My big boy!

Christopher turned three last Sunday! We didn't have a huge party like last year but lots of family fanfare and "Happy Birthday" choruses marked the day. We had chocolate chip pancakes at the crack of dawn. This was followed by a showing of "Littlefoot" AKA The Land Before Time.

Daddy took Christopher to the park and out to pick out a toy while I baked the cake. They returned victorious in their mission with a huge set of die cast mini Tonka™ trucks which have been an obsession ever since.

We topped the day with Christopher's favorite dinner, spaghetti, and a grand finale of chocolate cake with "free" candles. Christopher definitely approved.

St Paddy's Day!

The boys and I went grocery shopping on St Patrick's Day and we found one of those cool rocket carts! They both loved it. Declan sat up like a big boy with his brother.

Now this is funny! And true, too.

Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so!

It's official! Chris got picked up for orders to the USS MUSTIN (DDG-89). Our new homeport is Yokosuka Japan! We are very excited for this new chapter to begin. We will be there at least three years, starting by the end of this year.

I've only been to Japan once but enjoyed my time there immensely- it's a beautiful country. I am also very excited about using it as a jumping off point for travel to other countries. China, Singapore, the list goes on!

Here are a few pictures from our previous visit to Japan. I can't wait to add more to my collection!

So... I set this blog up several months ago with the intention of getting back into a regular writing schedule. Ho hum. Oh well, my intentions were good.

Now that I logged back in I'll hopefully make the time to keep up here. My previous blogs were through Friendster and MySpace but both sights are pretty much dead to me (and the rest of the world for that matter). Here's to the beginning of a new era!

I expect that this will mostly be about the kids but I'm sure there will be a sprinkling of my thoughts as well as poetic exaltation on coffee in all forms. Finding something to talk about is never a problem for a loudmouth like me. With that proclamation I'll wrap this up until next time- it's all uphill from here!