Monday, May 24, 2010

Snapper moves back in!

Since August, Snapper has been living in Beth's classroom while we sold the old house and moved into our new house. Today he officially moved back in to kick off the start of summer break. He even has his very own room: the Laundry room! Richard gave his tank a thorough cleaning, which included throwing out the old living greenery. Not to worry-- after a stop by the pet store this week, Snapper will have some fresh plants to hide in!

Friday, May 21, 2010

Screen on the Green

Tonight's feature was Shrek the Third!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

There's a Vac for that!

Carter developed an earache Saturday and by Sunday morning his ear was bleeding. We took him to the minor medical center and found out he had a perforated eardrum...ouch!! On Monday he had a follow up visit with the pediatric ENT specialist. Dr. Chanin was wonderful and the good news is that Carter's eardrum should fully heal in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, we have antibiotics to administer as well as eardrops 3x daily. In this video, Dr. Chanin is "vacuuming" the gunk out of Carter's ears. What a trooper! He said it did not hurt, and in fact made his eyes "jiggle":

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Friday, May 7, 2010

Screen on the Green 2010

Tonight was the first Screen on the Green at the Carriage Crossing
mall. The movie was "Up!" and the weather was perfect (not too warm
with a nice breeze). We met up with Joe and Mary Lynn and their
kids. Our boys are over at the fountain playing with bubbles.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Hibachi? Youbetcha!




After the B&N book fair event, we (Beth and I) decided to head across the parking lot to Stix for dinner. The boys were not thrilled and almost reached critical meltdown mass on the way in. They are ok with Chinese food, but not sushi and somehow know we are at a Japanese restaurant the minute we walk in (could it be the sushi counter that gives it away?).

Anyway, as you can tell from the video below, it was a miserable experience for all! Actually, Carter ate his entire steak serving, half of his brother's, and a good portion of my chicken. Plus he ate some vegetables AND even dipped his broccoli in one of the sauces! We expect him to grow a foot within the next few days. He told both the chef and waitress that this was the best restaurant EVER! I asked if it was even better than McDonald's and both boys said "YES!". Erek has declared that we need to eat there every night from now on. Maybe, if service was a little better -- it took forever to get our check once we were done.


Guess who graduated from Kindergarten?

Who?



EREK DID!!!


Having lunch w/ Daddy at Chik-Fil-A after Three Piggy Opera (Kindergarten graduation program).

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Carter the Entrepreneur

Carter is now marketing the world's first Snuggie just for dogs! Here he took a picture of HRH Lulu modeling his creation:

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Safety First!

Erek has determined that in addition to the booster seat and seat belt, safety glasses must be worn at all times the car is in motion (nevermind that he HATES wearing them for their original purpose - Home Depot kids workshops):