Ocean City 2010

courtesy of aunt Lola.

This picture is my favorite:


But there are some close runner-ups

Here Thomas shows Dave how to fly a kite.



Meanwhile Lola modeled some excellent sand castle engineering for Emmett.


Emmett modeled his own cute self






And this second one is a video of Thomas digging, but Google is being all proprietary about it, so you have to click on it and watch it through picasa.










Thank you Kirkpatricks for another wonderful visit!!

Extravaganza!

These all deserve their own posts, but we're playing catch up here.

First, in honor of the world cup: Caterpillar Soccer!!


We are very excited that Team USA's first match is against Clare! Well, ok, her neighboring countrymen, but still . . . exciting!

Brothers waking up together:




Emmett giving T a push:



Grandpa Peter explains nuclear fusion to Thomas:


Surprise lovely visit from Grandma Nancy:

Thomas at his last day of school performance. Next to him is Julian. Thomas told us Julian was moving to Egypt too! We had his family over for a playdate and found out that in fact they are moving back to Chile with the World Bank. But Julian's mother had been wondering about his sudden interest in ancient Egypt.



Dev came too!






Thomas gets a haircut:



Now off to Ocean City with the Kirkpatricks!

Science!

Thomas plans to run a science school when he is older. Anticipated staff include Grandpa Peter, who will teach about nuclear power, Devan, who will teach zoology, and Mommy may be able to teach about the law of scientific discoveries. Everything else will be taught by Thomas, and Emmett will go to this school.

Grand Kathy got the ball rolling with a wonderful hand-painted shirt that we hope will be the school uniform:



Thank you! (as Emmett might say)

Peter Pan and the pirate

Cinematography by Grand Kathy:




Unclear what Emmett's role is, but Thomas used to cast him as "Baby Hook." Maybe that's where the pirates come in.

Another favorite super hero character, not captured here, is OctipiMan. His super power is squirting purple ink at enemies.

Lava Man you may recall from a previous post.