3's A Charm

Brock turned the big three years old today. He had a few simple requests for his big day. He wanted a "chocolate chip cake with a lolly-pop, a sucker, and a candy cane." When we sang happy birthday to him he wanted us to call him, "fire fighter Rickley." Last but not least, he wanted to go to the "ocean and see Mia (the octopus) at the aquarium." The only downer for the day was when we got to the aquarium we found Mia had been replaced by Amigo, and she (Mia)didn't come out to say "Hi" when we were at the beach.

Wipe Out

Riley managed to break loose while at the coast on Brock's birthday and the next thing we knew, he was up to his knees in salt water. It didn't take long before a wave got the best of him and he was totally submerged. Luckily for us Mom was right there to rescue him. These are the initial tears of shock. The tears moments later when he realized his fun in the sand was over aren't shown.

"Six Head"

A couple of nights ago while Gage was helping Brock get his jamies on, Brock had
Gage and I lauging hard. Gage was teasing Brock, and they started joking about his forehead, and Brock said, "Dad its not my forehead its my six head." It took us a minute to catch on, but when we did we laughed hard, then marvled at the way those little brains work.

Walk On the Ocean

Brock Joseph Jingle Hymer Schmitt

Halloween

Riley was a young Albert Einstein.

Brock was a fireman. He didn't want to take his "firefighter's coat" off for three days. He wanted to take a bath in his coat and sleep in his helmet. As soon as the helmet went on he was no longer Brock, he was firefighter Rickley.

Will the real Einstein step forward? When Brock saw Riley with his mustache he said, "Riley, babies don't wear mustaches. Cars wear mustaches. Chick Hicks wears a mustache."

Glacier National Park

Riley ruled the roost in the hotel the night before we went through the park.

Riley and Gage on the trail to Hidden Lake at the top of Logan Pass

Brock was the man of the stairs. He hiked over a mile and at each step he would say, "no, I will do it myself." He was one hungry boy when we got back to the car.

The Going to the Sun Highway

We enjoyed the fog much more from above than when we were in the middle of it.