More bunny ears

Some things never go out of fashion. Here are Cindy, Carolyn, Amy, Sarah and Jock at my 1982 birthday party.January 1982

James' Birthday, Part Two

Birthday celebrations just go on and on. These pictures are from James' "school birthday party."First James stood up in the front of the class while everyone sang happy birthday to him. He liked that.

Second, James and his classmates feasted on homemade triple chocolate brownies.

Lastly, everyone gathered on the floor for fun and bunny ears.

March 2010.

James' Birthday, Part One

Yesterday was James' eighth birthday. He woke up bright and early and found a big pile of presents waiting for him in the dining room. He couldn't wait to start opening them. It didn't matter that his brother was still mostly asleep.

This is a happy face. The brother is still half asleep.

Goofing off with some of his presents.

Sharing a new Game Boy game with his BFF Basil.

Game interrupted by a birthday phone call.

Older brother, finally awake, and playing (?) with James' new Transformer.

March 2010

School boys

School James.School greetings.

School friends.

February 2010

Door Mountain

It's snowing!

The boys would have been content to spend the morning throwing snowballs...but Seth had other ideas! He took a bench, an old door and an even older chair and created a miniature sledding hill in our front yard.

James at the top of "Door Mountain."

And away he goes!

Ryan's turn.

Seth multitasking.

Speed racer.

Snack break.

James posing as the Michelin Man.

February 2010.

Before and after

February 2010

Phantom

Today James asked me how old he had to be before he could legally change his name. I said eighteen and than asked him what he wanted to change his name to. He paused and said he liked his first name and he liked Buxton, but he thought it would be cool to switch the "Roy" for "Phantom."

I don't know why, but the idea of having a kid named James Phantom Buxton really cracked me up.