Problems!!

I had a ton of problems posting this time. I'm not really sure what all happened. Anyway you'll see the first picture is out of order, I'm guessing you can figure out where it really goes.

Camping at Watkins Glen State Park

We camped at Watkins Glen State Park last weekend with 6 families from Randy's work. We had a great time. There were 10 kids in all from Henry at 1 to Alex(andra) at 12, and they all played together really well and had a great time. Friday night we got there just in time for Randy and some friends to set up our tent and screen room before the rains came down. To say it poured is an understatement. And it kept raining hard, till about 3 in the morning. We had borrowed Aunt Kathy's tent and it did very well keeping us dry (for a tent :)). We decided to eat out that night due to the rain and then here we are trying to keep the kids from touching the tent and to go to sleep. The next day was beautiful!! We had a great breakfast, the kids played at some of the parks, we hiked around all the really pretty waterfalls, went for a swim in the pool and had campfire that night complete with smores. It was a lot of fun.






This pack saved our lives this weekend!! It kept Henry very happy while Randy did all sorts of things - cook breakfast, hike, take our tent down and pack our things up. Yeah to the pack!!


Here are Max and I taking a little break on our hike of waterfalls.


There were dozens of waterfalls on our hike. It was beautiful! All of us really enjoyed it. here is a picture of a falls (and bridge) and then Randy, Henry and Alex over top of it.



There was no shortage of girls older than Sophia(there were 6 to be exact) for her to hold hands with as we took our hike. She loved every mintue of it. Here she is with Clari and Alex(andra).



The long winding path wore Henry out. Randy was a trooper and carried the little guy the whole way. We each got to carry a baby that way. :)

Having Company

Happy Birthday Aunt Kathy! On her b-day she got the honor of trying to get the kids to sit with her for a picture.

We visited Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dale's cabin. (It even made it in the picture.)

We played a lot of cards and some Scrabble. Mostly just the adults after the went to bed, but not always.

Oliver and Henry played, fought over toys, and got into things together.

We spent a lot of time relaxing while everyone was here. Yet we fit in a trip to the zoo. We also went to a park one day, Max said it was better than DS, because with DS you just push the buttons and at the park it was like you were in the DS.

Sophia had jumped right up onto Grandma's lap, but of course when I wanted to take a picture she didn't really cooperate. Henry also really like to go to Grandma, it was nice.

Falling asleep

Wow! I know I always have a variety of typos but that last post was exceptional! I guess I shouldn't try to post on this thing when I'm falling asleep.

Father's Day

Randy opened his gifts here befoe we headed out to Kathy and Dale's cabin. It was a fun, day.

We relaxed today.:)


Quite a bit of successful fishing took place. Dale's kids caught the most, I just didn't get there picture.

Frogs were caught, that's what's on the plate. We saw a big bullfrog in the pond but none of the kids could catch him. There were still a small number of tad poles to look at too.

Kathy and Dale have a golf cart up at their cabin it was a HUGE hit! Alex was driving Sophia and Max around the pond by the end of the day. They all had a great time!

Kathy and Max are flying a small balsam wood plan together.

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!!