Sunday, May 25, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Seans Graduated
Sean's officially a graduate from Pre- K. He graduated from Christian Nursery School on Thursday, May 22nd. The kids put on a graduation show for all the parents. They started with a procession all the children walked up the middle aisle to their seats. They sang songs, danced, and Sean's teacher Mrs. Saybolt explained to all of the families what the children have learned during the school year. Sean really enjoyed being on stage and did a great job during the show. After the show Mrs. Saybolt called each child one by one to receive their little diplomas. We celebrated with my Mom and my MomMom we all went to Chuck E Cheese for lunch. The boys ate pizza, played games and went on some rides, they really love it at Chuck E Cheese they get so excited to go there. They have a great time, every time. Paulie loves riding the carousel. We must have put him on 3 or 4 times and he cried when I took him off. He cried and pointed to the ride. He is becoming a little person now. He surely does know what he wants and when he wants it. He's doing more and more to communicate with us. But anyways, Sean had a great graduation day and a nice little after celebration! Sean was very excited to be finished school, every day since February he'd ask me, Mommy is today my last day of school? I really don't want to go to school today. He's even faked sick twice, so I now have to really check and make sure he isn't feeling well, haha he's to smart. We're all very proud of Sean. He is now 100% ready to start kindergarten next year. He'll be attending Our Lady of Calvary Catholic school next year. He has said that he's excited for kindergarten and he is even more excited about getting his uniform. He loves to be dressed nicely. Now in Philadelphia uniforms are worn at every school; catholic, public, and even the charter schools to. I'll admit that I'm a little sad that he'll be starting grade school part time next year. It feels like just last week he started the 3 year olds program at Nursery school. I'll miss having him here at home with me next year. This year he only went to school Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9 to 11:30. His kindergarten schedule is every day from 7:30-1:00. I'm a little nervous about the transition because he isn't used to going to school everyday. But Im sure just like every other kid he'll get used to it. Soccer is also coming to an end as well. He has played 4 games 2 were cancelled due to rain and today was cancelled for memorial day. So this coming Saturday is his very last game. He'll get a picture and a trophy. He has done very well this year also. He has scored at least 2 goals every game. We'll be doing soccer again in the fall and if Colin is a little more matured by the fall he'll be joining his brother. We're trying to get Colin potty trained so he can do the 3 year olds program at the school Sean just graduated from. They really do a wonderful job at Christian Nursery School, the activities planned and the classes that are laid out, I feel are great the kids really did know their stuff when they left school, which is important. So hopefully we can get Colin started so that in 2 years he'll go to kindergarten to. 2 years seems so far away but before we know it Ill be writing to you all about Colin's pre school graduation. Time really does fly.
We're all really looking forward to summer. Summer for us usually means relaxing, vacationing, sleeping in and being outside all day, every day. It will be nice not to have 3 kids out the door by 8:40 am 3 days a week. I know next year will be even earlier and more frequent but I am going to enjoy the summer while it's here. Hope you all have a great summer to!
We're all really looking forward to summer. Summer for us usually means relaxing, vacationing, sleeping in and being outside all day, every day. It will be nice not to have 3 kids out the door by 8:40 am 3 days a week. I know next year will be even earlier and more frequent but I am going to enjoy the summer while it's here. Hope you all have a great summer to!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
*May*
Well I haven't updated my blog in a little while and I figured I should try and keep up with Chrissy and Dina! lol Blogging is great I wish more of our family and friends had blogs, it'd be so easy to catch up with everyone and know what everyone's up to. *Hint, Hint* ;)
Well Sean.....He is getting ready to graduate preschool on May 22, 2008. We're so excited so see him in his little cap and gown. He is so funny at the christmas shows they put on at school. I am really looking forward to seeing him get his diploma and see what they do at graduation. Last year they closed the year with songs, ABC's, 123s and each child told the families what they wanted to be when they grow up. Sean told everyone he wanted to be a zoo keeper! haha I don't know where he came up with that one! But it was the 1st and last I heard of that! We had parent/teacher conferences in February. His teacher told his Dad and I how smart he is and how proud he'll make us in the future. She said " I never have to say anything twice to Sean, he always gets it". Sometimes he's a little to smart. He gets his spring progress report this Tuesday we're anxious to see how he did the 2nd half of the year. Sean also started his spring season of soccer. We started soccer the 2nd to last week of April. He's had 3 games so far. He's had at least 2 goals each game. This past Saturday the kids started alternating as goalie. It was a little more challenging for all the kids to shoot and score, but it does help them understand more about the game. He has tried karate twice with his friend Max. He always asks my girlfriend Christina to take him to watch Max's practices, but when he comes home he tells me how much he hated it! Which was kind of a relief to me. I know it'd be a lot if he wanted to do that to. Not only that but I did have that fear of him coming home and practicing what he learned at karate on his brothers. So luckily it wasn't something he wanted to be committed to. We were thinking of signing him and Colin up for swimming lessons, I think it's important for kids to know how to swim especially since we go swimming over my parents' house and any pool party I'm sure it helps. But we'll see what happens.
