Liam turns 7!

It's the return of the McShea family blog! We've gone on hiatus for the past few months. I don't expect to keep up quite as frequently as I used to, but I do hope to post family news and updates from time to time.
Today is Liam's 7th birthday. I had it in my head that I had interviewed him last year when he turned 6. But when I searched for it, it was actually the day before school started last year. Anyway, I did it again tonight and thought it would be fun to compare answers. To see his interview last year, click on the link to August 2008.

Liam's 7th birthday interview:

favorite color: dark, dark, dark, dark green
favorite number: google
favorite drink: milk
favorite tv show: Big Cat Diary (on Animal Planet)
favorite movie: King Kong
favorite song: The 8th of November by Big and Rich
favorite food: steak
favorite snack: brownies
favorite sport: baseball
favorite toy: art supplies
favorite activity: making art
favorite animal: saber tooth cat
favorite thing to do with mommy: read books
favorite thing to do with daddy: play football in the backyard
favorite thing to do with Emma: chase her
favorite restaurant: Cattleman's Steakhouse (the one that has the zoo)
favorite place to go: Toys R Us
favorite thing to do as a family: play monopoly
favorite thing to sleep with: Emma
favorite book: Visual Dictionary of Animals, the one with 608 pages
what I want to be when I grow up: a ranger in the army
favorite dinosaur: spinosaurus
favorite thing about being a big brother: having fun with Emma
least favorite thing about being a big brother: when Emma's mean to me and bites me
what I am looking forward to most about being 7: going to Toys R Us for my birthday
what I am not looking forward to: Emma biting me again
favorite thing about this past year: playing with my football

My little Princess and her Prince Charming

Here are some pictures from before bedtime last night. Liam and Emma were dancing together, yet again. Emma asks Liam "dance?" and offers her hands to him. And then they twirl around the living room. They usually end up chasing each other instead.

Playing in the Rain

We've gotten our first taste of rain in many months over the past few days. Most people run inside when the rain comes...but we run outside! It wasn't raining too hard, but just enough to get wet and have some fun.

Another video...Emma can make bubbles!

Emma couldn't quite figure out how to blow bubbles with the bubble wand, but as you can see, she found a better way!

Sunday morning playtime

Here are a couple more videos of the kids playing this morning.

Bedtime

Daddy has requested a few videos of the kids, so I'm going to be uploading some today. They are dancing to their new Kidz Bop CDs from their McDonald's Happy Meals. I (I mean the kids) love them and we plan on collecting all 8 if we can! Here's a quick video from right before bedtime last night.

Bubbles

Emma's favorite new thing is the bubbles that she got from the Easter Bunny. Every afternoon, she runs to the back door and yells "bubbles!" Liam and Tinky join in the fun and we've had some good times together. The bubbles are almost gone (time to buy some more!), so I let Emma have a try all by herself today. I don't think she actually made any bubbles, but she had fun trying.