Happy Birthday...to Me

Yesterday was my 35th birthday. While I don't feel a day over 34 and a half, I suppose I can accept my new age.  I was kindly reminded by all the mathemagic in the world (Ev is closer to 18 than I am, etc. etc. etc.) that I am not young anymore...and I'm okay with that. Would I mind having the body I had when I was 20? Sure, who wouldn't? That said, if getting older means I now have a wife and kids that I adore, a mortgage because I own my own property, an earlier bedtime because I have a good career, then getting older just means getting to the good stuff. I had great fun in college, but none of it compares to 4 tiny arms wrapping around me to give me my birthday hugs.

Getting Worse?

Is it possible that Amelia is actually worse at eating Oreos as a near 5 year-old than she was as a tiny 3 year-old???  I'm not even sure how one goes about getting an Oreo mustache.


3 years old...

Last Night...

Boys Are Gross

Amelia said the following tonight -"Everett! Stop playing with your nugget!".  I'll let you figure out what prompted this statement. The only hints I'll give are 1) Yeah, it was good advice from her 2) It was bath time and 3) If he was in public, he would have been arrested.

Enough

I guess Amelia has heard enough about Everett's mastery of stacking blocks. Tonight, she whipped up this bird house perched upon a skinny block. Unfortunately for her, right after this picture was taken, Everett sent this birdhouse crashing to the floor.....just as he had done to every other block she stacked tonight.

More Party Than Slumber

Amelia attended her first slumber party last night. She says she had a good time. However, judging from the fact that she looks like she went on a 5 day bender, I'd guess she had a GREAT time. She isn't used to partying quite so hard. I'm sure she'll have many more sleepovers with her friends. I'm also sure she'll come home with a hangover from each and every one. That said, as long as she goes to bed without a fight like she did tonight, I'm all for it.

Nice Try

Despite Amelia's best spirited efforts, the Panthers were unable to pull out the win today...

Kids

My kids - I love them so much I'd jump in front of a speeding bus for them .... and some nights, they annoy me enough to make me root for that opportunity to arise.