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Yup, first he’s losing teeth left and right… now he’s getting OLDER! Here’s a quick video of Brandon’s birthday serenade in our little apartment surrounded by Lego sets:

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Here’s a couple of pics of the festivities as well:

This past weekend Car & I took the boys up to Grandma & Grandpa’s house in the Poconos with the intent on having them both receive their first snowboard lesson from their professional snowboard instructor Uncle Mike. On Sunday, we headed up to Blue Mountain, rented the appropriate equipment and set Brandon & Mike loose [...]

Here’s a quick video of Brandon & Zachary doing “butt-flops” in the little inflatable pool at my parents’ place in the Poconos. Their usual venue for the butt-flop phenomenon is on their Uncle Michael’s trampoline, but it translates pretty well to the water… what do you think?

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Due to the positive responses from the invitees, I think it’s time to make this thing official and get into the all-important planning stages for what (hope against hope) may become an annual event for us (or, maybe we’ll get black-balled from the city limits and be forced to go to another major American city).
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