Hank has wanted a Power Wheels Jeep since he was three. His mean mommy wouldn't buy him one because she said she'd rather he have a bike! Well Hank just had his 6th birthday, and after adding his birthday money to money he'd saved, he finally had enough to buy a Power Wheels with his own money! This one is a $200 Kawasaki Ninja and very cool looking. In the first picture you can see Hank wearing the birthday hat from Toys R Us...the one that he wore on the airplane trip to Memphis a week later...causing the pilot and flight attendants to go on and on about it being his birthday today....when it was really a week earlier!!! LOL!



MEMPHIS TRIP
This year we brought Tony with us to Memphis. He stayed the first 4 days, then went home to paint the girls new loft beds. We stayed in Memphis a while longer. The pool was a big hit again, and we also hit the Memphis Zoo (where Hank couldn't get enough of Animals of the Night), and the Children's Museum, where Hank couldn't get enough of the real airplane you can play in. We also made our annual trip down to Mississippi to see Uncle Bits, where the kids all played with Jack.

1. Sarah Ann, Mosby & Rene in the pool
2. The kids LOVE Crystal
3. Managed to get a pic of Nee Nee in there.
4. Corrina loved to help Nee Nee with chores, especially feeding the birds.
5. Corrina being destroyed by the tickle monster, Uncle Paul
6. "Hank, come save me!"




7. Kee Kee spent most of the visit hissing at the kids
8. Blackie warmed up towards the end
9. Hank loved controlling the plane parts to make it lift off in the fan wind
10. Hank and Corrina dressing up in real astronaut suits at the Children's Museum
11-12. Rene dressed up in the medical area of the CHildren's Museum - notice the body she's "operating" on



13. Hank dressed up in circus clothes with several tails
14. Hank playing in the real airplane