Owen's 6th

We had 10 friends for a make-your-own cake party on Saturday, and had great weather!  (Whew!  I so did not have time to clean the house very well!).  All the kids had a station where they mixed up ingredients for a cake, and while they baked we did an egg relay, and obstacle course and launched water balloons with a bungy slingshot (definite hit of the party) and pinata.  Then, we ate pizza, decorated cakes (ahem, covered in 1 inch depth of various decorations) and ate the creations.  Great fun had by all!

Plumb cute

What do you do when you can't winnow down to the very cutest selections of a 3 year old in a soccer uniform?  Post them all!

Owen's actual birthday

We had a small celebration on Thursday of Owen's actual 6th birthday...presents from family, and Owen's specially requested meal of calzones and strawberry pie.

New camera

Mom, this skateboard is "THE BEST"!!  It is SO much better than the skateboard from Santa that didn't roll very well.

Mmmm.  Strawberry pie is painful for mothers on low-carbohydrate regimens.

Odds + Ends

 The boys sat and watched the plasterers with rapt attention.  It was truly amazing!  You try icing the walls and ceilings and having it come out as smooth as glass...wow.  And they are fast to boot.

We had a little campfire and had hot dogs and smores for dinner.  If a messy baby is a happy one, Eden was in heaven.  I could not fully capture her dirtiness on film, but the tub had an awful ring when I drained it tonight.  Marshmallow+dirt+grease+not yet walking full time=eeeuw.

 Little peek at the new landing outside of the new door.

A couple weeks back

We had fun on Patriot's Day (while a bombing was going on, unfortunately) going to the local state park and doing what we like to do there, walking a bit, seeing animals, throwing rocks in the water and this year....drum roll...netting fish!  Oh, the fun.  You've rarely seen such excited boys.

 Fish, fish!!!

 See mom?

 Baited trap

 Throwing rocks

 Private clubhouse (no moms allowed) under the bridge.  I played paparazzi to get this shot.

Owen:  "I'm the grumpy old troll who lives under the bridge!"

Owen lyrics

Some nights we forfeit a bedtime story for a silly made-up song.  Usually I give choices of goofy titles like...
A.  My dad is actually an alien
B.  The cow eats pickles for lunch
C.  I like jellybeans in my salad

Tonight I didn't have choices in me so first thing I spat out..."There is macaroni in my guacamole."  The insta-lyrics were going something like this...

I love guacamole
It's green and it's tasty
It tastes like limes and onions
And a little bit of garlic.
Some salt and pepper
and sometimes a tomato,
It's my favorite snack of all.

I love macaroni
Noodly and cheesy,
Yummy in my tummy
Is some macaroni,
But what I do not want
I never want to taste,
Is what I found in my bowl...
Macaroni in my guacamole!

Take it to the sink,
Rinse those noodles off
Get off all the green stuff
That goes on a taco.
Put some cheese back in it
And put it in a bowl
A bite of macaroni
THEN a bite of guacamole.

When I eat them separately
They mix up in my tummy

[Owen chimes in, following the tune:]
"But I don't have a tongue
Inside of my tummy.
So I don't care about that!"

Ha ha, that made me giggle!  Owen comes up with some great lines sometimes :)

1st tooth

Owen's first baby tooth loss happened tonight...it was hanging pretty crooked in there for a long time and every night I give it a wiggle (much to his chagrin), and tonight I talked him into letting me try again.  Out it came!  It bled a lot, I was surprised.  He caught a glimpse of his holey lower row of teeth in the mirror and promptly burst into horrified tears.  Poor guy!!  I felt so bad I had done it.  He is not one who loves a change that he doesn't ask for.  But he did pretty well and getting past it and sticking the tooth under his pillow on the sly.