Forever Young

We're in Florida this week. Today, we stopped by the Fountain of Youth. We all drank a swig from the fountain. Looks like I'll be around for a long time.

Josie's Soccer Skills

Josie's been working on her soccer skills, too.

Soccer

McKenzie and I are playing soccer again this year. I've decided to be more aggressive this year than I was last year. I go after the ball. In today's game I saved three goals during the time I played goalie. And here's a video of me getting a shot on goal when I was on offense.

McKenzie's become something of a goal-scorer. She scored two in a game a few weeks ago.

Toothless

I lost my first tooth this week. I pulled it myself.

It had been loose for a few days. At school, I pushed on it and it almost came out. It was just hanging by a thread, so I pulled it all the way out.

That story makes Daddy cringe. But he told me whenever I pull my own tooth he'll take me out for ice cream. (I think he's just hoping he won't have to pull any himself.)

The Playground is My World

Daddy put up a playground in our backyard this summer. We actually bought the playground last summer, but Daddy warned us that it might take a few weeks to put it together. Over a year later, it's finally done.

Getting it together wasn't what took so long. It turns out we don't have any flat spots in our backyard, so we had to make one. First, we built a retaining wall, carting 150 retaining wall blocks into the backyard one wheelbarrow at a time. That took a few weekends (spread over a few months). Next, we had to fill it in with fill dirt. That took a few weekends, too. When that was done, we were finally able to start building. It was pretty quick from there. Of course, now it's too hot to play on the playground... but in a month or so it's going to be great.

To the Lighthouse

While we were in Florida, we went to the lighthouse in St. Augustine. (Apparently, it's haunted, so we went in the daytime.) They let you climb up the stairs in the lighthouse. It's a bit of a hike. You have to be tall enough for them to let you climb up. McKenzie and Josie weren't tall enough, so I went up with Moms. When we got back down, Dad wanted to go up so I went up again with him.

I was careful not to spit from the top. I didn't want to hurt anyone with my projectiles.

Beach Bummin'

We went on a trip last month to Florida. We stayed with a friend at their family's beach house and bummed at the beach most of the week. We all boogie boarded (I like to boogie), except for Josie who just wanted to stroll up the beach toward the horizon.

We took a little break from the beach to hit St. Augustine. We hit La Herencia for a Cuban breakfast and then infiltrated the Castillo de San Marcos there (an old Spanish fort).

It was a sweet trip. We got to hang out with friends and work on our tans. A great break before heading back to school (next Monday!). More on that later.