Georgie is ten! His birthday was Sunday, and somehow he has made it to ten years old. I gotta tell you, every day from the time he was eighteen months to four and a half, I wondered how in the world he was going to make it to the next day without me strangling him. Now here he is, all big and ten. He’s gotten to be quite the charming boy too.

Georgie’s favorite show has been Mythbusters for a couple of years now. He talks about it all the time, records every episode that airs even if he’s seen it twelve times, watches it as often as possible, and talks about Adam and Jamie (the leads) as if they are his friends.

Well, Adam and Jamie apparently have a live show that they are doing in a whole four cities, and Portland is one of them. Of course we had to take him to that. He was so excited and told us over and over that this was the best birthday present ever. The show was at the Schnitz, which is a beautiful concert hall from the ’20’s that was designed in the Italian rococo style with sort of filigree all over the walls and ceiling.

Georgie obviously listened to the entire show, but spent most of the time looking all around the building at the lovely architecture. Here he is in front of the Schnitz (the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall to you non-Portlanders who have never heard of it anyway and don’t care at all) with his Mythbusters tee shirt on:

Such a happy boy! That’s the camera strap he’s trying to strangle himself with there. Really adds to the picture, don’t you think? After we got home, I was making dinner and decided that since it was his birthday I would make him a quesadilla with no meat for dinner which apparently is a big deal in the Georgie-verse (usually they have ground turkey and jalapeno and onion in them, to which he loudly objects).

When I called him in to hand him his plate (kind of an informal night) and tell him it was plain cheese, he got a huge smile on his face and said “Oh no. You didn’t” and started laughing. Yes, the Mommy-ogre who normally forces him to eat meat can occasionally be generous. Who knew it would be that easy to make him feel special? Anyway, Happy Birthday, happy boy. May you grow in grace and the wisdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. I love you.

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In other news, here is a picture from today of Anika’s major event. When she came in to smile at me and tell me that look! she could turn her tooth all the way around backwards, I told her she had to pull it out or I would (I told her this after I was done grossing out). This was the result:

Nice tooth in her hand. Pretty funny listening to her talk. And if you have thirty seconds that you don’t know what to do with, you can watch this lovely video of Anika and Kyra showing off their mad kung fu skills. Such talent.

Written by Rachel Shubin ~ Fiendish friend for effusive fun!