Inside the Mind of a 7 Year Old

Vacation went quickly, but the kids had a lot of fun and were healthy throughout it. Wayne and Cole went to friends' houses and friends came to our house. Wayne went to the movies with his best friend Ben, which was really a treat because we never go to the movies. I took him to The Polar Express when he was 4, and that was the one and only time he'd been to a cinema until
going with Ben's family.

Wayne and Cole invented a new holiday called "Kids' Day" during vacation and convinced Wes to take them to McDonald's and skating at the outdoor rink in Newport. I seem to be on a photographic dry spell these days, so have not had a lot to post on the blog.

However, Wayne brought home a slew of artwork from earlier in the year. Some of it just cracks me up, so I thought I'd share it.

He drew this at the very beginning of the year. Can you tell what house it is? I'll give you a hint: notice the door way up high and the window to nowhere up near the peak.

I uploaded these pictures in kind of a random order, so they are not very chronological. When I asked him about this one, he said it's a fox skiing and a bear pulling a sled up a hill and the little brown creatures are mice running to their underground burrows. Remember to click on a picture to see it larger if you need to.

Grampa and Gramma will love this one. If only their house was really that big.

On the trackster. Again, a mouse running for safety.

We never go to the movies, but we do have popcorn and movie night at home. Looks like we must be watching a Batman cartoon. There's the TV stand looming taller than any of us. Apparently, in Wayne's eyes, we all have long necks, long legs, and no arms. And a really giant bowl of popcorn.

Yes, Daddy is specle.

Unfortunatley, my hair really does look like this.

Here we go, Wayne and I, skipping hand in hand to do some grocery shopping!