Friday, September 27, 2013

Anthony's 6th Birthday

 Ava loves holding her comfort friend, Ellie. When she was a baby, we only gave it to her to help her sleep. She would rub her tail and sooth herself to sleep. Now she is very attached to Ellie, and she goes almost everywhere with her.
 Anthony turned 6 a couple weeks before school ended. It was a perfect Sunday afternoon to have a party in our back yard. He invited 6 friends from school and two neighbour boys. They had fun and settled down once Ed got some games going. But, at first they were all way too excited and loud, it was crazy.
 He was excited to get lots of nice gifts. The kids loved the treasure hunt I planned. I was too busy to take any pictures of it.
 The Big Birthday Boy turns SIX!!!!
This was in the spring, he starting biking with his training wheels. He had his bike for a while, but he never got a lot of practice, because we lived on a busy street. Now, we go out almost each day, and he is getting good. Around the end of July we took off his training wheels. I should try to get that on video.

Friday, September 06, 2013

Summer time fun

 The first weekend of summer holidays we went to Storybook Gardens with Corey and Emma. We had a fun time in the splash pad and going on some kiddie rides.
 We can't leave without getting a picture of Humpty Dumpty and the kids.
 Ava and Emma after lunch. Emma got her face painted with her fave princess Ariel,
 We ended the day by going for a train ride.
 I love when they a playing and getting along :)
 Anthony's first year playing on a soccer team. He really enjoyed it, and improved a lot.
Great team and we couldn't have asked for better coaches. They played everyone and made it fun. Everyone received a trophy for their effort and no scores were kept at this age (5 & 6 yrs).

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Grade One here he comes!

 The first day of school! I worked early, but Ed read my note to take a couple pictures. Anthony was very excited to start Grade 1. He had a good first day, and loves having a desk. He only knows one other boy from last year, but I'm sure he'll make new friends. I met his teacher at pick up time. She seems nice and has an organized classroom. I think he will have a fun year.
Ava is going to the preschool beside Anthony's school. I can't believe she only has one more year until her first day of big kid school.

Learning and Growing

 This was in the spring when Ava turned 3, we gave her a new bike and helmet for her birthday (I found a "princess" bike on kijiji, for half the cost). The mom said her daughter outgrew it quickly and barely rode it. Ava took a few days to get the hang of it. She loves trying to keep up to her big brother. The other night she fell off, and didn't cry, she had a small scrap, but she is tough (like her mom).
 My 6 year-old lost his first tooth just before his swimming lesson on July 8, 2013.  He wasn't very photogenic this day. He was proud to get "100" monies. $1 =100 pennies). Since Anthony is becoming more interested in money, I took him to the bank to set up his first account. He was so proud to go in with a bag full of rolled pennies. My dad had rolled around $20 worth after they retired them. I kept a few of the years we were born. He saved up some allowance and Christmas money and extra tooth fairy money from grandparents. He was proud to shake the Bank Managers hand. They gave him a debit card that is blocked until he is older. When he left he told the teller that he is rich. LOL. $57.50
 Ed loved the shirt the kids made for him for Father's day. They traced their hands and smeared it a bit, so you can tell they helped make it.
We took a trip to Greenview Aviaries. It was a fun day. Anthony enjoyed the playful 1 year old tiger the most.

New York City Trip

 We flew from Detroit to New York City early Friday morning before May long weekend. My Mom treated my sisters and I to a Mother & Daughter weekend. There were 22 women in total. We had a great time. It was my first time there and my first time away from the kids for more than 1 night. I took many pics, but only posted a few. It only took me the first afternoon to find my bearings. Everything is a grid pattern, so figuring out the number of city blocks was easy. We stayed at a smaller hotel called "The Hotel at Times Square" on 46th st, between 5th & 6th. It was only a block and half from Times Square.
 This was our first night. Some of us went to the top of Rockefeller Centre. It was a nice evening, and very peaceful overlooking the big city. On our way out we ran into an SNL actor, Bill Hader.

 Me and Lady Liberty.
 My sister, Corey & I
It was great sharing a hotel with my mom and sisters. We had some laughs and relaxed with some wine in our room, and we had lots of girl talk. One night we got tickets to see the play Annie. The theatre was beautiful. Jane Lynch from Glee, and the movie, 40 year old virgin played Miss Hannigan. All the children were very talented with dancing, gymnastics and singing . Some of the ladies saw Cinderella. They enjoyed that a lot too.
 Leaving John's Pizzeria, Mom and my sisters
New York Public Library.

I don't have any pics of Central Park, it was too rainy when we booked our bike tour. We were a bit disappointed, but another reason to make a return visit sometime.