Is the Baby still the Baby if he is 6?

Joey turned 6 earlier this month.  6!  SIX!  It really seems like I just had him not all that long ago.  Joey is a beautiful, yet exasperating soul.  He is my little cuddly-lover boy, then the Tasmanian devil the very next minute.  I sure do love that kid!  And yes, he asked for a snow cone as his birthday treat.  LOVE him!  Oh, and I just realized I already did a post about Lover Boy! 

6

Happy Birthday to my BABY!  Joey turned 6 today.  Here he is on all his 6 year old glory.  Happy Birthday Big Bad Joe!  (Note the traditional Christmas tree with the Star of David tree topper, and in true Joe fashion, note the dirty, pink frosting face in the 2nd pic)

Owen, Joey, Madeline, Bella, David

The Girls

Allison, Bella and Rose on day 1 of 1st grade, and the same a month into 3rd grade.  Love these beauties!

What’s the RUSH?

The night before Thanksgiving, Andy and I went to see the band RUSH with his old pal Marc who flew in for the show and to spend a few days with us.  Our good friends  ‘The Jeremys’ also went.  It was at the sports arena, which is an absolute DUMP, but we had a great time…..and it was GOOD people watching!  Those old guys can still put on a good show. 

 

The People Watching:

And this one just needs some explaining…   The summer I got out of high school I was at the beach with some friends.  I saw a girl I graduated with there with her boyfriend making out on their towels.  She would have been 18 and he had to have been around 40.  (he was probably more like 30, but he looked so old and gross to me)  I was in shock that she would be there with the guy.  She was so young and cute with beautiful long brown hair.  This couple reminded me of them.  It isn’t obvious in the picture but he had long hair tied back in a pony tail.  They were married.  I just wonder what draws people to each other.   I can see what drew him to her…..  Perhaps I just need to look at the bigger picture.  He might be a total intellect, or perhaps just loaded?  This picture doesn’t do her justice.  She was pretty hot! 

Thankful

There is so much to be thankful for, and for that I am truly thankful!

Fun Thanksgiving hats, and good friends to wear them with!  (Joey and Taj, David and Aiden) 

 

Girls who can rock sequins any day of the year.

Family that cooks 27 lb turkeys, and a good friend to come to San Diego to share it with.  (Marc Berke flew in from TX)

And a comfy couch to relax on after dinner.  Another successful Thanksgiving!

Bye-Bye Birdy!

I had a birthday.  A 49th birthday, to be exact.  My present this year is a new laptop to replace the old one I got for my birthday a few years back…  Now I just need to get back into the swing of writing. So this one’s for you, Dear!  I love you very much!  Oh, and this poor guy?  I found him in the back yard while attempting to clean up my hoard of bottles and cans.  He must have flow into the slider.  Glad I found him and not the kids!       

Bird-O Returns

What’s the best kind of pigeon?  A DEAD pigeon! 

So I got out of the van a few weeks back and low and behold…Bird-O’s brother!  I’m beginning to think they are my good luck omen.  Now, just waiting for the good luck to kick in.

Happy Summer!

Unicycle, Unicycle…..

I have finally captured a photo of Poway’s elusive Big Foot.  I have been waiting to snap his picture for a year or two…

Somewhere in our neighborhood lives a boy who a few years back got a unicycle, perhaps for his birthday, Christmas or maybe Chanukah.  (potAto, potAHto)  I would see him riding on his way to school on occasion, if I was lucky.  I know not where he lives, and believe me, I’ve asked.  (ok, so I asked one neighbor girl who goes to the same Jr. high and she has no idea.  I feel I have done a thorough investigation on the matter…. I don’t want to appear to be a stalker of a pre-teen boy)  As the years passed and as he grew, he got a larger unicycle, perhaps for Kwanza or, for his bar-mitzvah.  Well, I knew if I wanted to get his picture I had to be well prepared and act fast.  You see, next school year he will start attending the local high school.  He can’t possibly ride that unicycle all the way, we don’t live close enough.  (or maybe he will have to get up extra early to get there)  Anyway…time was running out.  With only 2 weeks left of school, I knew I had to be on the ready at all times.  I sometimes catch a glimpse of the boy after I drop Rose and David at school.  1 or 2 times earlier this year I saw him but cursed myself for not having the camera with me.  So a few weeks back with Joey in tow, we set out to capture the elusive unicycle boy.  We dropped the kids off at school and headed back home.  We turned the corner into our neighborhood and pulled over.  I told Joey to be on the look out.  With my window rolled down and camera at the ready, we waited to get the shot.  We waited and waited and waited.  After approximately 3 minutes he was nowhere to be seen.  Drats!  He probably had already made his way to school.  And so the last days of school went….always on the lookout for my 1 or 2 minute window of opportunity with unicycle boy and then it happened… 2 days in a row…right there in front of me at the intersection waiting to cross while I waited to turn…

UNICYCLE BOY!

  

Bicycle, Bicycle… I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike…

My second oldest brother Dale and my nearly 18 year old nephew Riley are bicycling cross country this summer.  They started out just north of San Fran a week and a half ago and plan to get to Delaware, or perhaps Coney Island.  We’ll see where they wind up.  Dale started a blog which I’m enjoying immensely.  What an adventure for them both.  Dale and my (3rd oldest) brother Greg have ridden a long distance trip or two in the past, but we are talking 30+ years ago.  This will be something they talk about for the rest of their lives, and their kid’s/grandkid’s lives.  Anyway, if you have any interest, here is the link:

http://rideacrossamerica2012.blogspot.com/

Happy riding boys! 

 Dale and Rose