X making wishes

Shaun took Xander to Portsmouth on Friday to enjoy the nice weather - they spent some time in Prescott Park, walking around, looking at the boats, playing on the stone whale... They checked out the fountains and Shaun found some pennies and told Xander to make a wish and throw the penny into the fountain. X promptly took the penny, blew on it, then threw it in (you blow at candles when you make a wish, why not pennies too?) - cutest thing ever!

Xander and I played in the driveway today with the hose because we were running on the driveway and our feet were getting hot. It quickly evolved into me holding the hose so the water made a waterfall and Xander had the best time playing in it. The water was colder than, well, you know, but this little guy was cracking himself up running right into the water coming down and getting soaking wet. We did this for about a 1/2 hour, trying out different ways to get the water to fall - arc of water, shaking the hose back and forth so drops fall in circles and curves, adjusting the flow so it's more like a rainshower, turning it down so it's just a dribble - regardless, he wanted to be right in the thick of it throughout - crazy kid!