An insect? A racecar?  This is kinda’ like looking at the clouds and using your imagination to come up with valid formations.  :)  My only excuse was that I was baking and constructing it at 11pm after working a long day at Peter’s clinic and after 2 hours of driving time taking the kids to Canada and back.  It could have looked like a turtle for all I cared at that point.  And….thankfully, Darius is very uncritical. 

The birthday boy eating chips and cheeze whiz while waiting for the other guests to arrive at the beach.  He has very refined tastes, just like his Mom and Dad. 

Opening presents…his favorites turned out to be a little “baby” from Grandpa and Grandma C. and a large airplane from Granny C.  Oh, and his own(!!) crocs with little turtles on them.  He didn’t want me to take them off to change his diaper.

Wading in Birch Bay…the day turned out to be pretty warm.  Poor Josiah doesn’t have enough fat on him — he looks kinda’ cold. 

Here he is after his bath with his crocs on and a soccer ball - his gift from Uncle Andrew.

I have tons of blog posts to catch up on, but I think this is cuter for now…why does “Lord of the Flies” come to mind?  Come to think of it…that’s been happening a lot lately as I watch our boys playing outside with all their dirt and sticks.

Well, I’m way behind again…here’s some photos from last weekend when temperatures went from the 60s to 85-90 overnight.  We had a great time doing summery things!

Sprinkler under the trampoline.

They’ve been waiting months for this!

Nothing says summer like kids eating popsicles.  I’m not sure why they’re sitting there so angelically…not really normal. 

Awwww!  Darius is even sharing!

What a ham!

Wading at Birch Bay…the water was incredibly warm.

“Ball!”  This is actually a buoy.

He soon became frustrated because it was chained down. 

Playing in the sand.

Cute, chubby, baby feet.