I lerned to ride my bike today!!
Monday, June 12, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Another Grandparent Visit
Pompah and Grandma Jeanne (Tom and Jeanne) came to visit us over Forrest's 6th birthday. They helped us with Forrest's party. We also visited Anderson Japanese Gardens
and the Field Museum in Chicago, where we saw Sue (the T rex) and a really cool exhibit on evolution.
Forrest had two grandparents as well as a mother at his school's Mother's Day. He showed us his favorite classroom works, and we ate fruit with chocolate from a chocolate fountain.
Forrest's Sixth Birthday
Forrest opening his present from his parents.
Forrest had a rather elaborate birthday party this year, although it was at home. He requested a Scooby-Doo mystery party, so we planned Scooby-Doo on Pirate Island. Brian, appearing as "Pirate Shortbeard" gave the following letter to the participants:
Listen well, ye swabs! I am the ghost of Pirate Shortbeard. Me crew mutinied and stole me treasure, but I shall have the last laugh. Ye swabs have been chosen to quest for me treasure. Follow the clues to find me bones, then capture me to get the key! But if any of you swabs has mutiny in mind, beware! Each must seek the resting place of one clue only.Then ye must assemble all the clues to make a map to me bones. Find them and capture me and I shall give ye the key to me treasure!
Each child was told which room to look in to find a piece of a map. When they each had found their pieces, they put them together like a puzzle to make a complete map, which showed where Pirate Shortbeard was hiding.
When they found him, he chased them in good Scooby-Doo fashion and was caught in a net (thoughtfully manned by Pompah and Grandma Jeanne). The captured pirate relinquished his key to a treasure chest. The chest, when opened, contained a pinata filled with waaaaay too much candy.
Forrest had a rather elaborate birthday party this year, although it was at home. He requested a Scooby-Doo mystery party, so we planned Scooby-Doo on Pirate Island. Brian, appearing as "Pirate Shortbeard" gave the following letter to the participants:
Listen well, ye swabs! I am the ghost of Pirate Shortbeard. Me crew mutinied and stole me treasure, but I shall have the last laugh. Ye swabs have been chosen to quest for me treasure. Follow the clues to find me bones, then capture me to get the key! But if any of you swabs has mutiny in mind, beware! Each must seek the resting place of one clue only.Then ye must assemble all the clues to make a map to me bones. Find them and capture me and I shall give ye the key to me treasure!
Each child was told which room to look in to find a piece of a map. When they each had found their pieces, they put them together like a puzzle to make a complete map, which showed where Pirate Shortbeard was hiding.
When they found him, he chased them in good Scooby-Doo fashion and was caught in a net (thoughtfully manned by Pompah and Grandma Jeanne). The captured pirate relinquished his key to a treasure chest. The chest, when opened, contained a pinata filled with waaaaay too much candy.
Lots!
It's been a long time since we updated this blog, mostly because we had very intermittent and unreliable Internet service for a month as our Internet provider updated its software.
Forrest started taking karate classes at the Y. He seems to enjoy it, and we bought him a uniform. This summer we'll practice as a family; we're gone or entertaining visitors too often to make attending (and paying for!) class practical.
Forrest is adopting (bad?) habits from his parents.
Forrest and Brian repair the Monster Bag.
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