John's birthday, part 3

I'm going to post this without individual explanations, because this post is so three weeks ago...
Enjoy the pics.

John's birthday, part 2

Christopher spent most of the day with Miss Kerri and had a great time!


The biggest excitement was that the fireman actually let all the kids spray the hose! That was an unexpected bonus! John was very excited to go first since he was the birthday boy. No clinging or shyness at all!




Athos, Porthos, and Super Why



As the kids drifted over from spraying the hose, we had a bubble activity.


Alex was very good at making a big bubble!


The most popular was the bubble shooter or "bubble projector," as I tried to call it...


Katie worked very hard to achieve her desired effect.


Claire and Miss Susanna shared a quiet smile.

John's birthday, part 1

We had John's 4th birthday party on Saturday. He has been anticipating this event since March or so. Way back then he mentioned he wanted a fire truck party, so we decided to have it at the local fire station. Basically, I was browsing the interweb for fire engine ideas and saw that a lot of fire stations offer tours. Sure enough, ours does, and friendly administrator Stacy also volunteered that we could have the cake and ice cream festivities under a big tree at some picnic tables out back.




The other side was nicely bordered by CAT buses.



We had a little arrival hubbub...




... Then headed to the main event. The only thing missing from these two pictures is the soundtrack in which the kids were saying "Oooooooh" each time the fire man opened a new door.




To be continued...

John's birthday

I always feel guilty but relieved when someone else makes a great post about an event that I haven't had a chance to blog about. Sigh. It happens quite often... I guess guilt is an emotion of which I should rid myself since I preach against it so vehemently. There. Gone.

Our friend/neighbor Becky has posted a wonderful account of John's birthday party. Click here to see it.

We've been spoofed!

My main email account has been used to send spoof emails about Canadian pharmacies and pornography, I think. I apologize to everyone who got it and congratulate everyone whose spam filter didn't allow it through.
The emails didn't actually originate from my account, but the email address was applied. Yahoo has been surprisingly unhelpful on the subject. I guess because they know they are susceptible to the problem.

FYI, I don't ever send emails with unrequested links, no subject line, and no other explanation. Have you ever known me to send anything without a two-page dissertation on any topic?! Also, I've changed my password, scanned my computer for viruses (actually I do that every day), and added a "signature" to my emails. If it doesn't have the signature, ("Visit Screamin'John and Frat Boy Christopher") it's not from me! I will also clean out my address book, and remove any infrequently used addresses.

I'm sorry to have troubled you. I'll post about John's exciting birthday party at the fire station ASAP.

One quick pic

Had to post this shot from my sister's entry on our fabulous beach reunion.