Summer Catch Up - Lucas edition

Lucas started of his summer on a chilly note....

For his pk-3 graduation he decided to play the snowman.

Hmm...I guess he wanted to get on Santa's good side in case the elves were watching. He had such a wonderful year at tots.

Its hard to believe he only has one more year and then its off to the big school.
This year he made friends- real friends. Like...get upset if some one is not there friends.
Its pretty cool as a mom to watch him become a little person. For a while this summer we had a new superhero in town...

meet Shark boy! Best Buddies Luke also got in touch wit his artistic side. I have to say, he is too cute for words. At six flags he was consumed by a squid. But luckily he was rescued in time to show his buddy Woody around Philly. We also enjoyed a movie at the great Senator theater. New boots all the way from Tennessee. Two peas in a pod. Silly Bandz...need I say more. I have discovered that my kids will hug anything that looks stuffed and then Luke will look at me and say...

"There's a person in there." This summer there were a lot of forts being built... and ice cream being made. We also had up front seats for a balloon launch. Carnival Time and to close summer out... Blue hair for crazy hair day at cheer leading.

(Yes...he is in cheer leading)

Our new family members!

Wow! It's been a while since I've been on here!

We have been enjoying life...So much so that our family has grown!

Back in April Tuck joined our family. Jason found him crossing the road while geocaching.

He was afraid the poor thing would get run over so he brought him home.

He now resides in his own deluxe penthouse sweet!

On Tuesday we celebrated the arrival of Chance!

Chance is a nine week old black lab.

He is sweet as can be.

He is my official foot warmer under my desk.

So at the moment our stats are:

1 dad, 1 mom, 4 kids, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 1 rabbit and 1 turtle.

Not too shabby!

Carnival Time

Each year we head back to my hometown at carnival time.

We actually visit my family back home a lot,

but I am always extra happy to go back home at carnival time.

The kids love riding the rides... and so does Daddy! This year Mikey slid down the slide by himself. One of my favorite things at the carnival is the penny pitch.

I mean it is only a penny to play!
Where else can you find carnival games that cheap.

Basically, you shot the pennies into bowls and if one lands in the bowl you get a bead necklace.
The kiddie games where $2 a piece, a little steep but luckily this only comes once a year. Another thing that is pretty awesome about the carnival is that my dad lives right down the street. So, we usually get to see him, or in Luke's case, sword fight with him. We ended the night with ice cream.
Almost everyone was happy.

New York City!

Last weekend we found ourselves with nothing to do.

So we hopped in the car and started driving.

At first we were just going to go to a state park or a local park.
Pretty soon it turned into- Hey! Lets drive to New York.

So we did!

Along the way we stopped for doughnuts.

(As if kids stuck in a car need more sugar) We finally arrived at about 5:15 pm.

Our first stop was in Jersey City.

We were hoping to catch a ferry over to Ellis island and the statue,

but unfortunately we arrived just as the last ferry was coming back.

Guess we have to go back another weekend. We walked around the station for awhile and pointed out

Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty to the kids. Then it was time to head into the city. Notice all the cabs.. Yep we're in NY City. We drove around the city pointing out things like... the Empire State Building and.... Times Square. Then we hit the streets. The boys spotted Buzz....Big Buzz. We had dinner at Planet Hollywood. After dinner we headed home. Our spur of the moment trip was just perfect.

We were in the city long enough for the kids to get a taste of New York

and long enough for us to start planning out our next trip.