Birthday

To celebrate Jonah and Benjamin turning six,

we had a party for the first time since they turned one! 

Theme?  Star Wars!

Mostly the kids just played on the playground,

but toward the end we did a treasure hunt...

... which took them out to the bay to find their treat bags.... 

... and then we did a pinata, which was a Death Star,

carefully crafted over many late nights by Jonathan

out of paper mache....

The kids lined up by height... 

and used a light saber to whack away...

treats!

and cupcakes!

The reason Silas goes to church each Sunday

This bundle of cuteness is Tessa....

... or, as Jonathan says, "our future daughter-in-law."

Not cold

I took Silas out of the shower.

Silas:  Cold!  Cold, Mama!

I dried him off then sent him off to his room for pajamas.

Silas:  Cold!  Hold me, Mama!

I picked him up.

Silas:  Thank you, Mama.  Not cold.

A message from Benjamin

Excerpt from a Word document created by Benjamin ("shuf" is his version of "whew" and he created the spelling):  

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA    ok  shuf             

o   AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA   o

what

Diaper, cheese, and wooooo

The green string was Silas' pretend vacuum of of the day (he walks around holding it out, making a woooooo noise).  The orange on his face is cheese.

And, yes, his Puppy is wearing a diaper.