New Duds, Thanks to Brenda

Last night Brenda came to the house with Charlie's new Coolibar swimshirt. She outfits the Quisset Yacht Club with sun protection and we wanted to get in on the action. His whole life Charlie has worn a swimshirt. This year he has a new suit but no matching shirt. Brenda sent me the Coolibar link and I found just what I was looking for - a shirt that would cover baby white skin in style, and matching an orange and blue suit.

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Thanks Brenda! We love the new shirt!

My Teenage 7-year-old

So, my teenage 7-year-old mosied on down stairs today at 10.  A.M. In the morning..  (Just to be sure you understand.)

Hair all swirled on top of his head as a result of the warm-up bath after the freezing swim at the Last Day of School Beach Party - in the 63 degree water.  You get the picture right?

You see, he was tired.  He was tired because he stayed up all hours of the night, until 9:30, building snap circuits, this sciency toy where you create electrical inventions.  And he loves it.  He has always deemed himself an inventor.  To us he is the hip hop scientist.  Or to his cousin, aunt, and uncle he is Crazy Cousin Chaz - or Triple C.

Well, it's about time to ride bikes in the church parking lot.  Happy First Day of Summer!

Becoming a Wolf

Friday night was the Cub Scout Crossover Picnic.  It is where the boys walk over a bridge to the next ranking in scouts, which in Charlie's case happens to be a wolf.

My 2004 camera has gone into retirement so I dusted off its 2011 replacement, took it off the shelf, and decided to give it a whirl.  The results were far less than fabulous, but...

Hopefully the learning curve on this thing is pretty quick.  This IS the season to be taking pictures!

Oh, did I forget to mention - part of the ceremony involves facepaint?  It was only a little Lord of the Flies.  We have been far closer previous in the year, but I guess that is boys being boys.

Like a Kid Again

Tonight after dinner I took Charlie outside to blow bubbles.  He was having such a good time he forgot who he was - or something..

Charlie - I LOVE bubbles! This is so fun.  I feel like a kid again!

Me - Uh, you are a kid.

Us - Hehehehehe.

It's fun being silly.

Italian Ice

Mother's Day at South Boston Market

After the casting call we took the kids into Boston.

 
Charlie ALWAYS has so much with his baby cousin.

Snapshots

Trying to decide which photo to bring to the casting call.  Opinions?

Casting Call: Grown Ups 2

Adam Sandler is coming to Marblehead!  Charlie and I are heading to the casting call this Sunday.  The other day he watched the opening bit of Grown Ups to get a feel for the movie, but the PG-13 rating was true to form - shut it down around the time the 48-month-old was asking Mommy for milk, which Charlie thought was hysterical...

And a fan is born.