The Camping Crockett & Chop, Chop, Chop

What a fun birthday night. We celebrated Don
& Carole's birthdays on Monday at Don's house.
Don got a camelback, which he loved, and a topo
map for hiking & camping with the Scouts- now
he won't get lost! He got plenty of candy- he
has a real sweet tooth. We also decided that Don
loves to clown around for pictures! There are
lots of pictures of Don with something on his head-
this time it is the birthday crown.




















Carole was surprised to get something she
has wanted- a "Be The Chef" gift certificate.
She will learn the tricks of Japanese cuisine &
become a "knife-wielding, joke-telling chef"
using santoku knives. She posed with the gift
knives in the Benihana pose. We kept hearing
her say "chop, chop, chop" during the night.




















Samuel tried out the pose also...but with forks.
Whew!
















Don got a new game, Uno Tippo, which we played
after dinner. This game has lots of potential fun.
















Each time the cards tipped out, there was a loud,
collective "ohhhhhhhh" from the group. Elijah
was pretty good at predicting when it would tip,
and Carole got pretty good at figuring out how to
get it not to tip.