Look ma, no braces!

They came off today thanks to Geo's diligence in wearing his rubber bands.

Now he just needs a haircut to complete his fall break makeover.

Thirteen!

Somehow, our tiny baby is now 13! He is also now maybe an inch shorter than M. She will soon be the shortest member of two families. 

Geo is the most helpful member of the family. He does chores without asking and is always the first to volunteer to help his parents. He is continuing his Japanese studies and is doing scouts, cello, and drums. He loves the Container Store and buying candy at Five Below. He is a carbon copy of his father in terms of culinary tastes, loving raw salt, Rainier cherries, and raspberries.

Happy birthday, Geo!

Sixteen!

H is now 16. We did our usual Red Robin dinner. He is getting way too tall and always needs a haircut. M misses him as a baby when his hair stuck straight up and he was always shouting.

Happy birthday, Henry!

Baby is 12!

Geo got back from his Oregon trip right around midnight, so we declared it was his birthday. When we got home, his antique pocket watch and chain were waiting on his desk. He is going to use them to hypnotize Snoopy to cure him of his biting habit.

M is depressed because age 12 is when the boys surpass her in height. (Geo has a ways to go at 4' 9" but the boys accuse her of inflating her height.)

Here are some pictures of our baby Geo throughout the years around his birthday.

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Birthday boy

Geo traditionally has birthday cupcakes when he is in Bandon around his birthday. Here are his latest birthday cupcakes and a few blasts from the past. 

18

R is now 18!

He (barely) passed his driving test today.

We indulged in sushi on his actual birthday. He eats a frightening amount when someone else is paying. Geo actually tried some sashimi for the first time. 

R has come a long way since 2005! Happy birthday!

Eleven

Geo got a phone, cymbals, and a new basketball among other things. He will be starting sixth grade soon. 

Sweet sixteen

Geo's Birthday

Hard to believe that the baby of the family is now 9! We celebrated with Pixel. 

Happy birthday, Henry!

Henry is 12! And right on time, Otto Brown came out of hibernation, too.

We celebrated at Red Robin before everything shut down. Happy birthday, Henrykins! Not quite as tall as Mommy yet but just 3 inches to go. In a few more years, she will be the shortest member of the family...

Metal mouths

Swimming update

H and G both passed their swim tests! Woohoo, no more level 2!

CBK

Henry completed his second summer of CBK, which is now at Boulder. He studied Android programming, a thinly veiled excuse to get Mommy to buy him a new tablet.

Geo's first cello recital

Click here to check out the video!

All I want for Christmas...

George's second front tooth fell out at last, so now he has an adorable toothless smile!
(Henry and Popplio decided to bomb our photo)

Pre-birthday festivities

Second tooth bites the dust

Kindergarten Finale Performance

George had his kindergarten finale performance on Friday. See him sing cute songs!

Smartypants

Today we went to an awards ceremony for kids who took the PSAT 8/9. Richard and Henry both scored in the top 10% of the test takers in their respective grades. Plus. Henry had the highest score for a third grader in the entire state! Go Henry! (We always suspected he was hiding extra brains in the "corners" on the side of his head--this bodes well for George, who also has corners.)