Playing with friends

Watching Fawkes grow up is really, really fun now. We've had so many upgrades just by him growing older. He can swallow pills, almost go to the bathroom unassisted, and he gets so excited about little things. We got him this umbrella at a dinosaur event. He was so happy, he carried it around with him even when it wasn't raining.

Another big milestone is learning to ride a bike. We got him a balance bike and scooter last year too, but he's really getting the hang of pedaling and braking. He loves his Lightning McQueen bike. I can't wait until we can take the training wheels off.

Of all of Fawkes' favorite activities, he loves playing with his friends the most. The corner of our street consists of several families and our neighbors are just so wonderful. Our kids love to play together and it gives all of us parents a break too! This is Tully, Rowan, Sidney and Fawkes about to collect Easter eggs.

Here's Fawkes with his favorite little girl, Sidney. They are just too cool for school.

This is Fawkes and Graeme playing Mario Kart on Switch.

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Brewer's Ball

In late winter, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation hosts a really cool event called Brewer's ball. They have all sorts of breweries and restaurants come and you can sample their beer and food all night long. It was started by a father of a CF son and has been a really successful fundraising event annually. They also have really cool mobile auction where you can get things like a sous vide or artistic picture or Easter basket. My company, JRC Integrated Systems generously donated to become a special sponsor and you can see my thank you ad here.

These are my colleagues, Tony, Liz, and Jeff, from work that came out to support and have been with me since the beginning.

This is my bestie, Cori, that has come several years now.

These are my DC friends, Erik and Ali, that always come out and help us whenever we need it.

I work on a submarine program so here are a few pictures of Fawkes with a submarine....

  

...and AS a submarine (that's his periscope!)