Below are some photos from Matthew;s 5th Star Wars birthday last Saturday.  

In between lots of free play we did some painting and made bouncy balls at the party. 

Lunch time.

Chips and pizza for lunch - very organic. 

Various groups of party kids taking a break from playing to eat some lunch. 

Some friends lounging at lunch.

Cake time!

The wacking of a pinata. 

The blowing out of the candles. Surrounded by friends and Lily of course. 

The liberals would love this one. Boys and weapons! 

Matthew showing off the Darth Vader costume his Grandpa sent him. 

Laura was in top form at the party. Here she is in Welly boots and beads. 

Saturday. Another wonderful day spent at Wildwood Ranch. Laura goes exploring barefoot. 

It is cooler today, high 80's. Perfect for being outdoors... so we got some planting in the yard done (well... Mark and Matthew did some work, I watched, Lily talked and Laura played).

The boys working in the dirt together! 

The girls playing with the water hose. 

Matthew giving Blue Bear and Lily a hug. 

Out of the mouth of babes

We were walking from the car to the Children's museum in the Woodlands on Saturday. The Woodlands Town Center where the Children's Museum is located is across the street from the Cynthia Wood Mitchel Pavillion where there are major concerts held. There were stream of grungy looking teens wandering towards the Pavillion, police and officials everywhere, redirected traffic etc. At one point while we were walking the music started. It was loud and pounding, hard rock. It brought me back to my youth - times I was on my way to all day rock concerts like U2 and Simple minds. Then the vocalist started to scream his heart felt words and Lily said 'There is the sound of a monster'. How precious. She didn't hear music... out of the context of a concert, through innocent ears it really did sound like a monster roaring.

The girls this morning.  

Lily in her sporty outfit her cousin Maya sent her from Ireland.