This Picture is for Matt

I ordered Star Wars cupcakes for Garrett. The cupcakes are decorated with R2D2, c3PO, and Darth Vader. These must be the easiest plastic images that China can produce. But, wouldn't a young boy want to see Luke and Hans Solo? How about a Millenium Falcon? I'm not complaining because I got 30 delicious cupcakes for $11. I'm just saying, a hero is a hero and he deserves to be represented on a cake.

Official Shark Business

This is Mary's favorite hat. She puts the hat on and then proceeds to do Official Shark Business, such as filling the bathroom sink with water and washing all the toothbrushes. OSB also includes acquiring Garrett's toys, removing the pads from my headphones, and relocating most of my shoes. The upside is that she is very happy when conducting OSB; the downside is that she cunning and predatory. I think she prefers her Shark persona to her Spidaham persona. This evening she took a ride with Chris to pick up Thai food wearing the shark hat. The shark cruised into the restaurant and taunted the inhabitants until the order was ready. No one is safe.

Now, what name should we give this creature:

Growing Pains

Last night Garrett and I went through our bedtime routine and then I said goodnight. About 5 minutes later I heard him crying. I went to investigate and found him on his bed holding his leg. He said, "Mommy, my leg hurts."
"Where?" I asked.
He pointed to his knee and clutched it. "It really hurts mommy."
I said, "Oh, you know what, sweetheart, you probably have growing pains. You're just growing up." At this news he started to cry harder.
He said, "I don't want to grow up!"
"Don't you want to be big like daddy?"
"NO!"
I think he thought that he would go to sleep and wake up 6 feet tall. I gave him some pain reliever and a few more kisses. Then he said, "Mommy, I think I better sleep in your bed." Maybe he thought his bed would be too small by morning.

Poor Garrett. I think he will have a lot of growing pains.