The weather's cooling slightly. This morning I awoke and read three chapters of my book and had a cup of coffee while Dave went bike riding with Michelle. When he got back I left for my favorite 4.5 mile run in the blissfully dry, relatively cool morning air. After my run and a quick shower, we went to Alice's Restaurant for my favorite breakfast. Then a trip to Petco netted me a Julii cory catfish, a spotted cory, and an emerald cory. My fishtank is now complete, banking on the future fertility of the Mollies. I took a 1.5 hour death nap. When I woke up I went to the library. Then it was time for my party.
We met at the park. I got some quintessential Evan.
And some Aaron.
The boys played some Frisbee.
A game with points, awarded at the thrower's discretion, with the Frisbee caught Dead or Alive.
We hosted Jack's birthday party at the house on Saturday, September 6. This is the set-up. All equipment borrowed from the preschool.
In line for the slide: Jack, Nathan, Garrick, and Evan. Nathan is the oldest.
I think that's Evan coming down the slide, with Jack climbing the ladder behind him.
Jack comes down on his belly.
Think they had fun?
I observed definite self-imposed segregation. The younger boys played on the slide, while the girls stayed in the pool. Here's Alexandria (Nathan's little sister), Daniela, and Rumur in the pool...
...and the young teen stayed inside with Kismet. That's Xandar making my kitty very happy.
Xandar left early and asked Jack to open his gift before he had to go. Jack loved the Lego set (Anakin's Jedi Starfighter), and loved that his 13-year-old friend came to his party. Thanks a million, Xandar.
Then it was time for jellyfishing. This pinata was just as stubborn as last year's Death Star.
Jack takes the first swings. The string broke.
David retied the string and Evan had a go.
The boys are in line, waiting their turn.
Only half of them got to beat on the pinata before it broke from its string permanently. Then we just let them have at it on the ground.
It was a free for all. We're lucky no one got hurt.
We sang for Jack and he blew out the candles on his Dairy Queen ice cream cake.
Brock and I took the Big Boys to see Wall-E, "one of the best pieces of science fiction ever written." We all loved it. Afterwards we met Bin and Brazey at our new favorite lunch place, Kampai Sushi.
"Hmmm, let's see. I'll have the tempura shrimp. No shrimp."
After Kampai we went to the Pokemon Gym and I didn't take any pictures, too busy as I was with building my own deck, which took so long I didn't even get a chance to play. Evan challenged a regular to a battle and Evan WON! Congratulations! At the PokeGym the AC was on the fritz. We headed over to the weirdest Jack in the Box in the world for giant drinks and half-price real fruit smoothies.
See how weird? It really got to us.
Brazey was unfazed.
He can deal with anything.
Back at the Ranch the Big Boys began building a new giant Lego set. "A nice family activity."
See the concentration. See the tongue.
In the Music Room Brazey learned about the different kinds of guitars: classical, electric bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar.
Brazey played.
Brock played.
We ate spaghetti and the Houges went home. Good day, everybody. Good night.
