Sunday at the Beach

It feels obligatory occasionally to celebrate the one nice thing about this town, its gorgeous beaches:

Saturday in St. Pete

Today Marcela took the kids to a local toy store so that they could cash in their birthday gift certificates.






The kids played swords in the street after that.






Maxim, however, eventually came up with games of her own.




Later Noah showed us how to use the new toy.




Marcela reflected on the day.

The Report

Maxim practiced her report the night before:

Maxim has a report due tomorrow. She is finishing the paperwork:



Noah was playing with Branner:

South St. Pete

NPR Driving:

"It's A Hard Knock Life for Us..."

In case my kids ever complain that they had it rough in Florida, here's my case against it:




Noah is getting bold and starting to do some off road cycling:

Days in St. Pete

We had several of Maxim's classmates for a sleepover.



The next day, Q, who couldn't swim during Maxim's party, came by and had a swim. Noah took the opportunity to make his first video:



Today, Saturday, Maxim caught us all hard at work:



But then we took a minute to practice a new song:

The Sugar Cycle

The sugar begins in one form and is distributed to the children:




Whereupon, the effects are quickly expressed in loco-motion:

Happy Birthday Maxim!

Maxim turns eight today. We let her design her own birthday cake. This is her design:



And here's where her art talent comes from: