Township Day

We spent the afternoon at our Township Day! We had never participated in the past and really did not have any idea what it was. Turns out it was lots of fun with lots of free activities for the kids. There were giant inflatables, old fashioned carnival games and pony rides just to mention a few. Both kids had a friend with them and had a great time!

Ice Cream & Bingo

We ventured out to a school social tonight. Usually this one social is 2 seperate events but this year... it was crazy! If you didn't have a headache before you got there, you definately left with one! I suppose I'm only speaking of the adults because the kids all seemed as though they were enjoying themselves!

According To My Kids.....

.... this is their favorite meal! Oh well.... I guess it could be worse!

Our Crazy Life

I've gotten several comments about my lack of blogging posts recently. We are attempting to adjust to our new schedules. Between everyone's different activities, things tend to be a bit crazy. We have busy days, busier days, and then below is a picture of our busiest days when we do homework and have dinner in the car!



We have managed a couple of trips to OC the last two weekends in between soccer on Saturday and Sunday. I'm pretty certain we are done with OC until next year.

My days haven't been boring at all....I have been spending my days keeping the house in order (something that hasn't really happened for 8 years) and you know I discovered that my desk actually has a glass top! I've also discovered that I haven't eaten lunch alone in 8 years! All my paperwork is officially submitted for substitute teaching and we are just waiting approval from the state - something that may take a bit of time. So I'm using this time to get caught up on things around the house. We are working toward a yard sale later in October so we've got our work cut out for us!

A New School Year!

Today I have 2 children in school full time! I have definitely entered a new phase in my motherhood journey! For 8 years, I've always had someone home with me at least part of the day! Now Jacob is in 3rd grade and Allison is in 1st grade! I'm not so sure where the time has gone but I'm afraid if I blink again, we will be at someone's graduation!


Both kids were very excited about a new school year! They both were ready to get back to their friends too! I think that Allison was a bit nervous to venture into 1st grade. She never verbalized her nervousness but did give me some glimpses of being a bit apprehensive!

3rd Annual Back To School Breakfast at the Bus Stop Bash!

Today is the first day of school here and so that means we kick off school with our Back to School Breakfast at the Bus Stop Bash! I got the idea a few years ago in a magazine and so the tradition continues this year. I send out invitations to all the houses at our stop and everyone brings a breakfast item to share. I provided juice boxes and everyone else filled the wagon with lots of food! Here are some pictures from our morning!

Summer's Finale

We just returned from being in Ocean City for the last 2 weeks. We had great weather and made some great memories! We did all of our favorites activities and tried some new ones too! It's hard to believe summer is coming to an end! We stayed until the very last second - school starts tomorrow morning and we got home tonight! :o) Although it's sad that rest and relaxation is coming to and end, we are all needing some sort of a routine other than sitting by the pool during the week and sitting on the beach on weekends! Did I mention that I LOVE summer!

Tennis has become one of the kids new favorite activities. They are both enjoying learning the basics and since we have courts less than 1 block from our house - we played tennis often.

Two friends of mine came to visit one bay - here are ALL the kids! What a fun day!

Jacob tried to dig to china one day! This was by far the deepest hole he's done 100% on his own!

Allison discovered that the beach is a great place to catch some zzz's!

What vacation in OC would be complete without some rides! Abby got to join in on the fun, too!

We also had the opportunity to perfect our mini-golf game on the boardwalk one day!

The kids learned how to play Bocce Ball. This became an daily favorite activity!

We tried Crabbing for the first time. We first went to this very secluded spot on the island. We waited, and waited and waited some more, but not even a bite!

So... we changed our location and went to my dad's dock... and presto... a crab! We caught 3 "keeper" Blue Claw crabs and cooked them for dinner! I'm happy to say that both kids tried them and "think" they like crabs!

It became very clear to me this weekend that I now have 3 kids to watch in the water! They all had a blast boogie boarding this week - the waves were HUGE! Allison did her best to keep up with the "boys" and took quite a beating out there but never gave up!

One last shot of the life gaurd boat! Till next year........!

Summer Fun!

I know that it's been some time since I've last posted but we've been truly enjoying the dog days of summer!

Our days have been spent poolside at our swim club just about every day! The kids have really enjoyed this year at the pool. They have met some really great friends and it's been like having a play date everyday! Towards the end of summer, the kids would sit around a table with an umbrella (can't get too hot you know!) and play card games. Sometimes it would be UNO, and sometimes random games that they taught each other with a regular deck of cards. It was mostly Jacob and his friends and they all looked liked a bunch of old men sitting there betting their lunches away!

When they weren't playing cards or cooling off in the pool, there were always rousing games of kick ball, dodge ball, or run the bases! Again, mostly boys, but that certainly did not keep Allison from joining in on the fun! There would be times when she would be playing with all the boys and Jacob wouldn't even be there! I'm wondering if I should be worried about how comfortable she is with hanging out with the boys!?

We had a great summer and are sad to see it end! We are wrapping up our summer in OC and will post about that soon! Lots of new pictures and stories!