Liam's Restaurant

Liam decided that he would make dinner for the Noonans this evening. He made a wonderful salad of field greens, herbs, apples, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, cashews, almonds and lots and lots of balsamic vinaigrette. Warm peasant bread was served as a side dish. The meal was complimented with champagne and sparkling water. For dessert, he chose to serve the cookies Mommy baked this morning.

Not only did Liam cook and serve the entire meal, he also did all the cleaning up afterwards. The only help that he asked for while preparing dinner was for Mommy to put the bread in the oven, and for daddy to open the champagne. Absolutely everything else was taken care of by Liam...including setting the table and lighting the candle (with supervision of course.)

A Birthday & Promise of the Tooth-fairy

Yesterday was Bob's birthday. We made him his favorite dinner -- served with champagne, of course. As you can see, we've decided to use candles for how old we feel as opposed to how old we actually are.

Liam had a little accident on the playground and ended up at the dentist (for the second time yesterday, I might add. He had a cavity filled just two hours prior to the mishap.) The Kid had to have a tooth removed and has to eat soft foods for 24 hours. The dentist recommended ice cream for dinner. You won't be surprised to hear that Liam was okay with that.

That Time of Year Again

The boys went for a late evening swim. Although it was rather chilly, Liam talked Bobby into taking a dip. Like father, like son.

Our neighbors think we are nuts!

Liam letting us know he is brave. Has a 2 mil shorty on, compared to Bob's 4/3 with hoodie and boots.

It's Official...Pool is Open!

Both water and air logged in at 61 degrees yesterday, but that didn't stop Master LJ Noonan from taking a dip.

An Outrage and An Imposition!

Liam came home to see the above display on the kitchen table. He thought it was absolutely outrageous that Mommy used the cookie jar as a flower vase. Mommy thought it was cute. Liam thought it was an imposition.

Never a Dull Moment

BIG SURPRISE!! Grandpa Tom made a surprise visit for Thomas' First Holy Communion. My pictures didn't turn out well from yesterday, but I've posted some of the better ones. The pictures of the kids didn't turn out at all because they are very blurry (they were all dancing, playing, and running around -- basically acting like kids at a party.)

We started opening the pool yesterday. Liam helped Daddy vacuum. Shortly after this picture was taken, we purchased an automatic vac -- it's doing a great job at this very moment. I'm hoping that it works well so that I can be replaced as the pool vacuum girl. Last summer it seemed like both Bob and I would each vacuum the pool at least once a week. I'm looking forward to more swimming, he is looking forward to planting and pruning more trees.

Umpire

The boys have started hitting coach-pitched balls, so now they have an umpire. Liam got to play umpire in the Indians' last game. Every player gets to play the position at least once during the season. Liam played the first inning, and then other boys were given the chance.