Make your own fun

Luke has been interested in characters lately, and his imagination is growing everyday. So with nothing else to do on a cloudy Saturday afternoon, we all helped him design a Super Hero outfit.

Okay, it started out as just a simple pair of bat wings to "fly" around the house, but once the mask was cut out and we found the old Dracula medallion from a past Halloween, it became more and more about "saving the world" and posing on the porch.

Ian even joined in as the sidekick.

Luke is three

Yesterday was Luke's 3rd birthday. He had a party with his friends in the morning, and then with his family in the late afternoon. I was teaching an evening class at the university, so we decided to open gifts and have a piece of cake when we could all be home in the afternoon. Yukari, as always, did a great job with decorating -- this time with an Anpanman theme (a Japanese cartoon show). She also made a very interesting, and tasty, jello cup -- made of layers of jello and yogurt. Yum!

He took a couple of phone calls and online video chats from relatives, and received many nice gifts from his aunts, cousins, grandparents, and - yes - from his parents too! Ian got to play with the life-size "Diego" balloon -- so he had a wonderful day too.

Blowing bubbles

We have been enjoying the early fall weather here in Boone, this past week, with cool evenings and warm sunny days. The boys like to spend time on the porch blowing bubbles -- or at least, in Ian's case, watching them blow away.