"Talk to me about ME"

This is my egocentric eldest son's favorite sentence these days. :)

Hiding from Captain Hook. . .

The End of an Era

The strangest thing happened today. We took Eli to get his 3 year pics taken, and the boys were so good, I asked them if they wanted to go to the mall playplace for a few minutes. On the way there, we passed the Easter Bunny display, which had a small train that kids could ride. The boys were very excited about it, so I gave them a choice:

A) Ride the train, or

B) Go to the playplace.

I explained that we didn't have time for both. In an unforseen surprise, they both chose the playplace over a train ride. Yes, you read that right. My train-obsessed boys TURNED DOWN a train ride.

As we continued our walk to the playplace, we passed a toy store. The Thomas displays, including a wooden train table, were right in the front of the store. They asked if they could go inside, so I gave them another choice:

A) Play with the train table, or

B) Go to the playplace.

Again, they both chose the playplace.

For 2 1/2 years now, Thomas has ruled our household. I think, though, his reign is ending.

Do any astronomers read this blog?

Can anyone tell me what the 2 bright stars are in the western side of the sky at night? This has been bugging me for about a month now. I noticed last night that one of them has moved.

Ouch

Eli's lip decided to take on the concrete sidewalk at Simpson today. Guess who won?

(try to ignore his budding unibrow)

Micah was also in a rare mood for picture taking, so here's his beautiful, ketchup-enhanced face!