2 hands old

Christian's age has now moved over to the second hand.  

Six was a hard birthday for me. 

He isn't a baby, toddler, or pre-schooler. 

He is just a boy. 

A kid. 

Time flies and its gross.

I still call him "baby", though.  That has always been my nickname for him.  I probably call him "baby" more than Christian.  Sometimes I might call him "buddy".  (Tay is "munchkin" and Maven is "sugar".)

We had a planned on another really big party like we have always had in the past.  But, we didn't get the invitations passed out in our neighborhood until about 3 days before the party.  Actually, I said "we"... but, that is a lie.  I should say "they".  I paid two of our little neighbors to pass them out for me.  I am not sure they got everyone because they had a lot of left-overs.  Instead, we should have been short a few. 

It was SO NICE having just the family over.  The big kids, a.k.a. grown ups, played the games more than the littles.  You throw out a bunch of shaving cream with a slip n' slide and the fun NEVER ends!  Well, until the shaving cream runs out.  Bummer.

 

I asked that guests bring a gently-used toy to add to a massive toy exchange.  This would be for party favors, a few for Christian's gifts, and the rest for donation. 

I got CK some swimsuits and a few pairs of skate shoes.  I love that he likes shoes!

 Matty and Grandad got him some Heelys.  He has wanted these forever, but the smallest size is a 13. 

 Pops and Penny got him a really cool solar system game (perfect timing for our lesson!) and a Leapster game.

 My mom and Brian got CK some new knee pads and 2 new professional skateboards!!! 

He was super pumped!

 Ryan and I kind of went out of our normal budget and bought CK something special.

 

Then we got out the shaving cream...

Port Aransas - Home, Sweet Home

We stayed with my aunt and uncle in Boerne, visited for a bit, and then headed out.

Port Aransas is like our home away from home.  Since we go every year, we feel so comfortable there.  We know where everything is located.  We just sit back and enjoy it and don't have to worry about trying to see and do everything.  Its pure relaxation.

Unless you're walking down the road and an orange hits you in the back of the head. 

Yeah, that happened.

To ME.

Grrr...

Other than that, it was super duper. 

Well, other than our sunburns. 

We were in the sun from 9 am until 3 pm.  Right in the middle of the sun's wrath. 

 

Tay was playing in the bathroom of our cottage.

 I told her to get out.  This is the goofy face she makes when she is in trouble.  Its short-lived and is always followed with another goofy face.

 Like this.

 We did a little shopping.

 Check out our set-up.  We have this beach thing down to a fine art.

CK made a pool!  Poor guy must've brought 5,634 buckets of water over to fill it up.  The sand drank it all.

 They got these nasty bottle sucker things from somewhere.  They were covered in sand, too.

 The girls.  (:

 Now, prepare yourself for picture overload....