Saturday, October 1, 2011

Miles Turned 8! and other news

Miles' birthday festivities began with family presents! Max received "unbirthday" presents, too!













Miles had an awesome laser tag birthday party!







We had a fun family day at the San Diego Zoo


The boys played in a bamboo "jail" while waiting to see the pandas







Miles, Max, Daddy, and Uncle Jeff went to a Padres game






Steady and patient Uncle Jeff provides instruction on using a new birthday gift



Playing at Chucke Cheese has been a recent birthday tradition


Birthday dinner at Islands with Grandma and Grandpa Mann

We closed on the purchase of our new house on the day of Miles' birthday party and moved in a week later. We love it! Max was excited to take a ride in the moving truck.


The boys have made lots of new friends on the street. Miles and neighbor Eric did a lemonade stand one hot summer day.




The boys headed back to school the day after Labor Day. Miles is in second grade and Max is in pre-K. They are off to a great year!



Max's teacher said he picked up where he left off last year, and that he is doing very well academically


Miles is an avid Capture the Flag player


Halloween Preview! Miles can hardly wait to be old enough to watch horror movies.