Family Fun Day 2010

Each year that my kids have gone to the YMCA for preschool, they have had a family fun day. It's all free and they have games, spray park, balloons, ice cream, crafts and LOTS of amphibians and other animals. My kids LOVE it and I think it's great. Since Jordan was in Kindergarten this year, he couldn't go. So it was just Kasey and I. Here is Kasey in his balloon hat. You can tell he wasn't too thrilled for me to take his picture in it. As soon as we got there he got one and as soon as this picture was taken, he took it off and I had to hold it the whole time.

All the kids make their own shirt for the day. Since Kasey is a scrawny little peanut, you can tell the shirt was WAY big...but he loved the duck he painted on it, and he had a great time.



Every year they have LOTS of snakes.....yuk! Kasey of course had no fear and made his scaredy-cat mommy look like a wimpy little girl! He kept asking me to touch it...ummm no way! Actually I did touch it quickly and it made me a little freaky. I don't know what it is about snakes but I am SO scared of them. Ever had one of those dreams that keeps repeating itself over and over throughout your life? Mine is I find a snake in my sleeping bag, or pillowcase, or drawer etc...you get the picture.



Kasey is so careful with the animals and he likes to study them. He always has a serious look on his face as he's checking them out. I think it's cute. They had lizards.....


Alligators (I swear this thing was giving me the evil eye)......



Baby Turtles....chinchillas, a hedgehog, rabbits, a big tortoise, .........



and did I mention snakes???? Yeah,,,they had LOTS of snakes.

Kite Flying

I have quite a few posts to catch up on...I'll start with this one. We went flying kites last weekend at Brenton Park in Newport RI. It's kind of a common place where everyone flies their kites. It's right next to the ocean and the wind is awesome there. There was this one guy who had all three of these going at the same time. Cool.


Kasey just hanging around holding his kite.


Jordan holding his, hanging around. Tough job flying kites.....



The ocean is right across the street so we went there to find shells/rocks and just climb around. The kids had a great time.


The boys found this little cave and were in it for quite awhile. Here's Jordan's "come out of your cave like a bear" stance.


Kasey and I collecting snails and shells.... Good times!

Bugs anyone?

Father/Son Campout

Scott took the boys to the Father/Son campout the church has every year. This is Their 3rd year going. The boys LOVE it. They had another good time this year...and came back as dirty as ever. They also found a turtle and had to have their own flashlights. Boys will be boys.



roasting marshmellows and a raging fire.



Kasey being "transfixed" by the flames.



Jordan and his friend Ben. The kids begged me to come and couldn't understand why mommies couldn't come. I told them it was so daddys and their sons could spend time together and so mommys' could rest a little...to which they immediately replied...a rest from what mommy? Uh huh...see what I mean??

Goodbye Tree

So, our tree is finished for the year. As you can see, although it is beautiful...it leaves quite the mess. The kids have fun with it anyway. We gave it an extra little shake to make some "drama" for our pictures. Even when we don't shake it, The petals are everywhere...my car, the grass, the driveway, the table, tracked into my kitchen on our shoes...and I even found one in Kasey's underwear..hmmmm!!!!



This picture really shows Jordan's personality. He's quite his own little person with his own little personality, and I love that about him. And yes...I have patched the knees in his jeans so many times I'm going insane.



Snowing in spring.



Until next year...

School vacation week part II

This is a little late in the posting but....we went to Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut on the last day of Vacation. It's a little bit over priced but the kids had fun. I went with my older brother, his wife and kids, my mom, and 3 of my nieces and nephews. Jordan, Adam, Dalton, Kasey, Julia, and Jaymie in this shot.



Watching the penguins go by.....LOVE the penguins.



Kasey had a blast. He loves fish and animals in general.



Jordan, Kasey, Dalton, Brandon, and Julia.

School Vacation Part I

We had a lot of fun school vacation week. Even though I miss the baby stage...I must say vacation week is a lot better when you don't have kids that are requiring a nap OR needing to find a clean place to change a poopy diaper. The first half of the week we went to the children's museum and Roger Williams Zoo. I went with my brother Ernie, his wife Julie and her 2 kids, my 2 and then my niece Julia.



This is in front of the gift shop. This dog statue has been here since my mom was little I think. We always take pictures on it.... There was quite the fight on who would sit in front.



Oh look at that....two little monkeys hanging upside down...and miss Julia too busy with her boyfriends on the phone. (Julia had me stage this one). cute.


And after a long hot day at the zoo, there's no better thing then a Del's ice Lemonade. Not to be prejudice or anything, but...I've tried MANY other frosty lemonades in my time and Del's is the BEST hands down.