The end of August

I can't believe that the summer is almost over. I can't believe that I have already started Christmas shopping. I couldn't pass up the deals at Toys R Us though. They had things marked down to 50% off and I went to 4 different stores and filled my cart up each time.
It has been a pretty busy summer and the rest of the year is already filling up. I received Bailey's school supply list in the mail and he will be starting on the 13th. Mia is going to miss him those 2 days a week. We have also signed him up for the Buffalo zoo's cub club on Wednesdays for playgroup.
Bailey's party is planned for playgroup tomorrow (Buzz lightyear theme) and for the family on Sunday (Dinosaur theme). Speaking of which, I better get to work on those cupcakes.

Home Again.

We got back into Buffalo late Thursday night. We decided to skip out on Sesame Place because a strom was heading towards Philly and we had the pleasure of experiencing it in DC a few days before and it wasn't pretty.
We also attended my cousin Adriann's wedding on Saturday. It was at Kotecki's and it was very beautiful. While the reception was going on, Bill and I attended our 10 year high school reunion at Soho.
It is very interesting to see people you haven't had contact with for 10 years and it's amazing how much people stay the same. I am sure we will have picture sof the wedding and reunion up soon.
Bailey played his last soccer game on Sunday. He received his award. Although he will be old enough to be on a team next year, I think we will stick to this Smart Start Program one more time.

Last day in DC

Today is our last day in Virginia and we are heading home after Bill gets out of class. He should finish up around 3 and we are aiming to get to Grove City, PA tonight. Yesterday we went to the National Zoo. All I can say about the zoo is that it is extremely hilly. It took us about 3 hours to walk the entire thing and we even skipped the pandas because the line was CRAZY. Jill, the kids and I went shopping a little in GeorgeTown, but the kids had enough and Bailey was throwing a major tantrum in Sephora. So we headed back to Jill's house. We had dinner there after Bill got out of class and then headed back to the monuments. We passed by the White House and that was about it.
Today I have to find something to do without Jill. I have no idea what because the kids are sick of shopping and looking at historical/government things.

Washington D.C. - Day 2

As I spend yesterday in class learning about crash dump and netdumps, Dana, Jill, and the kids went to the National Museum of Natural History. Bailey was a little scared at first, but then when he saw the dinosaurs he was running through the place like it was no big deal. After the museum they went and rode the carousel, than it wason to the National Mall. From the pictures it looks like it was fun.

After I got of class, I met them at Jill's house, and we went down to Georgetown. We ate dinner at Clyde's and went shopping. It was raining pretty much the whole time so that was all we could really do. After Georgetown, we dropped Jill off at her house and headed over to the Tyson corner Mall to do some more shopping. At the mall we got the children some rainbow Dippin Dots ice cream. That was a big mistake, they were both a mess

Today Dana, Jill, and the children are going to the National Zoo and back to Georgetown to shop outside. The weather is much better this morning, so I hope they have a good time. I will be in class until 5 so the weather is not a factor in my day.

Washington D.C. - Day 1

Well we picked up our new digital camera, yesterday. You don't know how spoiled you are with a digital camera until you have to take picture with a disposal film one. The camera is a Kodak Z740 it is very similar to our old Kodak camera, but it has a new lens and a new image processor. After my first day of class I meet Dana, Jill and the kids and we headed down to Union Station so that Bailey could see all of the trains. He was really blow away with how big the main hall of station was. We had dinner there at a pizza place and then we headed over to the monuments.

We had some trouble finding parking but we eventually got over to the World War II monument. That was really impressive. As you can see from the photos it was hard to keep Bailey and Amelia out of the water.

It was moving to see all the stars on the wall and the words "Here we mark the price of Freedom". The detail that went into the monument was also very cool to see. We then stated to head down the mall to see the Lincoln memorial, but it was getting dark and all Bailey wanted to do was see President Bush. Well we will have to do the rest another day.

