Maya and Katharine

It had been a little over a month since they last played together (too many busy weekends as of late), but they quickly picked up where they left off: dress-up, drawing, eating,,,, you know the drill.

Sprinklers are really really cool!

Nuff said.

Speaking of 'The Lord of the Rings'

Here is an excerpt from an Eowyn story that Katharine started writing:

"Eowyn was a really big girl"

The plot thickens,,,

The Incredibles

Katharine has been drawing some neat pictures as of late. She is really into elves and princesses from the 'The Lord of the Rings' (we are reading "The Hobbit" at nights).


Tonight she knocked off this 'Incredibles' picture as she was stalling going off to bed.

Class of 08

Katatharine graduated from preschool this weekend. No more private schooling!

Oh yeah,,, Lukas starts in the Fall.

It's a girl!

We've got bookends! (girl - boy - boy - girl)

And we've got a name- but we won't be saying until she is born. For those who keep track, it isn't any of the name ideas that we have already put out there.

And for those who actually read this blog, sorry for the lack of updates as of late. I am working hard to finish up our game at Gearbox, and I lose a lot of idle blog updating time. We've got a bunch of good pictures from Mom's trip and a few more sets from our vacation, so I will try and get those up soon.

Jamaica: Day 6 (the beach)

Back in the water. By now it was as warm as a bathtub and very clear- and Lukas still liked it!

Whew.

Brian and I went snorkeling along the seaweed and corral but didn’t find anything except for some small brown fish and tiny sea urchins. Back at the beach, the kids were faring a lot better,,

Katharine was also practicing her swimming! This would continue at the pool later on and tomorrow.

Settling down for lunch; they ate the usual pita, fruits and vegetables first and then raided my hotdog and French fries order from the grill.

I have no clue what Lukas is doing here,,, but it looks pretty funny.

Here is a jolly Captain Lennon in a white sailor hat, ready to head off to his ship.

Lukas and Aiden hung out some more after lunch and caught some small waves.

Lukas could now handle waves and water, but getting sand on his hands was still very much a different matter.

This would be our last afternoon at the beach.

Jamaica: Day 6 (morning)

Ok, I need to break Day 6 up into a few different posts. Too many pictures, too busy at work,, and oh yeah- GTA 4 just came out :)



Here are the youngsters early in the morning. Eating cheerios out of pink plastic cups became a very popular ritual.

Liam was drawing Flash, and Katharine was drawing Wonder Woman. The pictures came out really cool, but I can’t seem to find them. I’ll scan and post them if they ever turn up.

Lukas might have been drawing ants, Superman, Batman,,,, who knows.

The gardener put the sprinkler on and the kids decided that it was the greatest thing ever. It made me think that we could have just taken a week off, set up a sprinkler in our backyard and then called it a vacation.

The sprinkler soon moved on, so the kids headed to the pool. Lukas drank lots of pool water.

Katharine posed and splashed pink light everywhere.

The kids finally paired up into the deep and shallow end groups, and after some more swimming everyone would be off to the beach.

In the Miami airport, we passed by an exhibit of an artist who takes abstract photos of pools. All of the plastic reflecting into the water made me think of that.

Jamaica: Day 5

So after a little encouragment from Aiden,,, we have liftoff!

Lukas actually ran across the sand and into the water!

And the crowd went wild!

Now that the hard part was over, Lukas could start doing other beach stuff like showing off for girls. Unfortunately, Ava kept calling Lukas “Aiden” for the whole trip, so he still had some work to do.

That aside, he was pretty happy with himself. Everyone had a fun time at the beach that day.

Later on back at the villa, Liam and Katharine got to work on creating their “Jamaican Yogurt” recipe.

The kids got a special desert that night; Jamaica frozen pops (which quickly became ‘Jamaican melting pops’). Katharine, Lukas, Ava, Aiden and Liam all got their licks in and then went off to bed.

That night we all chipped in for a sitter to man the baby monitors, and the couples each went their own way for dinner and an evening out. Iria and I went to an Indian/Thai restaurant which made for a very interesting and satisfying combo, and then we walked up to the beach, sat down on a bench, and watched the ocean for a bit together. I think that this is what vacations are supposed to feel like,,,