the kids to a nearby stocked trout pond. They all caught something within about twenty minutes. We've all decided that is the way to go.
These are all from an afternoon "slug hunt" walk. One of the kids found a giant banana slug (like 6-8 inches long) and then they all wanted one. We didn't find any more, but there were some other bugs. After these pictures, we told the kids they needed to keep something between their skin and that centipede. It could have been friendly, but we figured you never know with centipedes.
