We decided to have our first movie night… Pizza, popcorn, the big screen. We even had our movie picked out earlier in the week. A friend recommended Secretariat. The pizza happened, but since it didn’t come out until later than expected, we ended up just watching it downstairs. The movie was a hit for both kids & adults. My soon-to-be 7 year old now knows that you need to win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Beltmont in order to win the Triple Crown. He also learned that the last time it was done was before Uncle Mike was born- June 1973. His comment was- “that sure was a long time ago!”
After the pool today, they wanted to watch it again. They spent the next hour taking turns being Secretariat & racing around the house winning. It was fun until Maggie joined in & started chasing too!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Jack's 5th Birthday Party
Jack has had quite the busy week. He had his end of the school year party, as well as, his last day on Thursday, he graduated on Friday, and his birthday, as well as, the celebration on Saturday. Needless to say, we all rested at the Richmond pool today after church! Jack’s party was at the Partridge Plantation in Irvington, AL. There were pony rides & a hayride for the adults & children. They got to play on an old tractor, see a lot of different animals & climb on a jungle gym area. The kids had a great time. The pictures that daddy took will tell the story much better!
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| The Birthday Boy |
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| Jack & Talus on the Horse Swing |
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Aren't they Cute? |
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| My 1st attempt at a Cupcake Cake |
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| Super Fun Day! |
The Graduate
Our baby, Jack, has finally entered a new phase in his life. He is now moving onto Kindergarten & joining his big brother at Hutchens Elementary. He just finished up at Cottage Hill Presbyterian Preschool. It was a place where he met lots of new Alabama friends and he will even be going to Kindergarten with one of them- Emily. As per Jack’s request, we had dinner at Bonefish Grill & then went right to graduation- Friday, May 2oth. It was a great ceremony of singing & reading & then of course the scrolls were passed out. Many of the girls got bouquets of flowers, but Jack got a cookie bouquet… which he & DJ were quite delighted with as they munched on it during our journey home.
Maggie
So much to update once again….I haven’t been keeping up & we have a new dog, a new grad & a birthday. We will start with our pup. She is lucky Jack & mommy saw her. We were driving along Jeff Hamilton Extension in Mobile, AL & we saw her playing chicken with a few cars. Our plan was to get her off the street, but unfortunately, a large black dog had other plans for her. We saw Maggie get attacked before our eyes. It was heartbreaking, but don’t worry this story has a happy ending. Maggie was treated by a local vet & she is making a full recovery, Her back & hind leg look nasty, but she is healing. Emma and her are best buds & play continuously. I wanted to find her a good home, however, I was informed she had one! We are now a 3 dog & 1 cat household.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Baseball
We have spent a lot of time this spring at the fields at Christ United Methodist Church watching and playing t-ball. Jack and DJ have practice on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively, and both have their games on Saturday. When we are lucky their games are scheduled close to each others. This weekend, however, isn’t one of the lucky ones. DJ’s game is first thing in the morning & Jack’s game is late in the afternoon.
We also made time to go to a local game. We watched the Mobile Bay Bears play last weekend. They were undefeated until we watched them play. The boys had a great time. They wore their t-ball shirts & walked on the field with their teammates. They also got the chance to chase the Bay Bear across the field.
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| Favorite part of his Baseball Game |
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| Hangin' with the Bay Bear |
Happy Easter
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| Family Easter Picture 2011 |
The boys are finishing up their last day of spring break. Yippee, back to school tomorrow. We did, however, have a wonderful week. We spent time with wonderful friends and had great pool & beach days.
We found a great water slide on Dauphin Island beach. The boys had been there a couple times, but this time we invited the Mills boys (Kaden, Talus & Bryson) & their mom, Jennifer. We had a wonderful time. We got to the beach by 11:00 AM & stayed until 3:30 PM & the only breaks they took were to have lunch, play a little wiffle ball & a few bathroom breaks. The rest of the time was continuously going down the slide. They were effectively worn out!
This week, DJ also had the joy of going to his first orthodontist appointment. He and Jack loved it. The office was set up with video games & kid movies. DJ got to see lots of pictures of his teeth. I was worried that Dr. Oliver was going to want to start him soon, but as it turns out it was just a consultation & we won’t be going back until next year.
It was hard to go another holiday without seeing our family, but we are thankful to have great friends, many within our neighborhood. The boys were invited to do an egg hunt at Miss Darlene’s church on Saturday & they had a blast. There was a huge bouncey slide & tables set-up around the room with different activities (ie. tatoos, cupcake & egg decorating). The boys did hunt for eggs & DJ did find a golden egg & came home with about 40 eggs.
The boys made out well this year. The Easter bunny was very good to them. Jack finally got his own scooter, so he no longer needs to bug DJ for his. He and DJ both got watches since they seem fascinated with time. Jack can tell you what time it is as long as the big hand is on the 12 & DJ will tell you what time it is to the minute. Thank God DJ took the watch off for a little while today.
They also got soccer goals & a new soccer & basketball. The only thing they didn’t get a lot of was candy! I will probably soon confiscate the little they did get. Going to the dentist with DJ to get his fillings proved to be very expensive.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Blue Angels
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