Field Day

Luke had field day today at preschool. There were a lot of fun events, races, water balloons and much more!


Luke getting ready for the water balloons.
Me getting hit with the wet ball in the head. He didn't understand he was supposed to throw through the hula hoop that was in front of my stomach.
It's my turn now!
Luke getting splashed with the ball.
Cole checking out all of the water balloon scraps on the ground.
Luke and his best friend Peyton.

Natalie (Peyton's sister) and Cole.
Luke upset that he isn't a fast runner.
Luke at the starting line before remembering he is not a fast runner (it's sad but he just can't keep up).
The wheel barrel race, that's the only picture Amy was able to get, Luke quit early on in the race.
Over all it was a really fun day, hot, but fun.

Kid City

On Sat. my mom and I took the boys to Kid City museum in Middletown, it is an interactive museum for kids. Everyone loved it. Even Cole got a lot out of it now that he is a full time walker!


Cole "crawling" the plank in the pirate ship room. He's not that confidant in his walking ability to be able to walk the plank!

Grammy and Cole building blocks.

Jack taking a look at the train going around the track.
Luke takes a turn with the train.
Jack and Luke in the space ship.

Me and the boys in the hot air balloon. There must have been something interesting going on over there that I was unaware of.
The boys in a wheel barrel in the corn maze room.
Cole checks out the cars and trucks.
Full steam ahead! Cole in the Pirate ship. I think this was their favorite room, there were a lot of things to do in this room including a huge pirate ship to climb on.

Jack's 6th Birthday!

Jack turned 6 on the 26th of May. We had a little party for him at my mom and dad's house. He got a lot of great gifts and had a lot of fun with everyone.



Jack blowing out the candles on his ice cream cake (apparently he's not a cake eater since he told me not to make him a cake)
Aaron, Kelly and Cole look on as the cake cutting takes place.
It wouldn't be a party if Luke didn't put a body part in the cake, this day it happened to be his face, usually it's just a finger or two.
Jack with Emily who brought the gift from her and Bubba on Sunday after the parade. That is one fast skateboard but Jack has already gotten really good at it. He had one before but Bryan sent him down the slide on it and it broke.

Uncle Aaron and Kelly got Jack a new baseball glove and a bat and ball.
We got Jack his own set of golf clubs, I think this gift might be a little more for Bryan so he now has someone to golf with.
Grammy and Papa got Jack a new bike, he has already perfected riding with no training wheels!
Jack takes few practice swings in Grammy and Papa's back yard.
It was a great birthday, thanks everyone!

Picnic, Singalongs and more....

This post is kind of a combination of a few little events. Memorial Day weekend we had a picnic and a bonfire with some friends and neighbors. The boys (big and small) had so much fun. The day started out with a bunch of us going on a motorcycle ride and then returning to hang out and have a cookout (which Amy so kindly prepared for us since she missed the ride due to lack of babysitting). Next was running through the sprinkler at Amy and Kevin's house for the little boys, that is always a good time. Then it was on to Joey and Caren's for the food and horseshoe portion of our day. Luke helped by raking out the horseshoe pits for the guys, with his helmet on I might add, safety first! Cole had fun climbing the tree at the cookout (all Grandmother's don't look, he was fine. I've learned to look the other way when Bryan does these things to our children). The last part of the day was spent at our house having a bonfire. Joey performed some songs for us on his guitar and he also brought his bongo and rain stick for the boys. Luke eventually got his little guitar and joined in on the last song before bed, there is a quick video which is a little hard to see. After the boys went to bed Aaron took over and played with Joey. Henry definitely enjoyed his first fire. He was such a good boy and fell right asleep. We had a great time and our night ended with a visit from a nice Windsor Locks police officer telling us that someone complained we were too loud (oh well), it may have been the fireworks Aaron had set off earlier in the night!

More Parade Fun

On Memorial Day Jack marched in yet another parade, this was Windsor Lock's town parade. He marched with his Tae Kwon Do class, again they were very cute. They all did a great job considering we have a very long parade route. Bryan marched with him and handed out brochures with the other marching parents.


Here Cole and I wait for the parade to begin (I look rather awful, I wasn't feeling well that day).
Luke gets a birds eye view with some help from Papa.
Luke got a little restless while we waited for the parade to begin so Papa took him home to get his bike (we are lucky the parade goes very close to our house) and he was nice enough to give Cole a little ride.
Baby Henry at the parade (love the outfit!)
Here they come The Academy of Martial Arts!

Here is Jack and his instructor Mr. Hurrle. Jack is proudly wearing his new green belt he just earned about a week ago.
Look at the strut Bryan has going on he marched like a very proud parent! Notice all of his brochure's are in his back pocket, I don't think he did his job very well!

This video isn't the greatest but it is just a short clip of the parade.

North Street School Parade

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Jack's school puts on an end of the year parade where they block off the roads in front of and next to the school and all of the pre-k through 2nd grade classes have themes and march in the parade. Jack's class did We Love Our Planet Earth. Jack was a tiger with a sign that said "Please keep my jungle clean". We all had a lot of fun, it was really cute.


Here are the little boys waiting for the parade to begin (this was Henry's first parade).

Jack gave a quick smile as he passed by.

The Park

We took a trip to the park today with Aunt Amy and Henry. Jack and Luke had a great time running around and Cole and Henry hung out by the swings. There is also a short video of Cole walking. He usually does a little better than this, he is still getting the hang of the uneven ground outside.


Here is Jack in the Animal Barn. He was like this the whole time we were in the barn. He informed me that he will wait outside next time we visit the barn.

Here are Cole and Henry posing on the slide.

Henry tried on his new summer hat, it seems to be a bit too big still....
.....yet too small for Cole!

Here is Luke posing by a sheep in the Animal Barn.