Colin's doing really good to. He will be 3 in August and he is really starting to act like a big boy now. All except for one thing that he won't let go of to transition himself to being an all around big boy and that's his diapers! I've already tried the whole "no diaper policy" but he just goes on the floor instead of the potty. Which becomes frustrating because I feel like Im potty training a dog instead of my son. We've tried bribing him into everything and anything just to get him to start a pattern of potty time. But he'd rather have his diapers instead of a shopping spree at Toys R Us. I'm just hoping we can get him trained by September so he can start going to preschool. I think he'd really enjoy school. I bet he'd be so well behaved there and socialize great with the other kids. Since the weathers been nice the boys and I have been outside all day every day. Colin is great at motor skills. He can ride a scooter so good! He whips corners, weaves in and out of toys, kids on bikes and he can stop fast to. Now that he's conquered that he is starting to get on a bike and feel confident about riding and knowing how to pedal and use the brakes. Anything that challenges him he's interested in doing. Which I consider motivation and at an early age that's a great sign! His temper is getting a little better also. Now that we're always outside I don't deal with the temper as much, he's fully occupied by outside activities and we're all a lot happier getting time outside to play. I like it, because they use a lot of energy and crash earlier than they usually do which allows me some time to get a little bit of laundry or house work done.
Paulie also loves to be outside. His favorite thing is the motorized car that my Mom bought Colin for his 1st birthday. It's a little motorized car that has a handle on the back which has a power button on it so Paulie thinks he's driving it himself but we're really pressing the power button and steering the car. His face lights up every time he sees us getting it out for him. Paulie's getting more and more teeth, it almost feels like by the day a new spot on his gum is bulging. His front 2 teeth are now officially in and the 2 beside the front 2 are bulging now to. The last 2 weeks he's been a little cranky. As most of you know, he has lactaid problems. He drinks lactaid milk but for some reason the past week and a half he's been throwing up usually at night time before bed....Im going to call the doctor and ask what I can do to prevent it or maybe find out what causes that to happen, it started making me feel afraid that he has some kind of stomach problem. Hopefully it's just something minor that needs to be cut out of his diet. Paulie's still not walking yet! He is still taking a couple steps to get him to the couch or the steps, etc. He still uses whatever he can to help him get around. I don't think he has the confidence yet to do it himself. But Im okay with him not walking yet, once he does I know he'll be everywhere!
I am still holding down the fort here at the house, taking care of the kids, etc. I recently just got a new hair cut. My hair has been long for a good while and I really wanted a change! Not to mention it would take me 40 mintues to do it and with the kids thats impossible to keep up with! So last Wednesday my girlfriend Jenni cut a lot of hair off. I was a little afraid to do it because, every time I've done it i've regreted it. But so far Im really liking the change. Jenni did a really good job on it so its easy for me to keep up with and on the hotter days its nice not to have the hair sticking to my neck, and back. Rich has always been a fan of short hair so its a plus that he likes it to! I posted a pic on my slide show. Rich is still working lots of hours which means we don't see him much. We do plan on having him take a week off in August so we can head down to the shore for a family vacation. My grandparents rent a shore house the first week of July till labor day every summer. Sean is already talking about us going to the shore. We love sitting on the beach with my Mommom and Pop. We always have a great time down the shore. It's so relaxing and the kids are always occupied and happy, they love the boardwalk. They love riding the rides and its so funny to watch them on the rides to! It's definitely a nice change of scenery from being stuck in the house every day during winter. My Mommom is always very entertaining! Never a dull moment! Which I love. The kids and I are going to miss both of my grandparents once they do leave for the summer. We have our daily routine now of walking the mall once a week for our exercise and sanity! Anytime we pull up to a mall even if my Mommom isn't meeting us there, Colin always says "Mommy, Mommom here??" Colin loves the reactions he gets out of my grand mother when he does something he's not supposed to. As much as she corrects him he always wants to be around her. My grandparents are going to be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on May 31st, which is also my sister Jaime's 21st birthday. My Mom & Dad are having a big celebration at their house for the big anniversary. Also hosting the party is; my Aunt Sue, Uncle John & Uncle Jerry. Everyone is coming together to make their anniversary a very special day and we're all looking forward to celebrating their big day. Congratulations Mommom & Pop!
