Max's Kindergarten Graduation

Here he is with Mrs. Cervino, his teacher. She is great! We love her a lot. The pictures here are actually opposite of how they took place. The program was first and then we went to his classroom and then we all went to the lunch room for cake. Max and Sophia really got lucky and had two pieces of cake!! It was a good day.

Here he is with Mrs. Calangilo, the TA for his class.



Yeah! Aunt Kathy made it, everyone is always so excited to see Aunt Kathy. We were all so glad she could come. Alex was able to leave class to watch the graduation but we sent him back to his own room once it was done.

Here's the little turkey with his pig mask on sideways shaking hands with the Principal (Sr. Katherine) and main priest at the school (Fr. Kennedy). I looked at Randy and said "who's kid is that?" as he grimaced.


All the kindergarten classes worked together to present us the story of "The Little Red Hen". As you can see Max was one of the pigs. There you can see him saying his line "I love homemade bread", (only he can't say his r's yet so it's homemade bed :)).

What's Been Goin' On Lately

Sophia helped me make cookies the other day.

I took Henry to the doctor on Thursday. He had had a fever Sunday - Wednesday and Tuesday developed a rash and it kept getting worse. The doctor looked at him and said it was rosie-o-lah (how it sounds not how it's spelled). So not a big deal and it isn't contagious, once the fever breaks. So we went to the labrary! Everyone had fun and when Henry got home he crashed, right after I set him down on the kids' spiderman couch.

Last Friday was Fun Day at school, hence the mask on Max. He wore it all day. And you see Alex beside him, he got an email account, and he loves it!!

A fun weekend!

We had a very nice Memorial Day weekend. We grilled almost every night and ate outside in the back patio. We relaxed (as you can see in this picture) and played and just enjoyed ourselves. We even went to a little train museum nearby but I didn't bring the camera along for that - opps! We also made ice cream and the kids watched some more Duck Tales which they love! It's a wonderful thing to bribe them with to get their toys picked up.



The kids played in the water alot. There was a lot of swimming and water gun fights. (In the first picture, you see Sophia getting Alex in the butt, if you look close Max is getting Sophia's butt in the same picture.)

Henry had corn on the cob for the first time - he liked it!


Alex's cub scout troop, along with another troop, built two picnic tables and a well cover for a small historic area. So we all took a little drive out to see them.




Randy ended the weekend by building a picnic table for our back patio. The kids all had fun taking turn helping, a little. Henry wanted to help, but couldn't of course. Then we (minus Henry, he was in bed) had ice cream before bed to break in the new table!

Before and After

Henry has needed a hair cut for quite some time now. So today was the day. Here he is before and after. You see he has a lollipop in the after. He had that for about 2 min. I wasn't convinced he could eat it and not choke, so Sophia got it ( and dropped it on the ground outside and picked it up and ate it anyway), and Henry got a few M&Ms. Everyone was happy




After a day of playing legos, watching Duck Tails (the old after school cartoon), and Panera after church, when asked what he wanted to do for his birthday he said go to the park. So we did.







Enjoy your long weekend!

A big day!

Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dale stopped over with donuts and Max's gifts for him today. (His 6th birthday is tomrrow) It was a great way to start the day!



Max invited about 5 boys over for his birthday party, only one could make it. But they had a lot of fun anyway. Max wanted a ice cream cake, so I didn't make one for him this year. Sophia got Max some foam paper and stickers, so all the kids (minus Henry) finished the party by making some art projects.

Sophia, who is now always dressed up, doing art with foam stickers during Max's party.

Henry stood all by himself for the first time today!! Once he got the hang of it he couldn't stop doing it all day!



Alex finished the day, shooting his bow and arrow (at a box) in the back yard. Then doing a little reading.

Around the House

We had a nice weekend. We went to Michelle (Stiles) graduation party, Saturday. Who by the way graduated Summa Cum Laude. And our priest's 40th Anniversary party at our church today. We also went out for supper at a restaurant, where we could eat outside. The kids really liked that! Here's some pictures I took this week around the house.



Henry's new favorite spot to play - under the table.



Every morning Sophia brings down a stuffed animal/doll for herself, one for Henry and a blanket to share. This morning after showing Henry what she brought down for him, it looked as though the two of them were having a heart to heart, but of course when I tried to sneak a picture they both looked up and saw the camera. Even as I tried to pose them, they couldn't help but look at the camera.



The picture I should have gotten of Max was him in his spiderman mask earlier in the day when he was picking up sticks(so Randy could mow in the yard with Alex and Sophia. I looked out to see how they were doing and was surprised to see Spiderman out there.

Hello

I had every intention of getting a picture of me and the kids, but somehow it never happened. I had a great day and was thoroughly spoiled. We also had our friend Holly and her daughter, Clari over for a good share of the day. It was fun to visit, eat good food and watch our kids play. I'll get some pictures up in the next few days. Happy late Mother's Day to everyone!