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.

Bubba's Goodbye

As most of you know my brother Brian (a.k.a Bubba) is leaving today for basic training for the Air Force. After that he is going to school for Pararescue. We probably won't be able to see him for a couple of months so my mom had a big going away party on Sat. for family and friends. We will be sad to not have Bubba around but we see how ready he is for this and wish him the best.


Bompa, Barbara and Cole playing in the sandbox.
Kathy Nai meeting Henry for the first time. (are you happy Kathy, I updated and you made the blog!)
Jack and Luke playing boccie with Bubba and his friends.
Luke post boccie game. Notice how much fatter his right side of his mouth is as opposed to his left. Luke learned that you shouldn't throw the boccie ball up in the air unless you are certain you can catch it.
Cole's first Popsicle, I know he's 13 months and he has never had a pop but he thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks Aunt Emma for helping with this mess!

Bubba's cake, supposed to say "Good Luck Brian", however I think the people at Price Chopper need a proof reader since it says "God Luck Brain". Oh well, it was still good!
Mother's Day at Grammy's, Luke took another stab at boccie ball.
Bubba holds Henry one last time before he goes.
A family shot on Grammy's front steps. Thanks Uncle Steve and Nicole!

Taekwondo Test

Here are a few pictures from Jack's test in Taekwondo. He is now being promoted to a green belt. Sorry no video this time, but he did successfully break another board!

Luke and His Trucks

This is pretty much what goes on everyday at our house. Luke has one of the large rubbermaid buckets full of all sorts of trucks, cars and bikes and he lines them up in a different order each day. There are so many cars and trucks that the line usually reaches from the playroom into the living room. It makes a huge mess but I'm okay with it since it keeps him busy for hours.

Our New Driveway

I'm so sorry it has been so long since my last post, there really is no excuse. We have had a lot going on at our house this past week. We had our old driveway torn out and a new one put in, needless to say there have been a lot of great machines in our yard and the boys have been entertained all week.

Here are Cole and Luke checking things out first thing in the morning.


Our new driveway, it is much wider at the top now which will be great for bike riding!

Golfing

On Sunday it was so beautiful out that Bryan thought it would be fun to take the boys to the driving range. It actually went surprisingly well, when I saw how many balls were in that bucket I thought we would be there all day but it actually went pretty quickly. Jack did very well, if he had clubs that were his size I think he would have enjoyed it much better. Luke gave a swing or two and then just handed out balls to everyone. While we were there we got a surprise visit with Bubba!



Jack concentrated so hard on every swing.
Luke concentrated hard on this swing only, it was one of the few swings he took.
He pretty much planted himself here after that swing.
Bubba relaxed with Cole after his bucket was empty (and no, he is not walking but is a pro at standing on his own!)
After golf we met Amy, Kevin and Henry at the Dairy Cream for some ice cream, I think Henry enjoyed his first trip out for ice cream. Cole didn't make it this far, he was sleeping in the car.