turning 4, take one

the first session of turning four

took place here at home.

the north cousins were in town, 

and we had the pleasure of hosting LaLa

the night before & the day of

Shu's Fourth Birthday.

hilarity ensued.

 

ShuaCam, as usual, reared its usually entertaining

(though often unflattering)

little lens...

the day wound down with a favorite pastime:

trains.

(thanks, great grandma!! he LOVES this set!!)

the gamechangers

when aunt amy and mike left us last month,

she gifted us these glasses.

photo courtesy of ShuaCam

we call them The Gamechangers.

something about throwing on a fake pair of frames

changes the game.

makes you feel different and yet still you.

whenever my game needs to change,

i put them on, and presto. 

alteration complete.

joshua and haley partook of them

on shu and my most recent

way-last-minute trip to VA.

game on, kids.

pregame

haley's postgame.

check those av's on the shu.

game changed. who's that little brainiac on the left?

and, just FYI: caroline needs no change to her game.

cruising.

the view from our hotel room

our room :)

our teeny yet shockingly efficient bathroom

loving life, and we haven't even moved yet

ahhhhhhh

ShuaCam time

ha!

double ha!

making "feetprints" on the balcony

my gentlemen

ShuaCam: Dada

ShuaCam: Vacation Foot

magen's bay, st. thomas

no, no... we didn't love it at all

i mean, how could we? LOOK at the place!

i remember doing this! he loved watching his hands disappear.

bus ride back. sandy. tired. mildly cantankerous.

docked next to a disney boat. shu still calls it "the weweey woud one."

balcony. food. husband.    goofy grin.

on the top of the glass-bottomed boat

diver feeding fish under the glass-bottomed boat

our All-American Boy. angry birds on the shuttle through an island filled with mountains, wild goats and crazy drivers.

and, scene.

breaking in the garden

just like Martha Martha says,

you have gots to get yo' peas in.

okay, so maybe she doesn't say exactly that.

but you never know.

she might.

on an off day.

and, back by popular demand,

a little ShuaCam of the first planting: