Happy Birthday!

We had Emery's birthday party today. Officially his birthday was Wednesday, but middle of the week birthday parties are kind of hard to plan. Given the turnout, however, I should have thrown the party at midnight. I invited all of his friends from school (more on that on a later post), but only one little boy showed up. Still, Emery had fun, which is the important thing.

Eating pizza. Man, can they eat.


Emma wanted to help blow out the candles. Actually, I think she blew out the candles and he just sat there.

He is big on Diego. I got him a toy, even though my mother thinks he has too many.

My sister got him his first computer. He's play with it as I type this up

His First Day

Emery's first day of school was yesterday. He was really excited, right up the point where I left. Then, not so much. It's an adjustment for him, being in a more structured environment. He got in trouble for not listening to his teacher (better now, than in ten years, I guess). A very funny moment happened when I picked him up from daycare to take him to school. As we were walking out the door, he realized that Emma wasn't going with us. He immediately asked for Emma, saying "Where's my sister?" When I told him that Emma wasn't going to be going with him to school, he responded with "But I need my sister". Awww, now if only he will be that close to her when he's 16....

Doing a charity event right now. Giving free haircuts at the park. There are about 4000 people here right now (no I don't have to cut them all)

Amusing themselves

This is what the kids do to amuse themselves after we get back from the pool. This will also be used for my amusement when they bring their dates home in 13 years or so...