Ross Turns 13

German Chocolate Cake

Looks Yummy

A special rainbow cloud on your birthday is very cool.

Before

After.

Sharing cake is fun.

A bit of icing just for the Birthday Boy complete with candle.

It all adds up to a wonderful birthday weekend just for Ethan who has decided to use his middle name now. So, this is Ross turning 13 - perfectly.

On the Rocks

Two years ago, we went to Maine. The guys loved it so much, they wanted to come back. So we did. Ethan decided to spend the week at a friend's house about 2 hours away from where Esther, Ryan, Daxton,and Ba are staying. Ryan decided that we should go play on the rocks near the Bass Harbour Light and walk in the woods nearby.

Daxton Gets a Flower

Ethan went to the doctor's office because he wasn't feeling well. Daxton went along to offer moral support. Since he was feeling just fine, Daxton charmed the office staff who decided to give him a flower.

I got a flower!

Yummy Flower!

They said I could keep it, right?

Me and my flower.

I love my flower.

Must not let go of flower.

So what's life like with 3 boys?

Well, there was egg dying with a friend.

And once eggs are dyed and the Easter Bunny hides them there is the obligatory find of the eggs.

Then you eat the candy you found,

and use your new baby brother as a photo prop. Here's Daxton riding a motorcycle.  

 Meet people for the first time.

Get brother love when your mommies give you a bath.

Go to NYC to watch the filming of Dr Who and have your photo take with Rory (Arthur Darvill).

Build forts out of stuffed animals that are big enough to play in.

Learn about each other's passions.

 Celebrate special days with friends.

 Encourage friends to imitate Oods.

Prepare fancy breakfasts for your family and serve them.

 And hang around the house looking cute.

 Yup. That's what it's like to live with 3 boys. Pure Bliss.

Ethan's 12th Birthday!

Ethan turned 12 today. His day started out with a heart-shaped pancake complete with whipped cream birthday candles.

 Next up, the cake of his dreams. Behold the Pie-Cake:

The bottom layer is a dark chocolate fudge cake with a strawberry-rhubarb pie baked inside of it. The top layer is a German chocolate cake with a peach pie baked into it.

 

I love Ethan's candle placement. (As a side note, I am also digging Ryan's new glasses.)

And when you cut it open the pie-goodness oozes out.

After the cake, we walked around Mystic, CT and Ethan got to pick which stores we went into. We didn't by anything, but he had a blast making a wish list. We had fish & Chips for dinner and he got salt water taffy and ice cream for dessert.

He got his present yesterday: a brand new iPod. He was so happy with his present and his birthday that he declared today the Best Birthday Ever and one of the Best Days Ever.

Welcome Daxton Idris!

Welcome Daxton Idris!

Wednesday
4 April 2012
7lbs. 0.3oz.
4:21pm

A few photos from our Central American adventure

We are spending a month in Costa Rica and Panama. We took a flight from Orlando to San Jose with a change of planes in Panama City.

Brother love at the airport when we changed plans in Panama City.

The view from the balcony of our rental house.

Ethan's photo of one of the ubiquitous birds in the yard.

In an effort to prevent mud slides on the roadways, the government is using concrete, poured directly on the hillsides. Somehow, I don't think this will work...

We had lunch at a local restaurant in Atenas. Yummy Peruvian.

The obligatory photo of the Friday farmer's market in Atenas.

We went to a very locals beach called Playa Azul. It wasn't the cleanest or best beach, but it did have the ruins of an outdoor pool.




In the U.S. we have rats. In Costa Rica they have iguanas.


This little guy was visiting us. He was in the shower and Ba caught him in a cup and put him in the yard.


This is a random view from the side of the road. It is very green here.

The next door neighbors went to the beach for the weekend and their kitten made herself at home in our house. Ryan loves that cat. They played long and hard and then took a well deserved nap.