Birthday pics

[lizzybennet]

Happy 4th birthday, Josh!!



At one moment today, all three boys were involved in very unique activities, so I took that moment to snap a photo of each one of them. Literally, I took these photos seconds from each other. This is just a glimpse into the madhouse that my home sometime can be!

We'll start with Zack. The Pinewood Derby is only one and half weeks away and he has been begging to get started on his car. Now that the interview is behind him, Chris finally feels like he has time to get to work on the best darn derby car every built. Here is Zack, patiently sawing away at his little block of wood-to-be-car.



Next we turn to Petey. His teacher sent home a family assignment to build a leprechaun trap. This turned into more of an ordeal that I expected, just because Petey is such a creative kid and really wanted to do an awesome job. He spent hours on this contraption. He literally believe(s/d) that he would catch a leprechaun and that the crafty wee elf would grant his wish for a pet dragon. It's so hard with him to know when he's pretending and when he actually believes something is true. Hopefully he won't be disappointed in the morning. As a kid, there were a lot of fairy tales I believed in, but I don't recall ever thinking I'd actually catch a leprechaun. And, to top it off, he lost a tooth today so the tooth fairy is also visiting our home tonight. At one point, he was like "What if the tooth fairy scares away the leprechaun!!"



Lastly, while all this is going on, Josh is happily sitting on his bike and pretending to ride along. The googles? I don't know. Don't ask me :) Maybe he wants to be safe incase he falls into a pool or gets caught in a sudden downpour?

Comments

Busy boys

[(Anonymous)]

They are certainly busy boys! Looks like Petey will have problems eating corn on the cob for awhile. They are all getting so big! Josh will probably grow out of that bike in a year. Tell Zach to remember to use a light graphite lubricant in his wheels and have Chris polish the axles to a smooth finish. Also make sure there is some weight in the rear of the car. I am a veteran of pine box races from my cub scout days! Bill

[julieo.livejournal.com]

Your children are so adorable and creative, Tina! I love these pictures. :)

[mysteena.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks!

[themenow.livejournal.com]

I cannot believe that that is Josh! He's gotten really big! Such a grown up little guy! He looks a lot like Petey when you first sent me pics from way back when (has it really been 3 years since we reconnected? holey moley?)

Yeah...we lead very similar lives - yours are filled with child activities and mine with activities of crazy foreign people *lol*