No Excuses

Wow. It has been some time since I have blogged. I know I wanted to do more with this, but had problems with my modem, and then had trouble getting into Blogspot in the mornings. I have been through a bit over the past few weeks. Daniel has turned 4, Joe and Raymond (and now Joe Joe) have been sick and a couple of weeks have passed. I have about ten half to nearly written blogs I plan to update over the next week, and then keeping up with updating. So, no excuses. Just onward...forward ho!

Happy Birthday Daniel!

It's Sunday and Danny's 4th birthday. It is a busy weekend. Yesterday he went to Zonkers in Olathe with both parents, some brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles. The four younger kids amazed me with their stamina. They were all ready to stay longer than we did. We topped the evening off with a trip to Pizza Street, one of Daniel's favorite restaurants.










Today we had cake and ice cream at the house and Daniel opened his presents. He did not want to do it a day early, and was very happy with the nice gifts he received and the chocolate cake.

Legos

Legos have been a staple of the toy collection at my house since my oldest son Joe was a preschooler. He spent hours upon hours making the most unique creations. As years passed, I only added a few Legos, and yet the creations continued. Last week I got the box out for Raymond and Daniel to play with and Joe jumped right in to show his little brothers all of the possible creations. It is amazing how much more precision there is in the creations, how much more detail work. I think Joe needs to go to work at Legoland and he would be in his element. Could that really be a rewarding career? Raymond and Daniel have spent their share of time in the Lego bins, and Daniel has taken apart many of his older brother's assemblies just to see how it works. Oops! Did I break that? Back to the drawing board for improvements or even greater creations.