Joseph called me in to watch him balancing like this on the climber. He's pretty proud of himself, and I can definitely see why!

It's Tim's birthday, the last of our series of celebrations from Nov to Apr! Here he is opening some gifts for summer fun, including a kite, beach blanket, book about building sand castles, and ball that bounces on the water.

He got some new shoes from my parents, some board games from his, and this beautiful scrapbook of childhood photos made by his mom. His dad mentioned on the phone that he was about the same age in the photos as Tim is now!

Joseph once again created a very thoughtful birthday card for his daddy!

We spent a little time playing with Tim's new gifts together before enjoying some Papa John's pizza, and now it's time for the traditional chocolate cake! Tim had insisted we would again be able to use these candles we bought for Joseph's and Rosalie's first few birthdays, so I couldn't pass up a chance to prove him right! In any case, happy birthday to the best hubby and daddy in the world!

Here's Rosalie's version of the Doggy Song!

Here we are this morning at the San Antonio Highland Games! Although there are plenty of varied activities, including Scottish clan information, Celtic music and piping, Scottish heavy athletics such as hammer throw and caber toss, and Scottish dog competitions and parade, we are spending most of our time watching the Scottish and Irish dancing and the Viking historical reenactments.



Here are a few highlights from the Scottish Society Highland Dancers...





and here are a few from the Viking Invasion battle reenactments. The fellow with the dark hair, brown shirt, and green pants calls himself Bjorn, and he is definitely the one to beat!

The fact that our stroller has Maclaren written across the top was helpfully pointed out by the representative for the MacLaren clan tent as we walked by. I told him that was probably our closest link to Scotland, but that's not entirely true, as Tim and I both have ancestors from Scotland. In any case, we've had a lot of fun at the Highland Games today!

Although they may look like Joseph and Rosalie, these two individuals are really Moseph and Fosalie, on a road trip to visit their grandparents in AZ! They make frequent stops to go potty and eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but their car must be extremely efficient, as I haven't yet seen them stop for gas. The yellow step stool is Rosalie's wand case, and I see they have a nice stack of books ready for entertainment along the way. I hope they have a fun trip!