The last several days have been spent spinning and winning by the boys and my parents.  For Christmas Mason got a healthy supply of Beyblades.  Essentially they are tops that you spin in an “arena” and battle against the others.  Last one standing is the winner.  During our visit to St. Louis for Christmas it proved to be a big hit amongst the family and grandma and grandpa.  Since then Mason has moved on to other items of interest until the past week which timed nicely with the arrival of my parents to join in the fun.  They literally sat and spun for hours on end yesterday.  Grandpa was “nice” enough to teach them the proper art of trash talking and grandma gave Mason a “science lesson” on friction that she apparently learned from a science fair a couple weeks ago.  Here is a picture of the champions bladers after a long hard fought battle.