A Movie And A Trip To The Fish Park

We started out this afternoon with a trip to the movies. Horton Hears A Who was the starring attraction. We were accompanied by two grandchildren, one age three the other age four. Both sat there and watched the entire movie basically moving only to ingest popcorn or to take a sip of my soda. They also liked some of the previews. The three year old was particularly impressed by the scenes showing sword fighters working on Narnia, The Caspian Prince. He said "wow" and then told his Aunt that the movie was not scary and he would be able to watch Narnia.

After we had some eats at Moe's, we went to play at "The Fish Park." I told my three year old grandson that it should be "The No Fish Park." He said "Its The Fish Park silly." So looking at the second picture you can see why it is called "The Fish Park."

We are now just starting to hit some summertime temperatures. You can tell by how the little people are sucking down their drinks. To say nothing of the red faces and missing shirts. The shirts started to come off within minutes of hitting the park.

Here is newbie in the arms of Nana. He was paying attention real good so I thought I would see how he looked in a straw hat. He comes from a couple of lines of "Florida Crackers" and "Gators." He didn't seem to mind having the hat on. As long as he is not hungry he is a real mild mannered dude.

Here is Newbie in the arms of his aunt who is visiting this weekend from NC. She is pregnant and will be delivering a granddaughter at the end of May. We will be in NC for that event.



Here is another shot of Nana holding Newbie at The Fish Park. Like I mentioned, he is a happy little fellow as long as he is fed. Regardless of what position you hold him in he likes to pick up his head and look around. I haven't seen a grin yet but a couple of times he sure looked like he was thinking about it. I probably just haven't told him the right joke yet.

Here is the older brother. He had a minor difficulty yesterday and again so he did not go to the movie. However, him and his Mom met us at Moe's for some Mexican type food. Then we went to the park to burn off some steam.


I would say all those in this family who attended "Horton Hears A Who" would recommend the movie.

Hope Y'all Had As Great Of An Easter As We Did

Here is a picture of the back porch. There are Easter eggs on the round table, the lounge on the left and also under the window on the right. You may not be able to see all the details in the picture.


There are also a couple of eggs visible in the grass. The eggs had to be put in the shade as the sun would melt any candy inside the egg.


This is Will searching for eggs. He is just now getting into it but we have to be careful because he has an older brother who is slightly faster and has done this more times.



This is Gus. He is almost a professional. Not quite though, he only got one of the eggs over his head without help. Although he was fast, he sometimes ran past closer ones to get the one he was looking at.



As you can see by their Easter baskets, both of them managed a good haul at the Annual Cheez Easter Egg Hunt. Now it's up to Mom and Dad to be the bad guys and make sure they don't eat all of that stuff all at once.


Newbie was not allowed to roam much. Between his Mom and Nana his feet never touched the ground. He spent his day taking on stores, blowing sanitaries and mooring alongside the two mother ships that were available. He must have had a real good time, because except for a short case of hiccups, we hardly knew he was there.

We had such a good time this weekend, we are going to try and do it again next weekend when even more family members can be there.

Aloha

Riding With His Lady Friend

Every guy knows that riding is much more fun as a pair. Even a four year old can figure that one out.

His grandpa, locally known as "The Safety Officer," will have to have a discussion with him on helmets.

Snoozin

Newbie likes it whenever I drop by. He likes to prove that he can sleep anywhere. Of course He realizes that I am not much value when hunger strikes.
Occasionally he raises his head to look at me but at this point sleep is highest on his priorities.

Check This Out

These two rascals are Newbie's older brothers. I would love to tell you what they are doing but no-one has the foggiest idea, including their mom who took the picture. They are ready to show Newbie the ropes.

Todays Prayer

Lord,
Keep your arm around my shoulder
and your hand over my mouth.

Now In Port, Moored Alongside The Mothership

Here is the Beautiful Bride holding her youngest grandson. On 29 February he left the hospital where he was born and transferred to his new home port. Aside from one self-inflicted scratch on his cheek he seems to be in 4.0 condition.

Notice that he has his head up and is looking at me while I take his picture. I don't know a lot about really little tykes, but this little fellow tracked me with his eyes and by turning his head as I continued taking his picture. He was like a little fire control radar following my movements.

I remember years ago how the Mark 37 torpedoes would track on the below-decks watch, or anyone who walked by, when they made their rounds through the Forward Torpedo Room. The rudder and depth controls would shift position in an attempt to keep the torpedo pointed at the sound source. The torpedo was strapped into the skid and could not actually move but not from lack of effort on the torpedo's part.

I was really impressed by Newbies' effort to track my movements.