We're about to add on another Cuddy to the family within the next week or two, with the arrival of Colbie Shea, soon to be daughter of Mollie and Danny. We're so excited for our cuddies to welcome their 1st child. Soon after Dina and Ken will be expecting their 2nd child in August, to me it's always exciting to add on to the growing family.
With that said, Mother's Day is around the corner Sunday. We have an event filled day to make sure we see all the special mothers in our lives. Without them we certainly do not know where we'd be! We really do appreciate both of our mothers and grandmothers. So we're hoping to have a fun day and look forward to spending quality time with our Moms who are very special to us and to our children. Thanks Mom and Mom F for everything you do for us and for always supporting us no matter what. We love you! ..and to all of our Aunts, cuddies, and friends who are mothers we hope you all have a wonderful Mother's day and you all better get spoiled on sunday for all the times we've wiped faces, hands, butts, and noses all year, we definitely deserve it! Happy Mother's Day!
Well Sean.....He is getting ready to graduate preschool on May 22, 2008. We're so excited so see him in his little cap and gown. He is so funny at the christmas shows they put on at school. I am really looking forward to seeing him get his diploma and see what they do at graduation. Last year they closed the year with songs, ABC's, 123s and each child told the families what they wanted to be when they grow up. Sean told everyone he wanted to be a zoo keeper! haha I don't know where he came up with that one! But it was the 1st and last I heard of that! We had parent/teacher conferences in February. His teacher told his Dad and I how smart he is and how proud he'll make us in the future. She said " I never have to say anything twice to Sean, he always gets it". Sometimes he's a little to smart. He gets his spring progress report this Tuesday we're anxious to see how he did the 2nd half of the year. Sean also started his spring season of soccer. We started soccer the 2nd to last week of April. He's had 3 games so far. He's had at least 2 goals each game. This past Saturday the kids started alternating as goalie. It was a little more challenging for all the kids to shoot and score, but it does help them understand more about the game. He has tried karate twice with his friend Max. He always asks my girlfriend Christina to take him to watch Max's practices, but when he comes home he tells me how much he hated it! Which was kind of a relief to me. I know it'd be a lot if he wanted to do that to. Not only that but I did have that fear of him coming home and practicing what he learned at karate on his brothers. So luckily it wasn't something he wanted to be committed to. We were thinking of signing him and Colin up for swimming lessons, I think it's important for kids to know how to swim especially since we go swimming over my parents' house and any pool party I'm sure it helps. But we'll see what happens.
Colin's doing really good to. He will be 3 in August and he is really starting to act like a big boy now. All except for one thing that he won't let go of to transition himself to being an all around big boy and that's his diapers! I've already tried the whole "no diaper policy" but he just goes on the floor instead of the potty. Which becomes frustrating because I feel like Im potty training a dog instead of my son. We've tried bribing him into everything and anything just to get him to start a pattern of potty time. But he'd rather have his diapers instead of a shopping spree at Toys R Us. I'm just hoping we can get him trained by September so he can start going to preschool. I think he'd really enjoy school. I bet he'd be so well behaved there and socialize great with the other kids. Since the weathers been nice the boys and I have been outside all day every day. Colin is great at motor skills. He can ride a scooter so good! He whips corners, weaves in and out of toys, kids on bikes and he can stop fast to. Now that he's conquered that he is starting to get on a bike and feel confident about riding and knowing how to pedal and use the brakes. Anything that challenges him he's interested in doing. Which I consider motivation and at an early age that's a great sign! His temper is getting a little better also. Now that we're always outside I don't deal with the temper as much, he's fully occupied by outside activities and we're all a lot happier getting time outside to play. I like it, because they use a lot of energy and crash earlier than they usually do which allows me some time to get a little bit of laundry or house work done.
