Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Rob turned 32 this week and had the geekiest birthday ever...we had our new board game friends over to play Settlers of Catan, and I made him a replica of the game board in cupcakes.  To round out the nerd-fest, T.G.W.G.S. gave Rob a retro figure still in the orignal box.

The weather has cooled down quite a bit so Jack is able to play outside more.  He now likes to walk everywhere rather than be carried, so every trip takes three times as long.  For example, we walk across the compound (100 feet or so) to the bus in the morning, and now Jack has to walk by himself, detouring to peek in every neighbor's window and say hi to every worker who is out watering plants or trimming trees.  He also likes to get on the bus by himself, and wave at everyone as if the world is full of his admiring fans.

By the way, I got this orange outfit at the HyperPanda grocery store for 5 riyals ($1.25)!

Who knows what these two are talking about!

We miss Chewy...at least this cat has no front claws!

This is right before he started counting "one..." which is what we do when he jumps in the pool. 
 He doesn't quite get that you can only jump into the water!

His shorts were too short so his legs got stuck on the slide...

Jack wearing a crown that he made in nursery

Off to bed...we had parent-teacher conferences tonight after school, and again on Thursday all day.  But next week is Virtual School week so we just put all our assignments online and conference with kids via email.   Last year the king closed schools for three weeks to prevent swine flu from spreading, so they were forced to have virtual school.  This year it is just for fun and to encourage technology use.

Love, Laura