Slacker

I've been slacking in my blog posting!!

We've been quite busy lately!  Basketball season ended and we rolled right into Softball season.  Nicholas started hockey and he starts T-ball tomorrow!  Addison will be starting dance soon AND turning 4 next weekend!!  And Pat's new store opened (while we were away) with lots of success!!

The most fun and important thing we did was take our long awaited trip to Disney World with Grandma and Pop-pop!!  We had an amazing time and it was WONDERFUL to get to see the kids just love every minute of the trip from the plane ride to the hotel to the pool to all of the parks, parades and rides!!  I took quite a few pictures.  I'll post a few and then also a slideshow of all of them!

Thanks for a GREAT trip grandma and pop-pop!!

Seeing Cinderella's Castle for the first time

(Just before Nicholas wandered off and got lost!)

Happy Birthday!

We've been busy in the past month and I really haven't picked up my camera for a variety of reasons.  I'm getting back into the picture taking swing of things and I have a ton of pictures from my camera and from my iphone to share!

We were quite busy this weekend and I have some pictures to prove it!  

Nicholas turned SIX this past week and this weekend we celebrated with a bowling party and then a family party!!  Nicholas had a few of his classmates and friends to Rockaway Lanes for a bowling party on Saturday afternoon.  The kids had a good time and got to spend some time with one another outside of school.  They had cake and played and and ran off some energy!  

After the bowling party we headed to grandma and pop-pop's house for another party with family!  Aunt Jessica came over and Uncle Mike and Michelle and an old friend Br. Tom.  We had homemade pizza and MORE cake and then presents!  It was a ton of fun and Nicholas was surrounded by friends and family for his birthday- just as it should be!!

*It should be noted that "someone" decided to get trick birthday candles for her asthmatic nephew and it took quite some time to finally get the candles extinguished, hence the look on his face when blowing out the candles in the above picture!!*

Sunday Sledding

After the gym this morning, we decided to take the kids sledding again!  Pat didn't get to enjoy the sledding the other day and we had some time before the kids and I headed to grandma and pop-pop's and Pat headed to work so off to the hill we went!

Today was even better than the other day!  We took our giant inflatable pool raft and it was PERFECT!  The snow was nice and packed, the tracks were there because everyone else had already been sledding and the hill was pretty much empty!!  We had a GREAT time and took a TON of pictures!  I really couldn't pick from all of the ones I liked so I'm posting a slideshow of all of them!

Enjoy!!

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STRIKE!

Today has been a busy day!!

We started off by hosting a playdate with our friends this morning.  The kids had a great time making snacks and playing with the mix of toys while the moms got to chat and sit for a bit!

After our playdate was over we headed out the door!

Nicholas needed a hair cut and we were heading to a birthday party for a little girl in his class who we have known outside of school, too!  We got Nicholas an awesome haircut so that he looked handsome for the party and then we headed over to Rockaway Lanes to celebrate Nicholas' friend B's birthday!

Both kids were generously invited and had an AWESOME time!  This was a first time bowling for both of them and the just loved it!

After bowling we ran a few errands, went to Church and then grabbed dinner- everyone is in bed now and the house is nice and quiet!!

The pictures aren't that great because it hard to get a good shot when their back is to you constantly!!

Sledding

We had a snow day today! YAY!

Unfortunately, today was also Pat's long day at work which means that he's there until 10 at least.  Since I knew that if the kids and I stayed home all day we probably wouldn't survive, I reached out to a few of my playgroup friends and we made a plan.  We all met this afternoon and took the kids sledding and OH MY GOODNESS did the kids have fun!?!?  And they killed a TON of energy!!

After a good 45 minutes in the snow and the cold I took the kids for an early dinner then home for baths and pjs.  Bedtime is only moments away because they are SO tired and I'm ready for bed, too!

All in all a pretty good snow day!

SnowFun 2011

As I said before, we had a snowstorm today.  Nothing too major, but enough to close schools and make staying home a reality.  We stayed inside for most of the day since I had parked myself on the couch and the kids were playing upstairs!  I decided, late this afternoon, that the kids needed to get outside for a bit, and I needed to get off the couch, so we headed out into the snow!!

We suited up and went out into the snowy weather.  I thought it had stopped snowing before we went outside but it hadn't and a lovely soft snow was coming down lightly.  The kids had a ball throwing snow at one another, sliding down the huge piles of snow and just rolling around in the fluffy white stuff!!  It was pretty cold so we didn't stay out too long but just enough time to satisfy their love for snow play and my need to get fresh air and take a bunch of pictures!

We're off to the shore tomorrow to spend the day with good friends and hopefully the kids will have a snow companion and more chances to play outside again! And tire themselves out!!