A porcelain throne and an aluminum sink

Our favorite plumber told him a few years ago that they have an apprentice program....he only has to wait 9 more years, but that hasn't stopped him from carrying this book around ever since he found it at the library a few weeks ago...

He even toted it into the doc's office the other day. The boy loves his plumbing!
JB's This Hotel Room

where the map said it would be

Today was the boys' last day of summer vacation, so we lit out for a few adventures, and guess what we found at the museum....

Harry's dream room! The boy loves a map more than just about anything. One of his major pasttimes this summer has been STUDYING a map for an area where I used to work - he can tell you just about any route from any direction...now, if he just had a reason to visit ;-)
They had all sorts of maps, including a display about GPS...remember the Garmin? Ahhhh

Jack has a slightly different approach, and they had all the bells and whistles for his style as well

He was all over the sextant and finding the North Star

They both had fun pretending to be pilots

We took in the IMAX theater and I couldn't get a good perspective shot, but thought this was appropriate since I'm always telling him he's a natural cartographer

I made another attempt during the movie, Deep Sea, not great- but you can see Harry's sweet profile and long lashes if you look near the bottom left...and squeeze in a little lesson about the coral reef ;-)

Thanx also for the fun pool time, CC - hope you survived the sleepover and we can get our schedules worked out for something fun SOON!

It was a really nice way to end the summer break, and after a few fun things this weekend we'll all be ready for a schedule

JB's God's Own Drunk

Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid?

It was lego sort of Christmas and the boys have been stuffing their playroom of late, but they still love an afternoon at the library. Harry's reading a really long chapter book and Jack's working thru a stack of puzzles.
Harry bought this Playmobil bathroom (surprise!) set yesterday and practiced his plumbing skills today. One of his latest favorite things to do with Daddy is ask him what all the bathrooms he visited on his business trips looked like - the comparison of color handles, brands of toilets, sinks, etc. are an endless source of entertainment recently.

He put the instructions to good use (and I caught some wild sun rays with the camera - yes, Virginia, there IS a sun)

and checked himself out in the tiny mirror ;-)

Jack decided the sponge made a great brain and did a little neurosurgery on the poor guy who probably just signed on for a shower or other mundane experience

He put him back, so I'm guessing we don't have a budding Sid (ala Toy Story) on our hands...whew!

Beach Boys' When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)

Rock Lobster

I must say the advertising people at Wal-Mart get their money's worth out of this strategy - between this lobster case and 'the room' with all the seasonal stuff, it's one of their favorite places to go these days.


Is this the hairiest lobster you've ever seen?



B-52's