today (again)

I took Samuel to his riding lesson today and when we came back he was looking for his gummy fruit slices (Those fruit shaped gumdrop things you get in the orange bags that are like $1 and mainly made of sugar and food dye? Yes, those.) and found them on the floor. And what's more, they were licked clean. All of the sugar was completely licked off and they were left as gummy shaped fruit goo on the carpet. When I examined them further, because I couldn't resist, I found strange tooth marks in them as well. Samuel looked around accusingly at us as though either Eva or I had indeed licked them clean and then left them smothered on the carpet. Or was it daddy? Who did this thing? A few minutes later Jack came in and shuffled over to the fruit goos and started licking them (again) and I heard Samuel say, "So Jack. It comes to this, does it?" and Jack stalked off, realizing he had been found out and was in the proverbial doghouse. Gumdrop fruit chews are not for dogs. Can you imagine him trying to figure out exactly what to do with them, getting them stuck in his teeth, prying them out and then resolving to just do the best he could with a confusing situation and lick them clean, carefully turning one then another over so that he could clean the other side as well?



The kids were playing a game today and this lovely set up was a part of the birthday party for Eva's little guy Lou, a little lego lady who rides a horse and who Eva carries around quite a bit. You can see nearly everyone was in attendance- Sliver and Titan and their entourage and Gilbert and his sister and R2D2 and even Dweezil (one of my own favorite little guys...) They made a playdoh cake and everyone got a little slice of green to celebrate. Eva made a balloon for Lou to hold and decorated the house and table with fish pictures because as I understand it, Lou has something to do with the pirates as well and is very intimate with water and its inner workings.



A few closeups of the birthday scene- Gilbert and his sister and Dweezil with R2. Check out the little cake R2 has in addition to the basic green. Our friend's daughter made this and Eva bought it from the homeschool bazaar back in December. Not a picnic nor party since has been without this cake.



Table top decorations and more little guys, one of whom has a little tangerine made by the same young sculptor as the cake above. And finally, a photo of Lou, the birthday girl, with her balloon, seated at the head of the table because, as Samuel said, that is where the guest of honor should sit.



Eva made a card and bookmark to send to her good friend Esme.