My grandma and your grandma

Dean's mom got to come for a nice visit last week, and we did lots of fun stuff

Jack putting out his version of the welcome mat

Harry giving everyone a little schoolin'

Uncle Les even joined us for a trip to a science museum

Harry doing a little engineering

Grandma snapping Jack's successful building

They even got to do an ecology lesson with microscopes and note-taking

Harry and Daddy working to decide the habitat of these bugs

and we even hit the lanes for a few games

It was a really nice visit - thanx for coming to see us!

Trad and Anon's Iko Iko

We're gonna have a real Good time

It's our second season of trying to go to the free summer bowling, and we finally made it yesterday! With sweet Erin along for the ride. It was a lot of fun to bowl, to try and beat a version of The Claw, and to make the tough donut decisions at KK.

The last picture is the three of them hamming it up and telling me they are 'FULL of donuts!'

While I was getting things together to start bowling, I caught them wrestling and it brought back a memory....

...of the beginnings about 5 years ago :wub:

Doors' Roadhouse Blues

I’m your buckaroo, I want to be like you.

Harry drew Dean a picture of riding bikes to the Ocracoke lighthouse to welcome him to Father's Day
And we gave him a little love

And had some fun at a beachy restaurant, including CHEERS all around

My boys love to bowl :-)

And I love to watch them growing up with their wonderful Daddy

We love you, babe - it was a beautiful day!

~Thank you for this life ~

Rodney Atkins' Watchin' You

Drain Bamage

Yesterday, a big fun group of friends got together for bowling! It was fun, and mostly they were cute and behaved, but when I looked through the pix, I got a little Pink Floyd tune in my head that hasn't gone away - maybe it was the tiedye shirts, maybe it was Harry's insistence on bashing his head into things...who knows?!

He was really trying to play with the blower, maybe better, maybe not?

Then he and Jack were playing a game, rolling the ball back and forth, then here he goes again....silly boy! There don't seem to be any after-effects, so no dains were bramaged in the making of this post ;-)

Here's the regular cute stuff - they teamed up a bit, and Jack even picked up three spares on his own!

This stance? His dad :-)

Pink Floyd's Brain Damage

Take another little piece of my heART, now babies

Today was 'red gym' day, and the wonder art teachers started a project for VDay that involved mixing colors and painting little heart boxes. Jack offered his up for me, so I can put my rings in it to keep them safe :wub: I was reminded by a friend's stressful experience how lucky I have it, so my heart's thanx to my two little heartbreakers, and my main squeeze - you all make this a pretty charmed life <3

This seems to be Harry's pose of the day -

he's listening to instructions before mixing and painting

Sam and Jack also waiting patiently ...

Sam's got a great face, but this is one of my favorite expressions LOL

Harry's thrilled with the chance to 'stir it up!'

Three artistes

Jack took great care to get all his sides coordinated

Harry swishing for 3-points...maybe he's gonna be ambidextrous?

And that follow-thru is for Daddy ;-)

The kids set up a bowling alley in prep for Thursday's outing

And took great glee in knocking the pins down!

Jack's mathcream cone!

And Harry's at the pose again while playing in the gym!

Janis Joplin

Let's Go Bowling!

Well, I think that Jack's idea for a

Pirate Bowling Birthday Party was a big success!

Thanx to everyone who made it such a great time ~ the adventurous kids and all the moms and dads and friends who pitched in with food delivery and ball maintenance - I don't think we had any major mishaps, but I wasn't sure the floor would survive all those dropped balls ;-)

The LOOT was amazing, and the boys are still wading thru all the goods!

Thank you all for your creative, fun and generous gifts :-)

Here are just a few pictures from yesterday - there were cameras everywhere, so I'm hoping to get some better pictures from friends at some point.

Harry says "Argh, give me all your cake!"

Jack looking so grown-up (not sure what was up with the bandana..maybe a freak windstorm?)

Pirates chill out, too, right?!

They got a lot of amazing gifts, but my friend Heidi made this treasure map for them - it has all their favorite things - them riding on a tall ship, Jimmy Buffett and Christmas Island, dinosaurs, Pixar Peninsula, and X marking the spot on Treasure Island.

It is a real Treasure!

The Arrogant Worms song

It's My Party and I'll Argh If I Want To...Birthday Recon

We went to the bowling alley to reserve their party this morning and try

....Pirate Bowling....

HarryJack takes the helm

Great Teamwork

Harry looks like a pro

Jack sets up for a shot

A little size perspective - that ball weighs about what he did at birth!


Harry's best Pirate Face and Arrrrgh


Final Score - Mommy just barely squeaked that victory out ;-)

They both really loved it, and were excited to get some loot at the party store. It's shaping up to be a fun time!