100 days!

Theo and Jack celebrated their 100th day of school this past Friday. They had a day of fun, counting out food and craft items into quantities of 100, and sometimes, eating them!

Pinewood Derby race

Jack raced his Cobra car in the Pinewood Derby on Saturday. My friend Dawn was there to help us cheer him on :) Jack's car qualified for the 2nd round which was the top 8 cars. He finished 6th overall. Two of our Den 2 Scouts won awards and we are so proud of them. It was a great day and Dave really pitched in to help the event run smoothly.

Birthday dinner with Rochelle

My friend Dawn, from Boston, came for a visit this past weekend and my grad school friend, Rochelle, drove over to meet us out for dinner. Rochelle was celebrating a birthday so we indulged in some sushi! It was great to catch up with Rochelle and to have my two friends meet each other.

Welcome Molly!

Cousins Anne and JD welcome Mary Charlotte "Molly" on Thursday. We can't wait to meet her in person soon and are so thrilled for the Waddell and Gallagher families!

Little personalities

Theo cracked me up by coming downstairs in one of Jack's old swim suits (it's a 2T and has the floatation pads inside), a slipper, and a sandal. He wore them all evening too. That's Theo though...... he loves to costume!

Jack is loving reading the Magic Treehouse series and devours a book a day. They are chapter books but have some illustrations and larger print. Time to brainstorm a new series for him. I'd love suggestions that appeal to little boys! No Junie B Jones or Nancy Drew ;)

Ducky heaven

Theo is LOVING swim lessons and that is because his favorite water friends are there. Yes, Theo is a rubber ducky fiend. He has about 20 at home that he swims with at bath time. His instructor throws them around the pool and has him swim to them and then set them on the edge of the pool.

Jack's lessons revolve around refining his strokes and power, as well as decreasing the time it takes for him to turn to take a breath. He's learning how to dive in (last year they started in the pool or just jumped in) and usually belly flops. Poor bub's tummy!

I love having indoor swimming lessons :)

Night out with friends

We had an impromptu night out with our couple friends, Matt and Sarah, and Betsy and Travis on Saturday. Nights out like that are few and far between, sadly, but we vowed to make it a more regular occurrence :)