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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Tooth Fairy

Nathan lost his first tooth yesterday. Here he is with his very loose tooth taken on Sunday night.

And.. after school yesterday. : )

And, ready for the tooth fairy. A note and the tooth.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Scarowinds

Our local amusement park "Carowinds" gets all decked out for Halloween.. We spent the day there with some friends - great fun!

Our Annual Pumpkin Patch trip

We went to a new place this year about an hour away. I always love to get fall photos at these places! This year, Jules was not wearing the suggested beige shirt. : ) And, no.. she doesn't wear glasses now.. strictly a fashion statement.

Tega Cay Fall Festival

Since Frankenstorm prevented us from meeting up with Uncle Jack in Alexandria, we spent the Saturday before Halloween at the Tega Cay fall festival. This is the festival that Juliana won the costume contest wearing her Mike Wazowski costume a few years ago. Well, to our surprise, Nathan won this year! He was pretty excited to win.

Receiving his goodie bag.

All of the contestants.. Check out Jules in her homemade "Vampire Fashion Sense" (as she named it), complete with oversized sun glasses, vampire gown, witches hat and a mustache!

Our Hallween movie night. Here is Jules attacking the popcorn-- her favorite!

Prepping for the big day!

Juliana with her BFF, Brianna. She joined us for Halloween.

Brianna and her mom.

Ryan and Daniel

Nathan and his matching jack o' lantern.

Jules and Dad.

Candy Break.

Beer Break.

Sleepy Witch.

NATHAN GREW!

At the beginning of the summer, Nathan was almost a few inches short of the 48 inch mark. Now, look at him! Now, he can ride the really big rides.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Last week, on Nathan's birthday, his class had "Beach Day".
Here are a few photos - the kids had a ton of fun.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Nathan learns how to whistle

At the beginning of May, Nathan learned how to whistle. He was so proud of himself. : )

Nick turns the BIG 4-0

For Nick's 40th birthday, I surprised him with a weekend get-a-way to a resort near Charleston, SC. It was a our first visit there and our first weekend "kid free"

To announce this "kid free" weekend, the kids and I presented Nick with a list of 40 rules for his birthday weekend.

There were many silly rules and then it ended with:

Rule No. 39: Enjoy the peace and quiet because...

Rule No. 40: NO KIDS!

As a bonus, we were upgraded to a deluxe room with an ocean view.. Here is the view from our balcony.

Our horse named Larry.

The horse and carriage ride was delightful until I looked over at Nick halfway through the ride to discover that he was having an allergic reaction to the horses. Yikes!

No worries though.. he was ok. We took a quick walk to the Harris Teeter after the ride for some eye drops.

Adding to the decor of a local drinking establishment in Charleston. The owner told us that there were probably about 8K in bills on the walls of that place.

Saturday night ended with a beautiful view of the "super moon" over that Atlantic Ocean.. I know it just looks like a white circle in this photos but it really was cool.

Mother's Day 2012.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day. I woke up to these beauties!

And then, blueberry pancakes in bed.

followed by a spa manicure.

Nathan played his 4th T-ball season this fall.

He just finished his last game this past Saturday.

According to Coach Dad, Nathan has the most consistent swing on the team!

(Editor's note: He may be a little biased.)

Nathan turns 6.

We had a Star Wars Lego themed 6th birthday party for Nathan this year at a local party place for kids. I was thrilled to not have to clean the house this year and I even bought a cake!

The party included bouncing...

Nathan with Brodie and Matthew -- friends since the one-year old room at our former preschool.

bumper car rides...

Games...

and birthday cake of course...

After Nathan's party, we immediately headed to a park for a ceremony marking Juliana's graduation from being a Girl Scout Daisy to an official Girl Scout Brownie..