Wednesday, December 5, 2007

A Visit with Santa



We visited Uncle Curt and Aunt Mary's house in Canandaigua over the Thanksgiving weekend. While we were there we went to see Santa so all of the kids could tell him their wishes. It was a bit cold but at least Santa has some idea what to leave when he visits.

Thanksgiving at school

Max was a "Puritan man" (aka: Pilgrim) at the SJNRA 2nd grade Thanksgiving play. He did a great job! Quinlan and her friends from St. Luke Pre-School did songs, stories and had vegetable soup that they made themselves! After reading "Stone Soup" they decided to make a feast that everyone contributed to. Each child brought in a vegetable and got to cut it themselves. Daddy and Reilly enjoyed the day.


Sunday, November 18, 2007

"Auntie Em, Auntie Em"

Yes, this is really snow. In Williamsport. On November 18th. Nope, not upstate NY. Williamsport. We woke up to snow this morning and it has been snowing ever since. Max and Quinlan went out and played in it - it is pretty wet and sticky. Chris made an attempt at shoveling but I think he was too depressed about the fact it was snow in Williamsport, so he gave up. This I expect when we relocate upstate, but Williamsport??????? In November???? PUHHLEEZE.

Yes, that is a bucket on her head

Yes, that is a bucket on her head and, I swear, she put it there all by herself. I'm just glad it didn't fall over her eyes or she probably would have walked right into the wall. Everything goes on her head...... buckets, hats, plates, Mommy's headbands, socks.

"Who's that kid with the Oreo cookie?"


Here is our little cookie monster devouring her first Oreo. If the amount of food on her face is any indication of how much she liked it then it must have been "DELICIOUS"! Now, whenever Max is eating an Oreo, Reilly thinks she needs one too!

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Halloween Fun

Here is Quinlan, as Red Riding Hood (thank you Aunt Susie and Emily and Aunt Min), with her pre-school friends. It was a little cold and foggy this morning but the Halloween Parade went off without a hitch.

Here is Reilly, as a lion, with her bff Lucy. Mommy forgot Reilly's shoes so she was running around in her socks. She had a ball though. She wore the costume almost the entire day without issue and everyone thought she was just the cutest little thing (which, of course, she was).

After lunch it was off to St. John Neumann Regional Academy for Max's parade. He made a great Buzz Lightyear ("To infinity and beyond"!). By that time the sun was out and his heavy plastic costume got to be a little warm. After his parade we all had treats in the "gymacafetorium".

Here are our little trick or treaters. We went to about a dozen houses in our neighborhood. EvieLyn was nice enough to hand out candy at our house so we could all go together. After about 5 houses, Max decided he was done and ready to go home. That was ok, Daddy was tired of carrying Reilly anyway. But we have a lot of candy to share. I already ate the sugar babies. I didn't even know they still made them :)

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Quinlan celebrates at school


Quinlan also celebrated her birthday with her pre-school friends. She got to be "line leader" and got to bring in the snack of her choice. She and her classmates enjoyed ice cream with rainbow sprinkles AND Quinlan got a birthday crown.