Happy Fourth Fun
The day started with a 5k for mum (next year E+L are going to do it too!), and early morning baking for E
then the kids races…
baking competition…
ice-cream eating competition…
chillax at home / pool. Then return to the park for a picnic & fireworks in the evening 🙂
we also got to play with the refraction glasses Eli made at summer camp…
Happy fourth!
Summer Basketball is a whole new level
Wow they have raised the benchmark…the new coach is ex-College and whilst tough Lachie is going to learn alot 🙂
(between, it’s all about the shoes…eek!)
End of Season Softball Party
What a first season of softball – with amazing group of girls and positive encouraging coaches – Eli is hooked! I think there is going to be a whole lot more softball in our future…
Last day of 2nd & 4th grade already…
The kids school does their traditional all-in school rainbow (each grade is a different colour):
We do our traditional pizza celebration dinner:
Bring on summer!
A NY Giants Father’s day
Happy father’s day to the best dad ever!
this year for dad’s flag tradition – it is a NY Giants flag(even though Lchie wanted to get a Patriots one!)
Plus dad’s turn to choose lunch 🙂
Eli’s 10th Birthday party
What a night…it took on the traditonal format of pizza and Sundae bar
with the addition of Bean boozled (eek!) – every flavour bean….
meanwhile the boys were laying low…
and finished with a movie sleep out. Happy birthday gorgeous bear xx
Great days
Eek! Sweaty pickups…..Yes I had a great day at school mum 🙂
Family Trifecta
Today we attempted and successfully completed the family trifecta – run, play, dance – all in one day. It never rains it pours.
Kickoff was at 8am in Central park for my first 10k…
Followed by Eli’s piano recital
(who hit it out of the park – thanks Fabian!)
Finalised by Lachie’s dance concert…
(with a fierce performance!)
We had a lot to celebrate at dinner time 🙂
Dad took the award though for being the BEST pit crew ever 🙂
Liberty Science Center
Today Lachie and I went on a school excursion to Liberty Science center – which was lots of fun 🙂
Makos
We have a new word in our family vocabulary….MAKOS. The Maplewood Swim team. Eli has decided she wants to join and be at training at 7am through the summer…and freezing try outs at 8am in early June…brrrrrrrrrrr:
Lach was not having a bar of it! Eli has promised she will have herself up for training every morning as we don’t want to be dragging ourselves and her up. Let’s see how that goes???
The day continued with softball for Eli and a game up pickup football for the brothers (in the second photo – look in the distance behind the softball field)
and then girl scouts to earn their gardening badge – rain/hail/shine 🙂
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