Soggy Hunt

 

We braved the sprinkles for the Eggolution Easter egg hunt this morning.  Despite the weather, it was a lot of fun -- the boys enjoyed the bouncy houses and the ball games as much as the egg hunting.

Note that Matthew picked up only orange eggs!

 

Spring Break

 Swimming, art projects, planting, and a trip to Satchel's pizza -- Florida spring break is off to a good start!  (The "make your own markers" project turned out to be much more complicated than expected, because we didn't have all the right equipment.  Oh well!)

 

Half Day

 The boys had early dismissal from school last Monday, so it was a great day for Rolly Pollies!  (James actually went the previous week as well -- while poor Mattie was at the doctor being diagnosed with another round of strep throat. Hooray for antibiotics!)

Buffalo Ninja Warrior

Yesterday we went to see the Buffalo Ninja Warrior competition (not one of the official ones for the television show, but one organized by the local ninja gym).  It was really fun!

One of the high points for James was getting to meet Geoff Britten, the First American Ninja Warrior -- the first person to complete all of the obstacles on last season's show.  (Although another contestant then completed the course a couple seconds faster, so poor Geoff didn't get any prize money, which seemed very unfair indeed.  After all, there had been no winners in the previous six seasons, so it's not like the TV network couldn't spare the money.)  James was also excited to meet Jessica Britten (Geoff's wife and fellow ninja).  They were both very nice people!

You can see from some of the pictures that James chose a spot to watch the competition where he could hang out with his new best friends, the Brittens.  :)

Oh, and some of the people there had "NinJAmes" (ninja James) shirts on -- apparently one or more of the people who work at the gym have the last name James).

Matthew wasn't all that interested in watching the ninjas, so he and Mike walked around downtown a bit, and discovered some fun things (a nice cafe; the oldest veterinary clinic in New York).

Hair and Teeth

Last week James had to have a couple of small fillings. We got out of the appointment early, so I took him over to play at Rolly Pollies.  They didn't have all the obstacle courses set up, but he had a great time running around.

Also last week we finally got him a haircut.  No more "Chewbacca head"!