Teach a Boy to Fish

 Three of the boys went to Family Fun Fishing Day on Saturday, a free event at the UF ponds, with bait and equipment provided. (James had been staying up late watching the Olympics every night, so he decided to sleep in instead.)  Everyone caught a fish!

Cannonball!

 Flying boys!

Otherwise, What's the Point?

 Auntie Nora and Daniel were going to teach us a new game ("The Game"), and Nora asked James if he wanted to play. His reply was, "is there a winner in this game?"  (We assured him that there was.)

This is a triumph of nature over nurture. :)  We've spent their whole lives saying things like, "everyone does things at their own pace" and "just try your best" -- but James loves a competition.

As it turns out, our team lost the game.  I told James that we got the silver medal. Seth was nearby and he piped up, "We got the gold medal!  But we have to BE VERY CAREFUL with it because it is fragile."  (And then Matthew used Perler beads to make a gold medal for Seth, a silver for James, and a bronze for Mike...who didn't get to play because he was working.)

"The Game", by the way, involves everyone writing down names of real or fictional people (or animals).  In the first round, teams guess from a description. In the second round, they guess by gestures, and in the final round they guess from one word.

Depot Park

 Gainesville has a new park!  Grandma suggested that we check it out, so we headed over yesterday.  Unfortunately, it was super hot out, so it was hard for the kids to play for too long -- but the water play area helped!  (We didn't bring swim stuff, but we let them go in with their shorts.)  But James found some places to do ninja, and Matthew managed to get into the tall tower!

Rio Cake

Daniel's cake decorators must have been inspired by the Rio Olympics -- green pool water!  :)

Square Root of 64

 Happy 8th birthday to Daniel!

He wanted a square root sign for his pinata, because he likes math.  Fortunately, Auntie Nora is a craft rockstar and was able to make it happen!  (It contained candy and prizes, including the very popular "flingin' chickens", but it wasn't full!)

Here Daniel is explaining the line of succession of the British monarchy, or perhaps something about the War of the Roses.