Delenn Jumps for Joy!

Today, Mommy, Logan and Delenn went to the pool for an hour or so to
escape from the brutal heat. For the first time, Delenn jumped off the
side of the pool into the water (with her head half-submerging). She
enjoyed it so much she did it about eight times! It's great to see her
enjoying the water as much as our little fish, Logan. Logan spends the
majority of his time at the pool swimming around under the water --
diving for bean bag pool toys that we have.

Meanwhile, it's been a butterfly and bugs week here in the DingoDen. On
Monday (with Delenn a bit under the weather) we spent the day at home.
Logan and Delenn decorated some beautiful butterflies with sequins, bits
of tin foil and pom-poms. They are now hanging from the ceiling fan.
They went for a butterfly treasure hunt (and Logan had to put the
butterflies numbered 10 to 24) on the proper flower. When some friends
came over yesterday, we again did the treasure hunt, but this time hid
them more than a half-dozen times! This week we also made some
styrofoam bugs and painted rock bugs (and glued on googly eyes). Logan
is actually enjoying the arts and crafts as much as Delenn!

Logan is enamored by some jet movies that Daddy got for him (from the
Discovery Channel). Some of these documentaries actually have no
narration -- with lots of footage of Nighthawks, Harriers, F-14 Tomcats,
F/A-18 Hornets and other jets taking off, landing and doing other
assorted things (even shooting off missiles). Logan seems to be in jet
Heaven at the moment! Right now, he is very excited because he's going
to watch some old WWII airplanes -- and *might* even get to see his
current love, the P-38 Lightning. Maybe this airplane obsession is in
his blood as his Grandpa used to doodle drawings of airplanes in the
margins of his catechism study book! He then went on to be a propulsion
engineer who spent much of his career working on the F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter. He did much of the conceptual work. For example, he designed
the two-stage lift fans (located forward in the fuselage) and also
designed the aircraft with a three bearing swiveling nozzle which
provided thrust directed aft when flying and which rotated 90 degrees to
the vertical for landings. Grandpa also worked with the Air Force on
their F22 fighter. He was part of a government team that reviewed
industry designs for VTOL -- vertical take off and landing -- aircraft;
his team reviewed the designs from 5 different aerospace companies.

Back down on the ground, Daddy is sore and a bit tired after playing a
late game of soccer on Tuesday night (9-10pm). Other than that he's
doing well--after not getting sleep on Friday night as he cared for the
vomiting Logan. As always, he spends all his free time at home playing
with the kids and reading book after book after book to one or the
other. Daddy is always in great demand!