Summer Fun in Photos!

Three teenage boys stood around Declan with small smiles on their faces.

“Do you want to see what I look like if I were a shark killing a seal?”

“Umm, sure,” one boy replied.

Declan put his head in the water so his orange fin stood high on his back.  Then he jumped up, bringing his head high, mouth open, swinging from side to side.

He landed on his feet, brought his head back into the water shaking an imaginary seal violently back and forth.

He stood up straight, fake chewing and looked at the boys.

“Wow, you really did look like a shark eating a seal,” one boy smiled and nodded. 

And before the boys took off to play in the deep end, I smiled and thanked them.

With Declan away at camp something remarkable happened.

I know where my phone is.  ALL THE TIME.  It stays charged.  There aren’t any macaroni and cheese spills on the screen.

Having my phone to myself, I began to look through it and found some pictures I took of Declan and they really made me smile.

The shark fin is the newest member to Declan’s pool toys.  It does not disappoint as he can spend a lot of time seeking out swimmers to scare.

And he doesn’t care what you say – you really do think he is a real shark when he swims by 😊

You might need to be a SpongeBob fan to get this one.  But for a couple of weeks Declan interest laid in one character.

He decided to become “The Hash Slinging Slasher.”  A ghost made up by Squidward in the “Graveyard Shift” episode to scare SpongeBob.

He played it to the “T” by flickering our lights and calling and hanging up on his siblings.  It was pretty funny, I must say.

One week was spent at a Vacation Bible School at my parent’s church.  The biggest shocker for me was that Declan was upset if we were running late in the morning.  He loved the music, he loved the Bible stories and everyday he told me the message he learned.  Great experience!

Declan also celebrated a big birthday, turning 8 years old.  He had presents, cake and pancakes (because it was George Washington’s favorite food, of course!).  Although we didn’t do much on his actual birthday, he had a lot of fun with his new presents and said the day was “epic.”

Doesn’t get better than that!

For his birthday, I put all of his pictures through the years into one photo.

When he saw it, he was amazed and shouted, “Oh my gosh!  Look!  It’s MY EVOLUTION!”

I think I am going to have to make one every year now after a reaction like that 😊

And right before he left I took Declan for a fun day at the aquarium seeing all the animals and even bravely walking across the shark net.

I am missing my Declan now as he is away at camp, but had a lot of fun actually using my phone to look at all his fun pictures 😊