Merry Christmas

Seriously

I love these guys

Best kids ever...

Hot Date

Daniel's 9th Birthday. we spent a night in SF dining and seeing the sights.  

Coit Tower- He got a $2 bill for change and we rode to the top.

The Farallon Restaurant, seafood. Delicious!

 

Dessert at the Fairmont. He charmed everyone.

 

Serenaded by the piano player, treated to dessert for his birthday. He drank lots of Shirley temples and we had a great date.  love this 9 year old.

Fresh Eggs!

 Our first eggs have arrived! Dixie (seen above on the right side of Gavin) laid two before we found them, then she laid another one that evening and a fourth the next morning. Daniel got to see her lay the fourth one. They are a beautiful blue/green color. We plan to eat them for breakfast tomorrow. I can't wait to taste them.
 Several months ago, we took guesses on when our hens would start laying. Normally they are between 5-6 months old when this happens. Gavin won the bet. They are just about exactly 5 months old this week.

Toothy

 Vincent is almost done with first grade and still has all of his cute baby teeth. I love the smile! We had a little photo shoot to make sure and capture it before things started falling out of his face.

 Daniel is well into the stage of things falling out of his face. The fang on the left held on by a thread for weeks. It's finally out now.

 

Please note: skateboards and exercise bands do not mix well.

It's a rough road to the X Games. Amazingly, he still has all of his teeth. While he was dripping blood all over the cement he was saying "Oh no! This is not good. This is not good!"

They've flown the coop

 The chicks have moved outside to their new chicken coop. They seem to like their new home and I'll be happy to have my garage back once all the dust has cleared. The kids all love the chickens. I'm surprised by how much every kid that visits seems to be totally enamored with them, especially the toddlers.

This is Snowy and Dixie.

USS Potomac

 We took a docent led tour of the USS Potomac during Spring Break this year. This was FDR's floating White House. The boys listened "okay" according to our 88 year old docent.

 Here we are sitting exactly where President Roosevelt once sat.

 They each took a turn steering