Guess who knows their numbers? ……. and no it is not Luke!

A couple of evenings ago Luke put some plastic blocks together that had numbers on them and proceeded to ask Grandmama what they were.  As Grandmama answered with apparent confidence "that's a two, a four, a five" and so on and did it to in random order too.  Luke seemed quite surprised - turned and ran to his Mom and announced that "Grandmama knows her numbers".  We are so proud.  

All this and just a day or two before her birthday too.  The day before Grandmama/s birthday We all walked to a nearby mall, (not a problem as there are lots of them) and had a nice western meal at a somewhat famous restaurant.  More parties and cake and celebrations to come as there are multiple days of celebrations planned for Grandmama's birthday now that she knows her numbers.

Getting there involved the riding-of-scooters for the kids and they are good at it.  However making an excursion with them is a bit like that famous old super bowl commercial about herding cats.  Actually there is a lot about these five that reminds me of the difficulty of "bringing in a herd of longhairs" (quote is from the comercial)

It is fun to watch them sail down a road though and sail is a good word to use here as they move so smoothly and effortlessly across down a greenway.

and will come right at ya — but you already knew that.

nooo —mine — noooo—— Mama ——aaaahhhh—nooo———wahhhh—mine  ———nooo

Julianna, after much saving, discussion, debate and a little shopping tried out these roller blades.  Despite the obvious obstacle course in the store, she was successful in navigating around the store enough times to convince herself that indeed she would make the biggest purchase she had ever made.  So now at most every opportunity, she is outside roller blading instead of scootering.  Note Isaac in the background, he too is quite the roller blade aficionado.  His savings are a bit short as of current date.

and Grandmama gets some snuggle time with Luke who really likes to look at photos on her phone