End of Summer 2009

Luke had his very first soccer game this week. He had a great time. We need to teach him that tackling is not appropriate in soccer. He was frustrated because one boy on the other team kept taking the ball away from him so he decided to tackle him.
The tackle.

Luke moving in for the take down.

This is Luke and his best friend Callie.

Birthday celebration at school.

First day of 3 day preschool.

Luke's 4th Birthday.

Luke got a new bike for his birthday. He calls it a "stuck bike" because it attaches to the back of an adult bike. We have been riding non-stop since his birthday.

Boston Children's Museum.

First day of 4th Grade.

Callie did 2 swim teams over the summer. She has a great time and did great. She loves swimming and is getting very fast. She will be starting her indoor swim teams next week. We can't wait. She is also playing soccer and on a gymnastics team this fall so she will be very busy.

FINAL UPDATE - DISNEYWORLD, ETC.

Lake Ontario last weekend. Luke loves Spiderman.

Luke just finished a 1 mile race, can you tell he is excited for his medal? By the way, Callie finished the 5k with the rest of the family on the same day. The local newspaper did a little story about it. She finshed the 3.1 miles in under 30 minutes.

West Hartford Memorial Day Parade.

DISNEYWORLD

Splash Mountain Aftermath.

"THE BUZZYEAR RIDE". We rode this ride at least 100 times. Ruth got the highest score possible (we are sure she cheated).

We got to ride with the driver on the monorail. It looked like a pretty easy job, Jas is sure he could have done it better than the slow driver.

We had a special storytime with Snow White (Jason calls it a "date"). She came in and read to everyone then stuck around to meet the kids.

Luke got to ride a pony.

Our favorite part of Disney was the food. As you can tell by Luke's expression, we ate A LOT!

We clearly didn't learn our lesson about over eating the first time.

The view from our room.

Callie celebrated her 9th birthday with a cake from Mickey Mouse delivered to our room.

Callie's 9th Birthday.