Soaring

FYI: Not that this needs any explanation, but what you see above is a clown riding a unicorn. From below, a shining knight in armor, a goblin and a Sea Monkey make appearances. From the top, a fire breathing dragon and a seagull are dive bombing. And most importantly, in the upper right, the Flying Spaghetti Monster appears to tell everyone to chill the hell out.

This is the back of Annabelle's dinner menu tonight. Any questions?

HIGH FLYERS: The highlight of the day was a trip to Tukwila and iFLY. It's always fun to watch the experienced flyers do their acrobatics and then see the kids do their impressions of superboy/girl.

We've been to iFLY several times before, but today the kids truly soared to new heights.

The last time we went to iFLY CJ was so skittish, his 'tunnel' time was spent clinging on to the instructor in a quasi-bear hug. Today, not so much! Look at this great form!

Each of them was so stable and solid during their tunnel time that their teacher was able to do a tandem fly with them way up high in the tunnel and 'round and 'round in tight circles.

So much fun to watch! I can only imagine what it felt like to fly like that!

NEW OLD RIDES: We recently donated the kids' bikes to Goodwill. They'd each outgrown their rides.

We've been meaning to find them new bikes, and this weekend Craigslist finally produced the right rides. Amazingly, we found each of them affordable, vintage Sears Spyder bikes close to home Sweet!