dominion of the king

today we took a trip to Kings Dominion as our birthday gift to the eldest...  we were joined by my husband's brother & sister-in-law and another family that we love dearly, who's oldest son is the eldest's "favorite friend".  so much fun!!

supersonic celebration

happy 7th birthday to progeny #1...

and an early celebration of progeny #3's first birthday...

alley cats

the boys have joined a homeschool bowling league that just started this fall, and we get a special league discount for non-league games.  so, we decided to take advantage of that to get a little practice time for the boys while daddy and i had a bit of fun as well...  bitty was just along for the ride.

9/21

bloody peasant!

today is my birthday, and the boys were very excited to show me some love:

i, on the other hand, am very excited to finally be able to use this quote ad nauseum:
"i'm 37... i'm not OLD!"

if you don't understand, this is what you are missing:

now, i'm off to cut myself another piece of my husband's fantastic carrot cake with a scimitar some moistened bint lobbed at me...

pavilion

mutants

affection

aerial

bitty, adding to the chaos...

9/10

fountain

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window

think. wink. double blink.

"Not Royal Academy, I suppose. Still better than a finger in the eye, ain't they?"

battle

today brought a birthday party water pistol fight!

then, following snacks and cupcakes, the presents were opened~ including our one of a kind card:

bathtime

and i can't believe my baby is 11 months old today...  how is that possible?!