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Some new bike action!

Miles turned 3 today. We can’t believe how fast he’s growing up.

The day was great. A really sweet birthday ceremony at school. We rode home on the new bike, had a nice family dinner (pizza! cupcakes!) and played a little wii before bedtime. Photos here.

The video above is from his birthday party which we had a few days early. We celebrated at a little bakery called The Cookie Jar . Miles wanted a Pirate-themed party. The bakery set out 3 pirate-themed cookies per child and let them go crazy decorating them with all kinds of sugary sprinkles and stuff. We had red and black and white balloons and we gave out gold chocolate coins, a pirate rubber duckie, a collapsible spy glass and pirate stickers to each kid. Then we loaded the kids up even more with sugar with the pull-apart cupcake cake. It’ was a pirate ship and it said, “Shiver Me Timbers! Miles is 3!” Miles and 11 of his closest pals had a ball. In the video, the little guy sitting next to him at the head of the table is his best mate, Gabriel. It was a great party! Also seen in the video: Avery, Claudia, David, Ava, Ethan, Jude, Maria, Karis, Pearl and Ian.

Miles and I took a trip to see our friends Tom, Gray and Cali in Durham, NC. Gray was headed off for a wedding and Jessica wanted some peace and quiet, so it was just the dads and the kids. Woo-hoo!

Cali is 4. She is extra cute, very sweet and affectionate. She was a great hostess to Miles, showing him around and sharing her stuff.

The weather could have been better, but we made the best of it. We stayed in a house on Lake Hyco and Tom brought his boat. He taught me how to drive it and I towed him around on a wakeboard. Then he towed me and the kids in a giant tube.

The young people got along very well. They had strawberry-rhubarb pie for breakfast. There was a great deal of snacking. We read stories together at bedtime.

I think Miles was a little scared of Tom. We don’t know why.

The flight home was delayed, so Miles didn’t get to nap and the plane ride was hard. We had a great trip, but we were very happy to get off the plane and into the car with Jessica!

Trouble seeing the video?

We had to sneak-shoot video of these two snuggletrons so that Miles wouldn’t stop and run at the camera. The results are dim, out of frame, and adorable!