Early Summer Adventures

Staying cozy...

Burying treasure...

 Searching for treasure...

Destroying walls...

 Relaxing...

Whining...

 Costumes...

 More costumes...

Jimmy the Hummingbird. There's a whole story there.

Daddy Ambush!

For your viewing pleasure...

The guilty parties, celebrating in this year's sidewalk swimmin' hole.

Neurocompassion

Ela has obviously been paying attention to household discussions regarding brain function. After watching "Alice in Wonderland" (where the Red Queen orders a frog beheaded and his tadpoles captured for her lunch), Ela asked the Mayor,

Do frogs have limbic systems?

Of course, her inquiry was into whether frogs had the ability to form emotional attachments, which would then feed into how upset she should be by the Red Queen's amphibian atrocities.

We love our compassionate girl!

Happy Birthday Ela!

Today was our lovely Ela's ninth birthday. She enjoyed the day at the mall with a friend and was positively overflowing when she came home to the boys. She couldn't wait to show off all the deals she found on clothes, makeup and jewelry.

 Two dozen beautiful fragrant long-stem roses, courtesy of Aunt Teresa and Uncle Nick.

We love our princess!

Spotted

Tomorrow's birthday girl, "Rey" was spotted watering the herb garden yesterday... 

Happy Birthday, Eejee!

Today we celebrated our Eejee's second birthday at the zoo. For comparison, you can check out pictures from his birthday at the zoo last year.

It's hard to believe, but this little monkey is two years old!

 Boookie Lionrider, Captain of the Meerkat Brigade

 Ela Lionrider, Heart of the Meerkat Brigade

 Seimi Liontamer, the Curly-Maned Meerkat

 Eejee Cour-Leon and Mommie Lioness

Eejee sprinting about the zoo with an improvised leash (the Mayor's belt).

Eejee looking worried that "Happy Birthday" is taking too long to sing.

 Eating ice cream at the table like the big meerkats

 Woo-hoo!

 The traditional two-year-old birthday meltdown.

Eejee in his new CapMerica jammies posing with his fellow meerkats at bedtime.

Overheard

Ela: "So Boookie, what's your favorite mood to be in."
Boookie: "Probably...Revenge. It's just so wonderful to be like, 'I am SO going to get you back!'"