Today is MeMa's birthday and PumPum is 15 weeks old.
The cousins were at the mall with their Mommy but were stopping over after the mall to surprise MeMa when she came home from school.
May 8, 2011 - Daniel
3 little monkeys climbing on the bars...............
May 30, 2011 - Daniel
We went to the Fanwood -SPF Memorial Day Parade with out cousins. We also saw the Emergency Vehicle that took me to the hospital last year and an old Fire Engine.
And we got and ate a lot of candy
May 8, 2011 - Jake
Here I am looking for a good book after a good "SOAK"
May 18, 2011 - Christopher
Our cousins from Arizona (Charlotte and Madelyn) arrive today. It should be a lot of fun playing with girls relatives for the next 3 weeks.
Oh, Pop-E caught another mouse - do you thing Daddy and Pop-E are having a contest!
May 25th - Luke
What is the diagnosis on the sleep problems? I have a problem my 3yr old likes being in my bed.
Saw the sleep doctor this morning and he is ordering the sleep gear - he indicated I had more sleep problems then I would have ever guessed
May 24th - Luke
Well, he is adamant that he falls asleep and then has them … and then when we tell him big boys stay in their bed until they wake up when it’s dark and he tries to convince us it is dark.
Yeah I think the big boy bed will excite him .. Also I took all the stuff out of his current bed and he slept longer than he normally does.
I guess he is figure out that you can not have nightmares when you are awake
Do you think a BIG BOYS bed will help or just hand cuffs?
Doing well .. Luke had another power moment by taking over our bed early this morning. He tried to convince me three times last night that he had a “nightmare” within 2 minutes of me putting him to bed each time
Possible Chronicle Announce from Jake
For all of you who do not know, MaMa and DaDa told me a few weeks ago that I am going to have a new sister or brother in about 5 months. They asked me what I wanted and I said it did not matter. They asked me what the name should be and I said "PUM-PUM"
Of course, I am not sure how to spell the "NAME" and DaDa is no help because all he says to me is "that you thought of the name and you should know how to spell it".
The other thing to note was before I was born, MaMa and DaDa told Grammy that my name was going to "Cooper" but once I was born they changed the name to Jake without telling her.
Well Grammy, whether it is a girl or a boy we will call her/him "PUM-PUM"
The reason this message is coming out today is because Pop-E, would not let me post anything until "PUM-PUM" was 16 weeks old
May 14, 2011 - Daniel
Christopher scores 1st goal and I scored 2 more. And Pop-E was not there. He was out at garage sales. The plus was he found a bin filled with Lego's which we love to play with
May 12 - 15, 2011 - Daniel
Daddy is heading to Chicago to meet some friends and see a baseball game. He saw a "great" 5 inning game in the rain. They were not in the stadium but on rooftop across the street. They were able to run inside between pitchers. Daddy had a good time (without us - hard to believe) but was glad to see us when he got home without any presents
May 7, 2011 - Christopher
Uncle Scott finally sees us play soccer - we think he left early shaking his head
May 5, 2011 - Luke
MeMa and Pop-E favorite Italian Restaurant - Ferraro's - burns down
May 13, 2011 - Luke
Oh boy, I hope this is not true - what will I do?
Extra, Extra, Extra
Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says - Galactic Empire Times
May 9, 2011 - Luke
Daddy nabbed another mouse last night. We are going to pull the stove out and then fill in any spaces with steel wool - MeMa's way of keeping the MICES out of the kitchen
We got a bunch of clothes from one of our friends on the street .. Star Wars shirts galore. I guess I am dressed for the year - unless I become the Karate Kid?
May 22, 2011 - Daniel
Our first time at the beach this year. A little chilly. Oh we also went shopping for wood to build an ARK this summer in case we get a lot of rain or God asks "How Long Can We Tread Water"-
May 19, 2011 - Jake
I asked DaDa last night how you spelled “pum pum” which is odd considering I made the word up… now my latest has been saying “Dada, you got to see this” if I see something funny on the TV and DaDa is in the kitchen… I pause and rewind and then show it to him.
Another thing I learned is not to get out of bed.,this morning at 6:30 I was lying down yelling “I have to go pee” rather than just getting up to go… I waited until DaDa got up and walked me into the bathroom… the funny thing is I can pee on his own – I gets up on the stool, pulls my pants down, sit, goes and then pulls my pants up, so DaDa does not know why I think I needs his okay to go when I am in bed. - MIND GAMES, ALL MIND GAMES!
