Cat and Mouse

Thanks to an ear infection on my behalf last week, no blog. Sorry about that. However, the week wasn't going to slow down for that. We had our big earnings release at work. Hopefully reporting good results will take a little wind out of Mr. Icahn's sails.

Siena and Tommy found each other to be good snuggle buddies in the cold weather we've been having.

Thursday was Luis birthday and it brought with it a snow day for Mason. We didn't get a lot of accumulation but had some flurries on and off. Typical Portland...one flake and the entire city goes into a frenzied panic. The kids had no complaints though. Even a little bit of snow is fun.

Someone taught them how to make snowballs too.

After some snow bliss, we all went out to dinner at Red Robin for Luis' birthday. Mason was making a joke of reading the menu upside down. Cracked himself up.

Of course we told them it was Luis' birthday! The kids got a kick out of having the Red Robin crew sing to daddy.

Luis was a good sport too.

This morning we went out to breakfast at the Bomber with the Cruz clan. Junior, the die hard Portland Timber's fan, got Luis an official Timber's t-shirt. Hopefully we'll catch a game or two this year. Andre is a bit of a soccer fan as well.

The boys exchanged conversation about Star Wars.

Siena practiced her Angry Birds on my new phone.

We wore out Trystin who found Andre to be a nice pillow.

The Cruzes and a bomber.

After breakfast the kids and I were ready to resume our Sunday walks, this time downtown at Waterfront park. It was pleasant and dry when we parked. Course, 5-10 minutes in, the wind picked up and the rain came. We're troopers though. Living in Oregon, you have to endure some cold and rain if you want to leave the house.

They especially liked the rocks.

Playing on rocks in Old Town.

By this time, we were pretty cold and miserable. Spirits were good though. I was proud of the kids. They walked a lot in bad conditions, didn't complain, and did great.

And Tommy earned is worth this week...