Paulie also loves to be outside. His favorite thing is the motorized car that my Mom bought Colin for his 1st birthday. It's a little motorized car that has a handle on the back which has a power button on it so Paulie thinks he's driving it himself but we're really pressing the power button and steering the car. His face lights up every time he sees us getting it out for him. Paulie's getting more and more teeth, it almost feels like by the day a new spot on his gum is bulging. His front 2 teeth are now officially in and the 2 beside the front 2 are bulging now to. The last 2 weeks he's been a little cranky. As most of you know, he has lactaid problems. He drinks lactaid milk but for some reason the past week and a half he's been throwing up usually at night time before bed....Im going to call the doctor and ask what I can do to prevent it or maybe find out what causes that to happen, it started making me feel afraid that he has some kind of stomach problem. Hopefully it's just something minor that needs to be cut out of his diet. Paulie's still not walking yet! He is still taking a couple steps to get him to the couch or the steps, etc. He still uses whatever he can to help him get around. I don't think he has the confidence yet to do it himself. But Im okay with him not walking yet, once he does I know he'll be everywhere!
I am still holding down the fort here at the house, taking care of the kids, etc. I recently just got a new hair cut. My hair has been long for a good while and I really wanted a change! Not to mention it would take me 40 mintues to do it and with the kids thats impossible to keep up with! So last Wednesday my girlfriend Jenni cut a lot of hair off. I was a little afraid to do it because, every time I've done it i've regreted it. But so far Im really liking the change. Jenni did a really good job on it so its easy for me to keep up with and on the hotter days its nice not to have the hair sticking to my neck, and back. Rich has always been a fan of short hair so its a plus that he likes it to! I posted a pic on my slide show. Rich is still working lots of hours which means we don't see him much. We do plan on having him take a week off in August so we can head down to the shore for a family vacation. My grandparents rent a shore house the first week of July till labor day every summer. Sean is already talking about us going to the shore. We love sitting on the beach with my Mommom and Pop. We always have a great time down the shore. It's so relaxing and the kids are always occupied and happy, they love the boardwalk. They love riding the rides and its so funny to watch them on the rides to! It's definitely a nice change of scenery from being stuck in the house every day during winter. My Mommom is always very entertaining! Never a dull moment! Which I love. The kids and I are going to miss both of my grandparents once they do leave for the summer. We have our daily routine now of walking the mall once a week for our exercise and sanity! Anytime we pull up to a mall even if my Mommom isn't meeting us there, Colin always says "Mommy, Mommom here??" Colin loves the reactions he gets out of my grand mother when he does something he's not supposed to. As much as she corrects him he always wants to be around her. My grandparents are going to be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on May 31st, which is also my sister Jaime's 21st birthday. My Mom & Dad are having a big celebration at their house for the big anniversary. Also hosting the party is; my Aunt Sue, Uncle John & Uncle Jerry. Everyone is coming together to make their anniversary a very special day and we're all looking forward to celebrating their big day. Congratulations Mommom & Pop!
We're about to add on another Cuddy to the family within the next week or two, with the arrival of Colbie Shea, soon to be daughter of Mollie and Danny. We're so excited for our cuddies to welcome their 1st child. Soon after Dina and Ken will be expecting their 2nd child in August, to me it's always exciting to add on to the growing family.
With that said, Mother's Day is around the corner Sunday. We have an event filled day to make sure we see all the special mothers in our lives. Without them we certainly do not know where we'd be! We really do appreciate both of our mothers and grandmothers. So we're hoping to have a fun day and look forward to spending quality time with our Moms who are very special to us and to our children. Thanks Mom and Mom F for everything you do for us and for always supporting us no matter what. We love you! ..and to all of our Aunts, cuddies, and friends who are mothers we hope you all have a wonderful Mother's day and you all better get spoiled on sunday for all the times we've wiped faces, hands, butts, and noses all year, we definitely deserve it! Happy Mother's Day!
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