Baltimore

So, here we are in Virginia. We spent the day yesterday in Baltimore at the harbor, which is beautiful. But it was HOT! The temp was 99 degrees, with about 90% humidity. It was horrible. We spent the day at Port discovery, a wonderful children's museum in Baltimore. Jill met up with us for the day. We have no pictures to post because, low and behold, Bill's camera broke. So we have purchased a brand new, newer version camera that we will pick up today. I am starting to wonder if it really did break, or if this was Bill's little way of getting a new camera?
Today, I am sort of on my own. Bill has class and Jill has to work from 10-2. We are heading to the mall. we will probablyhave pictures to add tonight with our new camera, but we have to wait for the pics from port discovery to be developed...

On the Road

Well it is early on Sunday morning after a 8+ hour car ride. We are now just outside of Baltimore and we are going to meet my sister this morning to do some kid friendly thing in Baltimore. Then we are off to Washington DC (we are actual going to be in Virginia, but it pretty close).

The car ride was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. The kids were great, until the end and I think that we push Amelia to here car riding limit. As we got closer to Hershey we thought about just staying the night there, after all Dana and I spent our honeymoon there (long story). So we heading on over, 8 or so miles off our scheduled course. We go there and started to look for hotels and they were packed and the rooms that they did have were super expensive. The kids were getting a little craby so we took at stop over at the Hershey's Chocolate World. Well that was crazy, I have never seem so may people there. We spend just enough time to let the kids walk around a little bit, before getting them back into the car and off to the hotel were we are now.

I have added the few photos we took in the new August 2005 photo album.

Vacation!

Starting tomorrow, we are officially gone for a week. While Bill is spending hours of grueling training in DC, my children, Jill and I will be shopping like mad in Georgetown (hopefully eyeing some beautiful handbags). We have planned to take the kids to the zoo and the smithsonian musuems (if we find any kid friendly parts). Bailey has been stuck on saying he is going to meet President Bush, until yesterday when he was running around the house saying Condelessa Rice. Funny to hear a 2 year old say that.
Tonight we have a going away picnic for Ardyth, Ella and Ewan (Rob too). They are moving to Vermont. Ella and Ewan are part of Bailey's playgroup and dear friends of ours that will be sadly missed.
And I just found out that I will be taking a trip to New Hampshire to attend a wedding for my friend Patrick who just got married to his boyfriend, Brandon. They just exchanged the vows this past weekend and will have the reception in October. Very excited!
We will probably have a ton of pictures to share once we come back. Now, back to packing.

The end of August

Well, the Erie County Fair begins this week, which officially means the end of summer. Not like it's a big deal for me anymore. I think once you are through with school, the seasons can come and go.
Heather had her first bridal shower in Long Island this past weekend and from what I hear, it was a success. We had a pretty calm weekend.
Bailey is using his arm more and more. Which is a good thing because we leave for DC on Saturday. We are planning on taking the kiddos to Sesame Place while we are driving back up and since it is a waterpark as well, it would have been difficult had he been in a cast.

The Hospital? Again?

What would the month be like without a trip to the hospital for one of my children? On Wednesday night, I was at my friend Louise's house when Bill called to tell me that Bailey was standing on top of his car port (not the best thing to do) and the entire thing toppled over and he fell on his right arm. So we headed over to LifeTime. By the way, they were incredible there and it took us about 40 minutes from the time we walked in to the time we walked out.
The x-rays showed no broken bones, but Bailey couldn't move his arm. The entire night he screamed in pain when he rolled over it. So yesterday I took him to his pediatrician who said that it was out of jointed and "popped" it back in place (really horrible).
But today he was still on moving it, so we went back to the office and back for more x-rays, but still no broken bones. Dr. Schulman says it is a pretty bad sprain but it should heal within the week.

Already the start of a busy August

Yes, I realize that summers are supposed to be busy, but we are talking about really busy here. It seems as if every week is jam packed with things to get done. On the 13th, we leave for DC on a business trip with Bill. And the day we come back, my cousin Adriann is getting married and we have our 10 year high school reunion. I still can't believe that it's been 10 years since high school.
Heather's first bridal shower is this weekend in Long Island and Kristy's baby shower is at the end of the month.
Then Bailey starts school.
Do I sound like I am whining?