More ABQ adventures

New normal?

Lots of sunset walks, brothers playing nicely together, mostly homecooked meals. What is going on???

Unfortunately, Henry managed to smuggle James Blob into the new house.

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...

Coron-buh-virus edition

Spring break started off with a 2-week break from school. The boys' coding camp was canceled, so it became a nonstop video game and YouTube extravaganza punctuated by occasional music practice. This week will be more of the same. Next week, they will be doing some kind of online learning, allegedly.

Poor BBB (Buh for short) has been unfairly accused of transmitting coronavirus, so he has been made to cover his mouth.

Meanwhile, we have been having an intense debate about whether Shooky has arms or ears coming out of the side of his head. H and G have made signs espousing their opinions:

This debate is almost intense as our debates over whether Geo's Easter friend is a duck or a chicken.

Or our debate over whether Otto Brown is blue or green.

The Blob Post

Once upon a time, Henry and George invented this new creature called the "blob." He was a puffball with sticky googly eyes affixed to him. Then the idea took off, and soon there were hundreds of blobs invading our house. They decided to build a wall around "Blob City" to protect themselves from Mommy, who often threatened to come after them with the vacuum. Their leader, Blobius Rex, is the giant black blob on the throne.

The reason Mommy hates the blobs is that they have vowed to steal her identity along with BBB, who is often lurking in her purse to find her credit card information. The blob below, "James Blob," is an agent from His Majesty's Secret Service. However, the blobs claim they are innocent and it is only BBB trying to steal her social security number and other personal data.

George loves the blobs so much that he designed this year's Pinewood Derby car to be a tribute to the blobs. Guess who won first place for design in his den?

Of course, when we bought a robot vacuum, the first thing George and Henry did was put some blobs on top for a nice ride. Then they decided the robot could be an honorary blob.

Is it spring yet?

Henry bought a Line Friend in Korea named Otto Brown, a bear in an otter skin. Since he is a bear, he spent the winter in Henry's room hibernating. Then he made a surprise appearance last week when he allegedly woke up too early. Henry set a reminder alarm to wake Otto back up on his birthday next month. We will keep you posted when he wakes up again.

BBB antics

BBB (Bradley Boris Bartholomew) the Bat continues to be a bbbeloved member of the family. Henry and Mommy love to take "candids" of him (maybe not so candid because he is an inanimate object). Here are some of the highlights.

BBB chilling at Mommy's office

Deep thinker

Naptime

Pondering the mysteries of the universe

Henry is enamored of BBB (but falsely claims "Bartholomew" is not part of his name)

Guarding Mommy's files

Dashboard guardian

Distracting Geo before bedtime

Helping Geo get through a dentist visit

Music connoisseur

An embbbelishment for Geo