When Do You Water Pine Cones?

Answer: When you've fortified your defenses with them and your life depends on it.

And happy belated 7th birthday Aidan. One more year to your baptism!

Like his sister, Aidan chose to celebrate his birthday with Mr. Chuckie Cheese. However, he's graduated from riding the Teletubby carousel to playing the Star Wars video game, Skee Ball and the Squirt Gun contest (pictured). I won the Squirt Game twice in a row. No way I'm going to throw a game that requires holding a stream of water in one spot. However, third time was the charm for Aidan. He simply added a token to his side, not mine. What a winner!