A Day at Mt. Takao

Starting the day off right, according to E., is
with a glass of chocolate (soy) milk! However, the
other men in the house preferred the veggie omelet.
(eggplant, zucchini, squash, fresh spinach, onions
topped with tomatoes and feta cheese!)

The boys weren't too sure about the cable car
going up the mountain. Notice the angle of what
is outside of the cable car. This gives you an idea
of why it was a bit eerie.

In this picture, we are actually in the mountain.

These pictures, unfortunately, do not do justice
to the height and angle in which we were at.

The view from the top!

"Raidator Springs"

Building Radiator Springs
(from the movie "Cars")

Superhero Fun w/ a touch of Bond, James Bond

Superhero Fan with a touch of Bond, James Bond
(Aunt Kay, does the tie look familiar?)

Meditation - Francis Style

The boys were wrestling with dad and he needed
a break so they took a "meditation" break. In
addition to E's personal style, I think it's funny
how well it worked to stop the wrestling, not!
Thank goodness for water breaks!

Drivin' Around

This and the following pics are of the
"increased security" during Bush's visit.
We are not real sure what they were guarding
but they were everywhere!

Our unimpressed travelers :~)

Tama Zoo

We were amazed by the Lion's Den. So, many
lions and lioness. When we got there we witnessed
a dispute between the lioness (I believe there's
a total of 22) and it was simply spectacular to watch
the one lion separate them all. Unfortunately, we got
the camera out too late to video it.

Mr. Man showing off his new pj's
from Auntie E.

but his disposition quickly changes
when he did not understand WHY
he could not have mac and cheese
for breakfast!
(The reason the bike trailer/stroller can
be seen in the background is because
that is the front entrance and we had
pulled it in the night before. The door
across the way beside the closet doors is
our laundry room.)

An Aspiring Star....

Instead of having a talking conversation, E. thought this person would like to be serenaded too!
I would like to point out that the book by his arm....if you look at it there is a path colored. He had to color all the circles a to find "the path" - I helped him with the first 3 (the 1st circle at the top colored is the last of the set of 3) so he would know what to do but he did all of the others with no assistance. To some, it may seem like no big deal, but this is the first time he has been presented with a maze type problem so to see him do it so quickly and neatly and for him to sit and complete it without telling me he'll "be right back" - well we were proud! ;~)