Too Big Tuesday

Sully is far too big to ride a little trike!  

This weekend he rode his big boy bike by himself for the first time.

Go Sully!

First Day of School

Today Finnegan and Patrick started first grade!

 We had family breakfast before loading up the car to head to school.

 Sully put on his new school shoes, backpack and lunch box, too - with his PJ's!

 

I walked the boys into their class today.  They got right down to business, found their cubbies, unloaded their backpacks and sat at their desk for morning work.

 

They came home excited about their school day and ready for their first soccer practice!

Let the new school year begin!

Summer Fun Week 11

It's the final week of summer vacation.  

With school supplies purchased, summer homework complete and new haircuts, 

the only thing left to do was finish up our summer fun.

We bounced at Space Kidets and had lunch at Fuddruckers with the boys.

We finally took a trip to Edventure, a children's museum in Columbia.

I have wanted to take the boys for a couple years now, and it was worth the wait!

The kids were firefighters, construction workers, mechanics, doctors, 

artists, vets, and so much more!

 

We explored the museum for over 5 hours 

and it was a great way to end our adventurous summer - so fun!

 

We met up with our sweet friends, Athena and Sebastian.  

We hadn't seen much of them this summer, 

and were glad to get an outing in before the start of school.

 We went to open-houses at the elementary school and preschool.

The boys met all the teachers and are excited for the school year to begin!

Wordless Wednesday

Summer Fun Week 10

Make it Monday

Today, we finally made our lemonade stand.  

We made 3 gallons of lemonade and finished decorating the stand 

before setting up shop in our front yard.

The boys were excellent salesman and sold over $24 worth of lemonade.

At 50 cents a glass, that's a lot of lemonade!

Not only were neighbors stopping for drinks, 

but Rebecca, Drew and Evan came to support our sale as well.

The boys chose to give the money to Habitat for Humanity.  

We are really proud of the great job they did and the fun they had doing it!

Take a Trip Tuesday

We took a trip to the Reedy Creek Nature Center.

The boys explored the naturalist area first...

 and Finn loved the reptiles, especially the black rat snake.

 After, we played outside...

we took a hike to Dragonfly Lake for a picnic by the water.

 We really enjoyed the beautiful day and the sunshine!

Wednesday

Today we celebrated PopPop's Birthday.  After giving him his gifts (including an R2D2 Golf cover and Angry Birds Golf Balls) we had some fun!  With 3 grownups, and 3 kids, there was lots of one-on-one time.  I played tennis, Pop Pop played Golf and Nannie at the playground.  Then, the kids "rotated" from area to area.

After play time, Gill joined us for birthday dinner and ice cream cake.

Thursday

Bridget and Emily joined us today for playtime and a picnic at Freedom Park. 

 Even lunch is fun when you're with your friends!