May 4, 2011 - Luke
Pop-e and I at SCOOP's again. A mild touch of brain freeze
May 11, 2011 - Luke
I love going with Pop-E, especial when we have to deliver Mobile Meals. They have a room there that has a lot of boys for me to play with and then McDonald's
CORUSCANT — Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mastermind of some of the most devastating attacks on the Galactic Empire and the most hunted man in the galaxy, was killed in a firefight with Imperial forces near
In a late-night appearance in the East Room of the Imperial Palace, Lord Vader declared that “justice has been done” as he disclosed that agents of the Imperial Army and stormtroopers of the 501st Legion had finally cornered Kenobi, one of the leaders of the Jedi rebellion, who had eluded the Empire for nearly two decades. Imperial officials said Kenobi resisted and was cut down by Lord Vader's own lightsaber. He was later dumped out of an airlock.
The news touched off an extraordinary outpouring of emotion as crowds gathered in the Senate District and outside the Imperial Palace, waving imperial flags, cheering, shouting, laughing and chanting, “Hail to the Emperor! Hail Lord Vader!” In the alien protection zone, crowds sang “The Ten Thousand Year Empire.” Throughout the Sah'c district, airspeeder drivers honked horns deep into the night.
“For over two decades, Kenobi has been the Jedi rebellion’s leader and symbol,” the Lord of the Sith said in a statement broadcast across the galaxy via HoloNet. “The death of Kenobi marks the most significant achievement to date in our empire’s effort to defeat the rebel alliance. But his death does not mark the end of our effort. There’s no doubt that the rebellion will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad.”
Obi-Wan Kenobi ’s demise is a defining moment in the stormtrooper-led fight against terrorism, a symbolic stroke affirming the relentlessness of the pursuit of those who turned against the Empire at the end of the Clone Wars. What remains to be seen, however, is whether it galvanizes Kenobi’s followers by turning him into a martyr or serves as a turning of the page in the war against the Rebel Alliance and gives further impetus to Emperor Palpatine to step up Stormtrooper recruitment.
In an earlier statement issued to the press, Kenobi boasted that striking him down could make him "more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
How much his death will affect the rebel alliance itself remains unclear. For years, as they failed to find him, Imperial leaders have said that he was more symbolically important than operationally significant because he was on the run and hindered in any meaningful leadership role. Yet he remained the most potent face of terrorism in the Empire, and some of those who played down his role in recent years nonetheless celebrated his death.
Given Kenobi’s status among radicals, the Imperial Galactic government braced for possible retaliation. A Grand Moff of the Imperial Starfleet said late Sunday that military bases in the core worlds and around the galaxy were ordered to a higher state of readiness. The Imperial Security Bureau issued a galactic travel warning, urging citizens in volatile areas “to limit their travel outside of their local star systems and avoid mass gatherings and demonstrations.”
The strike could deepen tensions within the Outer Rim, which has periodically bristled at Imperial counterterrorism efforts even as Kenobi evidently found safe refuge in its territories for nearly two decades. Since taking over as Supreme Commander of the Imperial Navy, Lord Vader has ordered significantly more strikes on suspected terrorist targets in the Outer Rim, stirring public anger there and leading to increased criminal activity.
When the end came for Kenobi, he was found not in the remote uncharted areas of Wild Space and the Unknown Regions, where he has long been presumed to be sheltered, but in a massive compound about an hour’s drive west from the Tatooine capital of Bestine. He had been living under the alias "Ben" Kenobi for some time.
The compound, only about 50 miles from the base of operations for the Imperial Storm Squadron, is at the end of a narrow dirt road and is roughly eight times larger than other homes in the area, which were largely occupied by Tusken Raiders. When Imperial operatives converged on the planet on Saturday, following up on recent intelligence, two local moisture farmers “resisted the assault force” and were killed in the middle of an intense gun battle, a senior Stormtrooper said, but details were still sketchy early Monday morning.
A representative of the Imperial Starfleet said that military and intelligence officials first learned last summer that a “high-value target” was hiding somewhere on the desert world and began working on a plan for going in to get him. Beginning in March, Lord Vader worked closely with a series of several different Admirals serving onboard the Death Star to go over plans for the operation, and on Friday morning gave the final order for members of the 501st Legion (known commonly as "Vader's Fist") to strike.
Kenobi and a group of his followers were eventually captured while fleeing the system, and taken aboard the Death Star, which was in the midst of surveying the recent environmental disaster on Alderaan. Darth Vader called it a “targeted operation,” although officials said four tie fighters were lost because of "mechanical failures" and had to be destroyed to keep them from falling into hostile hands.
In addition to Kenobi, two men and one wookiee were killed, one believed to be his young apprentice and the other two his couriers, according to an admiral who briefed reporters under Imperial ground rules forbidding further identification. A woman was killed when she was used as a shield by a male combatant, the Admiral said. Two droids were also reported missing.
“No Stormtroopers were seriously harmed,” Lord Vader said. “They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, I defeated my former master and took custody of his body.” Jedi tradition requires burial within 24 hours, but by doing it in deep space, Imperial authorities presumably were trying to avoid creating a shrine for his followers.
Lord Vader has denied requests to present photographs of the body, describing them as "too gruesome" for the general public.
