The Breakfast Club

Camps -

I have the kids signed up for a few camps here and there this summer.

Luke came home on the first day of camp and announced "and the best thing is that there is NO homework!!!"

Paige went to a gymnastics camp.  She has never done gymnastics but I wanted to see if she would like it and maybe sign her up for next year (plus her friend was doing it so why not!).  Paige came home on day one and announced that she was "going to bed early so her muscles could be big and strong for all the tumbles and flips"  She then spent the week doing handstands and trying to perfect her cartwheel.

The kids also did a week of the town camp.  This one is great because it is all outdoors and the kids come home completely spent.

They also loved the vacation bible school at St. Mary's.  All their little friends from town seem to be in this camp.  It was only 1/2 a day but they did a great job organizing all the kids, over 500 of them!

NY - Cape

This past weekend the boys had a boy's weekend and the girls a girl's weekend.

Luke and Jay went to Lake Placid to watch our friend Jonah do the Ironman. 
The guys had fun seeing all that Lake Placid had to offer on Saturday and watched the race on Sunday.  Probably the best pictures are of the hotel room.  Since this is a much sought after time to be in the area, hotels go from a pretty penny. For that reason, Luke and Jay ended up at this interesting mid century modern (mainly b/c it hasn't been redecorated since mid-century).  Jay kept telling me how clean it was.  I was hoping they weren't using the sheets. 

Regardless of the accommodations, they had a great weekend and Jonah did an awesome job finishing his first Ironman in 12 and a half hours.  I couldn't imagine the time and dedication to train for a race like this!


I took the ladies to the cape to visit Mimi. We had a nice time at the pool.  Paige and I went to Falmouth center to the playground & for some shopping.  Sunday, Paige had a local friend over which was nice b/c it ended up raining all day.

HAT

I found this hat and washed it the other day to put it away until winter.  Paige found it drying and decided that she had to have it.  She has been wearing it around the house in the summer heat (OK so we have A/C but it is still weird!)

Has anyone seen my puff?

Office

Luke had a long standing office in our Dartmouth "temporary house".  Paige put together her own office this week in the living room.  Not sure what the fascination with offices is in this house.  Paige had a laptop, gum and a waste basket -which she said were the most important things for an office. 

She also said: "I have a boss but he is on vacation so I have to do all the work.  My boss sleeps a lot in his office so I have to do everything.  It is really hard.  I have too much to do."

Already office drama and she isn't even collecting a paycheck yet!

Ali - 8 Months!

I'm 8 months! I'm moving around like crazy.  Sleeping on my belly, flipping over and over and over.  I'm sitting on my own too!  Eating some small finger foods too...still working on getting them in my mouth but am very interested! Took my first dip in the pool this month and first trip to the beach too! I'm getting too old for the swing and bouncy chair and do my best to wiggle out so I can be free to roll around.  I'm also starting to put weight on my legs...getting them ready for walking!

Wiggle, wiggle right out of the seat -

Meditating?

What we've been up to this summer...

We've been keeping ourselves busy this summer.  

Lovin' the local yogurt place -

Naps on the couch on a summer day -

Lots of hangin' at the pool too!-

Plenty of playing in the yard with the neighborhood kids -

Dressing up as???

Stopping to smell the roses and watch the rainbows -

Working hard -

Date night for Luke and Mommy -

Trip to the cape to visit out friends in Dennis -

Beautiful sunset -

Watching TV in our football outfit -