"Children do not need to be made to learn about the world, or shown how. They want to, and they know how." -John Holt

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Wook's party

In an effort to tame the wild beast known as the Niles' Birthday Extravaganzas, we had a low-key pool party for the Wook. See? Seven monkeys in the kiddie pool.Ok, fine. There were more and they filled the big pool to capacity.And they splashed, swam and jumped liked crazy.They even walked on water. When they weren't waterlogged, they made like mexican jumping beans.
And when they weren't bouncing, they were snuggling.And when they weren't snuggling, they were busy with cake of course!

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