Luke's Hav-attack

Luke is so busy keeping up with his cousins this week. Both of them have tanks or containers where they keep the creatures they find on the beach or in the canal: crabs, shrimp, fish. They call these their habitats - but Luke doesn't understand. He calls his wagon full of water and creatures a "hav-attack". We try to tell him it's a HABITAT. He disagrees that this is because "first you attack your animal and then you have him so it's a Hav-Attack"!

Fourth of July 2009

The Belmont family is spending the Fourth of July holiday at Dauphin Island. We spend mornings and evenings on the beach. Luke tries real hard to keep up with his older cousins as they ride the waves on their tubes.

Jesse squeals at the top of his lungs when the waves roll in.

We all Scream for Ice Cream!

Our friends, Ghais, Sophie and Huck, came to visit from Virginia. Jesse and Huck became big buddies! Here they are sharing an ice cream at McDonalds. Hear Jesse "CHEESE" because he thinks I'm taking a picture.

Spaghetti Incident

This was an unfortunate spectacle - observe the protruding belly and "food drunk" face - a red ring was left around the bathtub and that's saying a LOT because our tub is mustard yellow!

Silly Jesse

Jesse loves spinning in place even though it makes him dizzy!

Starting his list for Santa...

The other day, I was driving Luke to school and we were listening to a CD that has Bible stories and songs on it. This particular song and story were about Jesus walking on the water. Luke said he wanted to walk on the water like Jesus. I went into this big long explanation about how only Jesus can walk on the water which makes it a miracle, etc, etc...

Luke says, "That's okay, I'll ask Santa for special shoes so I can walk on the water like Jesus."

Georgia Aquarium

I highly recommend the Georgia Aquarium! Lots to see and do. Next time we will probably get a "Atlanta City Pass" and see more than just the aquarium and stay more than one day. This was the first road trip we've taken with both the boys somewhere other than the beach house. We kept telling Luke we were going to Atlanta to spend the night and then we would go to the aquarium. When we checked in at the hotel, he asked the desk clerk if she was "Atlanta"!