We took a quick field trip yesterday to the USCG Eagle, one of only two sailing ships in the military (the other is the more well-known USS Constitution). It used to be a German ship but we liked it so we took it and renamed it from the Horst Wessel to the Eagle.

This is the enlisted side of my office - though the personnel in my office have changed over the last couple of years, I’ve always loved coming to work because I’ve always had great people to work with.

Isak has been super excited about turning 10 years old - he gets an ID card and is able to go to the older kids after-school club.  A new feature of the after-school place is a skate park, and Isak has been talking about wanting to go there.  B had the idea to get him a skateboard - I was not so sure as Isak has inherited my two left feet, but B was sure it was going to be a hit and besides, it would be a good way for him to be active. 

I still wasn’t sure, but when we gave him the first (and as he thought, the only) part of his present - a new helmet and knee/elbow/wrist pads - the first words out of his mouth were “I wish I had a skateboard!”  His face lit up when he got the second half of the present and knew as soon as he saw the wrapped box what it was.

There were some bumps and slips and Isak learned he could almost do the splits, but he had a great time nad is very excited about his new skateboard.

Check out our neighbor’s car - I finally got around to taking a picture of it.  The best part?  I saw the guy driving his car one day and he was wearing a bat mask.  I don’t know if you can make it out but under the bat wings it says “Batmobile” where the make of the car would be, and up in the front over the tire is a batman insignia.

Isak had a few friends over for a sleepover party which was a lot of fun and did not include much sleep.  We made homemade pizzas, had homemade (aka “box mix”) strawberry cake by Isak’s request, watched a movie and played video games until 2am.  Breakfast was biscuits and gravy, eggs and bacon - yum!

It’s spring in Spain - our last.  It’s hard to believe we’re leaving in just 2½ months.  Spring brings with it the most memorable of all things I’ve experienced in Spain: Feria.  This is our 4th time getting to experience Feria, can you believe it?

I noticed a lot more of the shorter dresses this year…don’t you dig the pom pons?:

But my favorite are still the long ones with all the different styles of patterns:

Lots of mothers and daughters dress alike:

Driving in style:

An admirer:

All the accessories, check:

And oh, the little boys are so cute!!