Lava Rock Jr.

Mikey's new pet toad, Lava Rock Junior!



(For anyone who doesn't know what's going on, we lost Lava Rock Esq. several weeks ago...)

Rest In Peace, Lava Rock

Mikey's pet toad Lava Rock has passed away. This was his first pet that he took care of all by himself; Fire-Bellied Toads aren't known for having incredibly long lifespans, so we think Lava Rock probably died of natural causes rather than foul play or neglect. Mikey got Lava Rock for Mikey's birthday last April, and he's done a good job of taking care of him, reading up on toads and learning what he could in order to make Lava Rock's life happy and comfortable. Services are planned in the back yard for 5:30pm today (or whenever I make it home from work) and interment will likely be under the big tree in the middle of the yard.


Good-bye, Lava Rock... we'll miss you.

Big Weekend!

What a weekend we had!

Thursday afternoon I got a phone call. I had won some tickets to Sesame Street Live from an online radio contest! We weren't going to get to go, and Hannah saw Elmo dancing around on TV and was so excited, so we were thrilled that she would get to go see the show. We picked up the vouchers Thursday afternoon, and Friday I went down to the BOk Center box office and picked up some tickets for that night. Hannah had a great time! Even Mikey had a great time, although at 8 years and 363 days old we thought he was going to be a little too old to be into it. He enjoyed it so much that he took his own money and bought the soundtrack CD to enjoy with his sister!

Saturday was Meme and Papaw's day out with Mikey. They took him to the Home Depot Kids Workshop and then they went out to LaFortune Park and let him play. They went to Cici's for lunch and then went to Mardel to get some birthday presents. Meanwhile, Cathy and I were out buying him birthday presents! You can see a picture of his new friend who really likes the water later in the set of birthday party pictures. We also picked up another gift for after the party... I'll get to that in a minute.



Saturday afternoon was Mikey's soccer team's first game of the spring season. He's with Coach White and the Outlaws again, and we're all pretty excited about that. The team is much bigger this season than last, and they won their first game. As a matter of fact, The Outlaws ended a 28-game winning streak for the team they played! And that with only two practices! That's pretty awesome!

Click here to see some more soccer pictures.



Sunday morning after church and lunch we went to a place on Brookside called Purple Glaze Studio for his party. A birthday party at Purple Glaze consists of each child getting to paint a ceramic figure, which they leave there to be glazed and fired, and then they get to pick up their figures a few days later when they are done. The kids had a great time! Mikey painted the walrus you see above. He got some terrific presents, one of which is a Rubik's Cube which has fascinated him and his mom all day today. :)

More birthday party pictures:

     

Birthday party picture set

At the party Cathy and I gave him a surprise... tickets to see Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D at the IMAX! The 3D was stunning, the movie was loads of fun, and we all left excited and happy. Quite a weekend!

(Monday night at Cub Scouts Mikey made a model rocket. Stay tuned tomorrow for pictures of that!)