More birthday pics

I've posted more of Benjamin's birthday pics on Flickr.

Benjamin's 5th Birthday

I'm having a really hard time getting pictures uploaded to Facebook, so I'll put the ones with people in them here. I have a bunch of fish pictures that I'll put in another post.

Standing in line waiting to get in. It rained hard all day. Dad and I were both white-knuckling it the whole way home and passed several accidents.

Fish near the front entrance:

Shark teeth:

Bubble tubes near the front. Although it looks like he's giving it a hug, he's actually trying to climb the tube.

John and Benjamin playing with the bubble tubes:

Obviously not a real shark:

Standing in line for the Dora & Diego 4D show:

Shark mask in the gift shop:

Frog mask in the gift shop:

The birthday boy back at Amanda's:

Seeing the cake Amanda made. I got several really good photos of him smiling at the cake. He was a very happy boy.

The cake:

Surrounded by his new stash of books. They're early readers that he'll be reading before bed.

The BIG gift. Once he opened it, the rest of us were forgotten.

Amanda and John goofing around:

We got the over-the-ear earbuds hoping they'd stay in better than regular earbuds. Unfortunately they're still too big. Oh well. He listened to his music the whole way home and had no problems.

Spring pictures

I've posted some recent flower pictures on Facebook. For some reason this year just seems extra colorful.

Snow!!

It finally snowed more than a dusting. I've promised sledding tomorrow.

Photos of the backyard on Facebook.

Ft. McHenry

John, Benjamin, and I met Amanda at Ft. McHenry last week. Even though it was cold and windy, we walked around quite a bit. Benjamin had fun posing with the cannons and cannon balls. I also managed to get both of my boys in jail for a picture.

The best part was Amanda getting a date with one of the guys in her group.

Photos on Facebook.

Christmas photos

I've been planning for weeks to take some formal Christmas photos of Benjamin. Because we've both been sick, it's been put off. We're both still coughing quite a bit, but I finally broke down and got it done. He was fairly cooperative. We did some in front of the Christmas tree then as a reward he was allowed to take the bears into the family room. I had sat down to download the pictures when he asked me to take some more pictures of him in front of the fireplace. My favorites are on Facebook.

Family Photo

A few weeks ago when Benjamin got his new church clothes we asked Dad to take a family picture for us. I've been experimenting with face swapping in Photoshop to get the best smile on Benjamin. Is it too obvious that this photo has been Photoshopped?