First Day of School (finally!!!)

I can't get this one in the right place...

J's first day of Kinder (I hadn't started doing the signs yet)

C's first day of nursery! (OMW how cute is he???)

Someone not being very cooperative!!

ok, that's better!

out take

Oh my word! They get big SO fast!!!  Here are this years photos: (taken very quickly before the downpour happened!  so much for walking to school...)

C was very excited to start his first day, and was very cooperative with picture taking as well (notice that wasn't so much the case way back on the first day of kinder)

I cannot believe how big J is getting!  sheesh!  But he still humors his mama and lets me take the pictures with the sign :)

and the two brothers!  They wanted to take a picture in their sweatshirts, because as I mentioned last year, you may see a theme throughout the years.  This year the sweatshirts are actually new ones....

It's the most wonderful time of the year......

Fun dinner out

The boys and I had an errand to do last night around dinner time and
since I seem to be uninspired to cook these days, we decided to have a
little dining adventure. We drove north until we found a place we
wanted to eat at! We ended up in Gloucester and had dinner on the
water. I really love a good adventure with my boys! It is really so
great that all we need is a full tank of gas and a little cash!! Too
bad John couldn't join us, but then again he isn't quite as
spontaneous ;)

Have fish. Will travel!

Sigh. After six weeks we are on the ferry leaving our favorite place,
Nantucket. Since we were gone so long, we brought our fish,
Snickerdoodle, along for the ride. Yes, she is named for a the
cookie. And her travel container fits nicely in a cup holder!

Here she is on the ferry amongst all our craft supplies. We are on
the slowest of all the ferries so we came well equiped! Clay seems to
be the activity of choice and we have quite the marble factory going!!

the Pan Mass Challenge

 A great friend and John after a century ride to benefit Juvenile Diabetes research

On August 7th and 8th, my husband John will join more than 5,000 other cyclists in the 31st Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, a bike-a-thon that raises money for cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.  This spectacular event raised more than $35 million last year by donating 100% of all rider raised funds to the DFCI. The PMC holds the promise of helping eradicate this disease which affects millions each year.
To help the PMC team reach their 2010 goal, John has been asked to raise over $4,200 to participate.
He will be riding 190 miles over the two days.  Will you please support this great cause? We are asking people to consider the following three donations:
•.25 cents per mile = $50
•.50 cents per mile = $100
•$1 per mile = $200

Although any donation at all would be greatly appreciated!!  Thank you!!!

Please go to his personal page to make your donation online to support this great cause:
http://www.pmc.org/egifts/JR0285 

Ahhhhhhh!!

A night out with John!! :)

Anyone know where we are now?

here we go surfin'!!

J had his very first surfing lesson yesterday!  We have had the fliers from The Nantucket Island Surf School collected from the past 3 summers, and finally decided that he was a capable enough swimmer to start some lessons.  Oh my!  He was THRILLED to be taking a lesson and he had a blast.  I think that C wants to try next week. :)  That will be fun because John will be here and will be on vacation as opposed to working remotely.  So much better.

"look mom!  no hands!!"

and even though he didn't want to take a surf lesson, C had a BLAST boogie boarding!