Meeting Uncle Eric...

Eric came up to visit this week as well. It's his reading break so he flew up Monday evening and is going home tonight. We've enjoyed visiting him and have driven in to see him a few times --- as who knows when he'll make his way back from Ontario again.
So here's Eric bonding with his newest nephew. He was quite taken by him, I think, as he kept saying how beautiful he was. Of course, he also kept calling Alex "Rascal" so I wonder what that means... I drove into town with both of the boys on Thursday and met Mom and Eric at Bubba Balloo's. I wanted to take Alex somewhere fun and give him some one-on-one attention, but I think he might have found Uncle Eric to be just a little bit more fun, and energetic than me. Regardless, Alex had a blast and is already asking me to take him back there again.And of course, what good is an Uncle if he doesn't come bearing gifts! :) This is the Christmas gift from Eric and Michael --- meant for Alex and Connor, but who are we kidding... Eric had just as much fun with it as Alex did, maybe more. It's called "Super Fort" and it's a box full of foam tubs, plastic clamps, and vinyl sheets to assemble forts with. Here's one of their creations... a treehouse! It also was a Fort and most recently is sitting in the living room as a castle or rocket ship, or something in between. Pretty cool, hey?