Meeting Aa - Newly Arrived

Aa is a few days old.  We went to see him and the boys got to hold him.  Baby the Beautiful looked like he could eat Aa for breakfast.  Made me realize how big Baby the Beautiful has gotten in the last nine months.

All of Baby's baby clothes went to Aa and it is really fun for me to see the clothes in use again.  Some of these Four wore as a baby.  My, how time flies... 

My What Big Apples You Have...

How do you like them apples?

Excuse me, I think I ordered the LARGE.

Some friends dropped of some giant apples for us to enjoy.  Just to show you how big these apples are, I put one next to a regular sized apple.  

I suspect steroids...

We've been enjoying them for a few days now and they are juicy delicious.

Snuggling Brothers

Newsie Goodness

Hello Gorgeous!

Parents- lock up your daughters!

You don't want them falling for the care-for-nothing bad boy. 

Newsie Brothers

Three wanted a newise hat too. 

And then Chompy struck again, biting off Five's arm.  All the bad boys want to play with sharks...

Shark Lagoon

After Birthday Boy's dinner, we went to the Shark Lagoon.

You can pet the sharks (hammerhead, zebra, bamboo, etc) and rays, play on some fun things, and watch the big sharks in the tank.  And it's free.  How awesome is that?  

Since it was on the water, it was a little breezy.  So Baby slipped inside a bear to keep warm. 

Not that way!  The other way!  Look up!  Look up!

I loved this shark.  It looked like he was smiling. 

This is his grumpy friend. 

And here's Smiley again. 

The Bear and the Birthday Boy

Playing and Climbing

We spent a lot of time telling this one that it was okay to use the two finger touch to feel the sharks and rays.  We assured him that it was alright to put his hand in the water with the sharks - that it was safe.  I'm not sure we didn't go too far. 

My favorite boys in the whole wide world. 

Then I tried to feed one of them to the shark.  Perhaps I listened to the 'safe shark' propaganda a little too much myself.

We left the fake shark and went back to the real sharks.  To touch them.  To put our real fingers within the reach of their mouths  Irony?

And now the kid is trying to use the two finger touch on a bear.  Okay.  We definitely went too far with the safe 'you don't need to be afraid' talk.  This is one bear that will bite!

That is a happy bear!

The two older boys got shark necklaces and Five picked out a large stuffed shark that he named Chompy.  

True to his moniker, Chompy bit every single one of us on the way home.  There was blood everywhere.  Well, there goes the safe stuff. 

Birthday Boy

Someone just got a lot older.  

Birthday boy (birthday old man?) got to pick dinner.  He chose Bubba Gump restaurant.  

Captain Cutie led the way.

All the boys were surprisingly well-behaved.  Even the one that insisted on sitting on the table for a while. 

The boys enjoyed dinner.  

Halfway through, Baby had eaten and drunk everything I had brought for him.  A bottle, some puffies, and an applesauce.  So he stole his first french fry from a brother.  And boy, did he like it.  He went back for three more and downed a blue jello.  What an eater!

Happy birthday to Husband!       

Car Fan

When you have a baby, who needs a kitten for entertainment?

Honk!

Husband couldn't figure out why everyone was honking at him while he drove his car. 

When he got home, he noticed his employees had decorated his car.

This is in addition to the great job they did decorating his office.  

Either they like working with him or they are trying to make him off himself over honks and butterflies. 

Captain Cutie

New Hobby

Baby has learned that he really, really likes smashing cars.

He props himself up on the side of the bin and proceeds to slam cars down over and over.  I think he likes the noise.  

You want to try it, Mom?

No?  Okay.  I will do it for you.  Smash, smash, smash!  

Love his expression of destructive glee here. 

Oh yeah.  He is satisfied.