Wedding weekend

Uncle Jimmy and Cameron Reilly

Aunt Susie Croft, Sydney Reilly and Quinlan


Max

Sydney, Chris and Reilly

It was indoor swimming time on February 22nd. The whole Reilly side of the family (including nieces, nephew, great-nieces and nephews) were in Rochester for the wedding of Billy and Marie Lang (I don't have a picture of them but when I get one, I'll post it). Sunday before brunch we went to the hotel they all stayed at and tried out the pool. A fun time was had by all. Brunch was yummy too! We all looked great at the wedding and reception in matching black and white outfits this time. (Again, no picture) and the kids had a great time at the reception where they danced up a storm with their new friends Seamus and Bridgid Lang and enjoyed chicken tenders and fries. The wedding cake was delish and beautiful. It was a great weekend.

Late? or On-Time?

Not a great picture (I scanned it from one printed on regular paper) but this is Max dressed up as a train conductor, checking his pocket watch. He and his classmates had to dress up as what they want to be when they grow up. Of course, Max picked a career associated with trains. Cute huh?

5-2-1-0, Be a Healthy Hero

Reilly, Quinlan and I visited Max's gym class a few weeks ago. They are really focusing on doing a lot of different activities to keep the kids motivated. Reilly and Quinlan tried out dancing with Mr. Graf (the gym teacher). Max showed off his wall climbing skills. It sure isn't easy with keeping your balance and having the upper body strength to do it but he seems to have it down.

Bathtub Babies

How come when Daddy gives baths it is sooooo much fun?? Here are Reilly and Quinlan enjoying a bubble bath. I guess this gives new meaning to "good, clean fun"!

Dance Class

Quinlan and her friends at the Deborah MacKay School of Dance had an open class session recently. Family members got to sit in while the girls did their warm up, ballet, tap and recital piece. Like her teacher in Williamsport,Miss Johnna is impressed with Quinn's ability to memorize the dances in a short time.
Here are some pictures of Quinlan and her friend, Megan, showing off their steps. Recital night is Memorial Day weekend.

Daddy's Birthday

Today is Chris's birthday! I asked him what kind of cake he wanted and SUPRISE (NOT!) he picked chocolate with butter cream frosting. So I pulled out a recipe for each and baked from scratch. It was more work than a mix but didn't taste that much better. The frosting was very sweet. The frosting was also a little thinner than I'm used to and I had to pray that the top layer wouldn't slide right off the bottom layer onto the floor. It didn't. It wasn't a beautiful looking cake but it is the thought and effort that count, right? Here are the children licking the beaters from the icing this morning.

Reilly's first (professional) hair cut

I'm sure you all remember the botched hair cut I gave Reilly a while ago (see post of May 1, 2008), well, not wanting a repeat of that incident I took her and Quinlan to a salon to have their hair cut. Reilly was all smiles until the lady actually started combing and cutting. She looks very cute though (as does Quinlan with her little "bob") and I like the fact I can actually see her eyes! She's just not as agreeable as Quinlan was when it comes to keeping barretts in her hair.