Aunt Margie's Wedding! (from Paul's & Joss's Perspective)

The family went down to Clearwater, FL to celebrate Aunt Margie's & Uncle Jason's wedding! Paul and Joss were ringbearers and did a great job at it. Here is the wedding - from their perspective.

Corsage for Ringbearer #1

Late for the procession!

Where do we walk? 

This way?

Grandpa & Grandma are here too?

Mommy & Daddy!

The best part of the wedding? Bubbles! 

 

A fist full of lox 

The happy couple 

Dancing with Grandma!

Joss LOVES martinis

The Handsome Boys

Penguin Dance!

Ghosts!

Little Conga Line

Safta & Mommy

Cousins Conga



Let them eat cake!

Welcome to SeaWorld!

Before the wedding, the kids and I met up with grandma and grandpa to visit SeaWorld in Orlando!
 

Shamu's Happy Harbor was Awesome!

Freefall!

There are animals here?

Anglerfish and Jellyfish

Let's feed an ibis!

Swishy Jelly Fun!

Riding the Walrus

Man admiring man (admiring man admiring man)

Hurricane Sandy Rainbow

Paul Turns Five! - (Part 2 - The After-Party)

What do you after an amazing fifth birthday party? Have an After-Party!

Daddy showing Paul slight of hand

Many, many presents

Joss and his friend Bret

Who's present is this?

The best gift of the night!

Can I open one?

Joss: pooped and inclined 

Safta's annual decorations! 

Happy happy day!

The after-after party consisted of me (Shawn) celebrating my 37th birthday with great friends and copious amounts of Chinese food. They don't write songs about being 37. But they do write songs about being five. Here are two of my favorites!

Paul Turns Five! - (Part 1 - The Party)

I can't believe Paul turned five. He celebrated in style with friends from school, home, and temple.



Beren made this awesome cake!



Love the foam pit!

 

Balencing Boy

Airborne Bound

 

"Cha cha cha"

Big Cousin Jacob


Can we eat it yet?

When do I turn six?

Apple & Pumpkin Picking!

We finally had an opportunity to go to our favorite orchard, Doe Farms, to go apple picking. It was late in the season, so the apples that were left were very high on the tree. So high that the only person able to reach them was me (Shawn). So, technically, I went apple picking, and the rest of the family applauded.


On our way!

We put the kids to work right away. No workers rights here.

How does this thing work?

I LOVE this lever!

Apple picking!

What are you laughing at?

A happy day for all. 

Magic Schoolbus! - Oct 13 2012

What to do with those two big Sleepnumber Bed boxes? I know - let's make the kids a bus to play in!


All of the animals are going to school.

The driver on the bus says "move on back."

L'Shana Tova

Dreaming of carrots?

Gears are turning. . .

So, Paul was in time-out (possibly over his gleeful attitude immediately following another poop-in-the-tub event, possibly not).  I sat down on the time-out stairs and asked him why Daddy was so upset (possibly because he got stuck with cleaning-poo-water-off-of-a-slew-of-toys duty ((duty! *snicker*) again).  Paul asked me why, and I asked him what he thought.

He crinkled his face into a perfectly quizzical look, tapped his head with an index finger, murmured "think, think, think. . ." and then said, "Mommy, when I tap my head like this, all I think about is a horse riding a fish."

Well played.