All Aboard!

My favorite train engineer made an appearance today.  He cheerfully let his brother join him in playing with the train set.  Honestly, listening to "all aboard" and "woo woo" is music.

In no time we were ready for the pool.  Papa said, "All aboard," and Jonathan quickly corrected him.  "This is not a train!"

Jonathan is a natural in water.

Richie and the alligator had a heart to heart chat.  In the end, the alligator let Richie stay on.

Sammie and Bradley played volleyball for awhile.

Dads and kids, one of my favorite things.

My new pool toys got another good break-in today.

My camera was having trouble keeping up with everything going on.

I was delighted to catch this smooth move by Bradley.

And this even smoother move by Papa Ben.

My camera has found something new to focus on.

Bradley on my left catching throws from his dad...

Papa on my right entertaining Jonathan and Richie.

This was hilarious.

Honestly, I was mesmerized.

Jonathan and Richie loved retrieving them, over and over again.

Then it was time for lunch.  Today's entree was French dip.

We celebrated Sammie's birthday a week or so early.  He enjoying our singing.

He politely thanked me for my homemade card.

Once I learned that Thursday was the anniversary of Bradley's adoption, I handed him a candle and we sang, "Families Can Be Together Forever."

After a few naps, I set up these two with Dinosaur Train.

Then Bradley beat me at pool while using my newest cue.