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| Samantha on her first day of Kindergarten! |
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| The whole crew getting ready for the walk to school! |
The time has come for our oldest to head off to school! Shocking, but it was only 6 years ago when I started this blog and Sam was just starting to kick in my belly. Although my posts have slowed down to a snails pace, I am still "thinking" about all the posts I should do and how nice it would be to update everyone more. It is the thought that counts...right?!
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| Run, Run, Run! |
Anyway, last Tuesday brought Samantha's first day of school. She was excited, but nervous, and she did a great job getting ready in the morning. We all walked to school together and the weather was beautiful. Sam and Sean mainly ran the whole way there, they were both so excited.
I was concerned I would get a call from the school a bit later in the morning, but she ended up having a great day. She was all smiles when I picked her up that afternoon. She is really tired when she gets home (full day is really long! 9:10-3:55pm) and wants some "quiet time" in her room, which is a bummer for Sean who has been waiting all day for her to get home.
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| Sean and his new Fireman Umbrella...Thanks Bubby! |
While Sam has been at school, Sean has had more "Mommy" time with me and Sydney. We have mainly been keeping to our regular routine....Gym while I teach, the library and errands. This Thursday marks Sean's first day (orientation) of Preschool. He will go to the same school that Sam went to and he is very excited. He will soon be starting Swim lessons again and we are looking into a sports program for him as well. Sean still likes to wear lots of jewerly and is more than willing to play Barbies if it means his sister will play with him. He is a sweet boy who just never stops talking......never stops.
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| Chillin with my cousin! |
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| Syd and Vincent |
Sydney has been doing great as well. She is crawling all over the place, but still is not walking. She is going to take her time, I think she likes being carried everywhere! She is all smiles and really funny. She makes the best faces and likes to play peek-a-boo and chase her sister around the dining room. Sydney just wants to be with her brother and sister as well as her cousin Vincent.
Big news with my cousin....Lori is engaged! Lori and her great boyfriend, Nick, are getting married in July! We are so excited for them and can't wait to party it up with them next summer. I am also looking forward to a girls weekend away!
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| I am center with the pink tank and black shorts! |
Overall, life has been good. Kevin is doing great at his new office in Annapolis and I am still enjoying the Pilates classes I teach as well as take. I had a great experience at a fitness convention in Virginia last month and found myself in many new and interesting positions:)
Keep us updated on all the exciting things going on with all of you! We love to hear from everyone, remember we love visitors.....our door is always open.
We all had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Ohio this year. Turkey, family, and cards (yes, the girls whomped the boys again) made for a great family get together. A few short weeks after Thanksgiving we were back in Ohio (with just Sydney) for my Grandmother's 90th Birthday celebration. It was awsome! We had a delicious lunch at Jefferson Country Club with an OSU theme. Bubby loves the buckeyes and her friends do to, so we had to go with an OSU theme. The lunch was so special with all of Bubbies friends and family gathered together. The icing on the cake was the arrival of the OSU alumni marching band! We surprised her with the actual 16 piece marching band to play "Happy Birthday" for her. She was so surprised, check out the video I have tried to link to this posting.
Sean took another trip to see Dr. Gary Rogers in Columbus a couple of weeks ago to double check his vision. We had 3 Docs look at him and all said different things, so we went back to the expert and had his eyes checked again. Well, our little boy is getting glasses:( He looks really cute in them, we ordered them last week. He will get them this week and I just hope he doesn't fight too much about wearing them. We are calling them "Papa Glasses" because my Dad wears glasses and was with him for his appointment, I just hope that works. His Uncle Brian will help out as well, showing him that glasses are "cool". Update: Sean got the glasses and he loves them! He always wears them....no reminding, he just puts them on!
Sydney sported the Baby Buckeye costume that I made for Samantha when she was just a few months old. Kevin broke out the sumo wrestler costume, but the battery pack decided that it was done. When Kevins big tush (on the inflatable costume, not really kevin's tush:)) started to smoke we had to take the costume off and discovered that the battery pack was melting! 
We got a good 4-5 years out of the costume, so it was worth it! The kids had fun at the annual halloween party, hosted by our neighbors down the street. 
Lots of kids, pizza and fun was had by all. They really got into the trick or treat spirit, Sam was still a bit shy, but Sean was more than willing to go up to the doors and say Trick-or-Treat and Thank You. Very cute. We think they had more fun handing out candy on our front porch with Kevin and their Uncle Brian than they did walking around. Sean now carries his bag of candy around the house waiting for lunch when he can pick one out. I did find him yesterday with a mouth full of chocolate at 9am, temptation was too great!
Sam, Sean and Kevin spent this last weekend raking leaves, sliding into them and perfecting their "fort" in the backyard. We also had a chance to carve a pumpkin (Sam requested eyelashes and hair on hers) and roast the seeds. 
