Xander has his first schoolmate birthday party this weekend, at the bowling alley in Stamford. (This was his second bowling party; the first one was for Josh's birthday and Joe never took any pictures.) So even though I'd been suffering a migraine all day, I pulled myself together and took Xander to the party.
Controlled chaos. That's my best description. Before the bowling actually got organized into teams, the kids were fighting for turns and clustering around the ball return, randomly pushing the reset button until the alley manager shut it down. Once the kids were organized, it went a little better. Although Xander isn't the best at waiting his turn.It was fun watching Xander bowl. He would kind of fling the ball down the lane, not bothering to see if he knocked any pins down. Most of the kids were the same. I'm happy to report that Xander was the #2 scorer on his team.
Of course, there was other party stuff. Pizza and cake and presents. (And in case you're wondering, I'm not posting pics of the other kids because I don't have permission from their parents.) There were quite a few kids from Xander's class, though, and he seemed to enjoy hanging out with them.
Makes me wonder how many kids we'll be able to get for Xander's birthday in July. Hmmm...
One of Stuart's frequent sleeping spaces is in the chair by the computer desk. Consequently, when I got to use the computer I leave myself open to attack. Don't believe me? Check out these action photos!
This is one bratty cat, for sure!
I missed Xander's line drive, though. Joe said it almost took off his head! Can't wait to see how he does once T-Ball starts in May!
Dinner was really good, and Xander had the biggest blast playing with his cousins. I bought them all bubble wands, which were sometimes used for bubbles.
And sometimes used for light sabers.
Here's a picture of Carlyn with her face all painted up from CROP (after school program).
What do these guys talk about on the long walk down the driveway? I know sometimes Joe says they have a race to see who can get back to the house the quickest. There was no racing this day, just two guys taking their time.
When Joe gets Xander back to the house, there's snack time followed by either tv time or play time. Sometimes they play wrestling on the Xbox. Sometimes they play with Xander's toys. Once the weather warms up, they'll probably spend some time outside. I'm glad that Joe and Xander have this time together every day. A little male bonding is a good thing!
Last week Joe came home from Oneonta with four new fish. Two new Oscars (Xander named them Mojo II and Pudge II), a Jack Dempsey, and an algae sucker (please don't ask me to try and spell what kind of fish he is!). So far the Oscars are holding their own, and the Jack Dempsey is keeping everyone in line. Now we'll just have to see how long they stay friends, since our last Oscars used to fight each other all the time once they grew to a certain size.
Still, it's nice to see the tank full of activity again.
This should be the last tooth for a while, none of the rest are loose. Doesn't he look cute??
This led to lots of picture drawing. Xander drew countless Loch Ness monster scenarios, some involving unfortunate boaters. And he was so excited when I got out two books that had pictures of the Loch Ness monster in them. I had to copy one of the pages for him, and he took that, his pictures, and the other book to school today to show his teacher.
It was so much fun seeing him so involved in his little research project! He did most of the writing on his pictures, too - sitting there sounding everything out. So cute! I can't wait to go home today and find out what his teacher thought!
Xander and Joe ate some, but it tasted almost the same as just taking a bite out of the cream cheese brick and I couldn't get excited about it. So now I'm searching for a restaurant-type guacamole I can make at home. If you have a recipe, I beg you to share it! And if I come up with a good one, I'll post it on here.
Mmmm....guacamole!
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