Soccer

First - how darling did my cherubs look when we went to see Mary Poppins last weekend?? I was so excited to share that with my children - Mary Poppins has always been one of my favorites ever and the play, despite being rather long, did not disappoint. Our seats however, did.


Second, here are pics of the Girl's first soccer game. Her team never scored a goal or even came close to attempting to score a goal. The other team easily scored about 10. She seemed to enjoy it though!

Day of Firsts

Last week was a big one! Kyra started her Transitional Kindergarten class and Henry rode the bus for the very first time ever! Both were a huge success!!

First Day of School & First Panthers Game

Henry started 2nd grade this past week... he was SO nervous! But he wound up with perhaps the best 2nd grade teacher at the school thankfully, and according to Henry, he might like her better than his KDG & 1st grade teacher... so three days into the new school year & all is well! Note to self though - in future years, remove the back pack before taking required 1st day of school photograph! Dang reflectors!


Yesterday, we took the kids to a Panther's game - Kyra's first. The outfit below? Took 30 MINUTES to choose!!! Why? Because she hated everything else I picked out... apparently khaki is the ugliest color on the planet and bermuda shorts are just the worst!! But when all was said and done, she was quite proud of this ensemble!!





Spikersters had a little paint on this nose, so we had to check that out...




The kids had a blast at the game! Thank gawd the tickets were free since we had to buy $10 worth of face painting, $4 bottles of water, $8 worth of peanut butter cups and $5 nachos!!! The children refused to leave at half time - begged us to stay until the end... even Kyra was begging us to stay - I couldn't believe it!! They were so excited when we got to the car & realized they were still up at 11:45pm... ugh - today should be lots o'fun!!!

Ocean City, MD

This past weekend, we spent 5 great days in Maryland - our first time ever to this state! Ocean City is nothing at all like Myrtle Beach, so it was great for our kids to experience a new beach... with new friends.

The ocean however, is utterly FREEZING in this Yankee state - that didn't stop the kids from their play time though. We spent the day at the ocean on Thursday...



Our fantastic hosts (Ken and Viv) were a lot of fun - making delicious meals, adult beverages, discussing the benefits of organic foods and most importantly? Putting Kyra to work in the kitchen. She helped Ken make his world famous crab cakes & she helped Viv put lemon thyme (grown in the garden) on the fish...





Pay no attention to Ken's homemade wine chiller...



On Friday, we spent the day at the boardwalk. It was rather hot and I found my son continuously asking for some A/C... no idea where he got that attitude from. He drove bumper cars all by himself for the first time and I see a lot of driver's ed in his future...




On Saturday, we spent the day visiting 2 of the 5 pools in the greater Ocean Pines 'resort.' Kyra is so close to swimming by herself...



And by Saturday evening? She was so done!!


It was a great trip up until the ride home on Sunday... Kyra puked, Brad got a speeding ticket and Henry peed his pants. Good times.

June 2010

June was a busy month for us - we had Kyra's dance recital at the first of the month, spent a week at the beach in the middle of the month & then took a trip to NY at the end of the month! I'm exhausted!! Here are a few pics of our travels - although they are out of chronological order, which would normally annoy me, but not so much today!

At the amusement park in Rochester - big hit...


At "Bounce It Out" with my pals Gina, Jeanine & their children...




At the Children's Museum - we went twice!


Kyra, me, my mom & my grandma...


At the beach...






Kyra's dance recital...




I need a nap!!

"Graduation" & Baseball

A couple of weeks ago, Kyra's class had "Graduation" for those kids moving on to KDG... since most of her class is older, only she & one other girl will be staying on at 1st Baptist. Kyra still got to participate in the "ceremony" in which they sang about 10 songs - the majority of which were sung very loudly by my cherub!!!





Yesterday was our first "double header" at the YMCA... Henry played first & then Kyra's team played after... so that was 2 solid hours sitting in the hot humid sun, with very little breeze. Brutal I tell you - I found myself wishing for basketball season. But the kids LOVE it! Here's the Boy at Bat...


And out in left field with Brad, who was helping for the day...


The Girl before her game...


taking a swing...


and safely on base (pulling up her shorts I think)!


This picture of Henry cracks me up - it was after his game, he was enjoying his snack, sitting next to me, watching Kyra's game and commenting on their play!!