6th Birthday

Horse pinata(they chose a horse because Erin loves them so much)

Picture taken with Zach's camera

Another picture with Zach's camera

Zach's new camera

Nathan and Zachary were waiting for us to return from our shopping trip so they could open their birthday presents. For some reason we always let the kids open their gifts first thing in the morning. I got Zachary a new camera (to replace that piece of junk from the other day.) This one was a lot more money and it doesn't take good quality pictures, but at least it works (and plays cool games too.) I gave Nathan the remote control helicopter that I picked up for half price at Toys R Us. He was thrilled. Normally I get the twins identical gifts. It makes it much easier that way. But now they are starting to develop different likes/dislikes. Erin got Nathan a lego set and Zachary a Bakugan.

We spent the late morning playing and eating at Chuck E. Cheese. Then home to break the pinata and eat Mario's yummy ice cream cake.

It has been a good day, but we will all be sad to say goodbye to Mario tomorrow when he has to fly out to Norway for 2 weeks. Mario was told today that he will be the General's Aid in Afghanistan. He wasn't thrilled with the news, but he said I should be. Now he will have the General's security also. I was hoping he wouldn't ever have to leave the NATO compound. But at least he will be traveling by helicopter instead of jeeps. Mario will be extremely busy, but it is better he does this job when the family isn't with him and he can work 18 hour days if he has to. This job may change (as with everything else in the Air Force.) So we won't really know until he gets there. But that's what he has been assigned to do.