Of Life and Legos

Isaac turned 7 on November 17! He requested a space cake, as you can see below. In addition to opening presents from grandparents, uncles, aunts and friends, his choice of family outing was the swimming pool in Dickinson, which also provided an ideal opportunity to redeem the boys' Book-It Pizza Hut gift certificates (alas the closest Pizza Hut is an hour from here!).



He was hoping for "some spacey presents" and was not disappointed -- space seemed to be the theme of this year's celebration!



We've had some interesting wildlife in the yard during the past couple weeks -- two families of deer have made their way through my flower beds, nibbling at the little bits of green sticking through the snow. One night after being tucked into bed Luke called out, "Mom, there are five deer outside my window!" Sure enough, there were five deer walking right up Seventh Street in the light of the street lamps!