First Day of Camp

Here is Jack excited and ready to go for his first day of camp at preschool! He had a great time and believe it or not the part that was the most intriguing to him was that they slept there, that they had a nap! Too cute! :) He had such a great time, walked in, kissed me goodbye said see you later and had no clue that mom cried all the way to school. I know that he had a great time and I know that he loved being there but it was so hard to leave him there, he is my little man :)

Jealous!

Ok, I have to admit that I am more than a little jealous of all you women out there who can keep your figures during and after pregnancy. I am on my third and final pregnancy and dream of the days when I use to fit into my size 8 pants and cute little summer dresses. Not to mention I used to flit around the beach in a bikini and little shorts never thinking twice about a full length cover up! Cycles of life I guess! It is just a hard pill to swallow thinking that all my cute little clothes will probably go out of style or decompose before I can find myself anywhere near them again but I cannot seem to make myself throw them out. For those of you that can leave the hospital in your pre prego pants I salute you and wish that I could walk out those doors in your shoes. When I leave this time I will have to glue myself to my sneakers. If you have helpful hints or tips please share!

Back in time

Thank you Pere pere

Dear Pere Pere,
Thank you for looking out for Jack, thank you for taking care of him and for guiding him even in your physical absence. It is comforting to know that you are guiding him, teaching him and surrounding him in your love. Jack has been speaking of you often lately. Just recently we asked him where he learned something and he said " Pere Pere." I asked him if he spoke with you and he said yes, Pere pere teaches him lots of things. I asked where he saw you and he said that you were with God in heaven and that God takes him to meet you. Jack looked up to you here on earth and loved nothing more then tagging along in your shadow, it is nice to know that he still holds that spot. I pray that he is always able to lean on your strength and learn from your wisdom.
We love and miss you pere pere.

SUMMER IS HERE

I am so excited to say that summer time is here! YIPEE! I am so glad that it is finally here. I am looking forward to spending some time with the boys and I hope that we get to do lots of fun things this summer :) This week is filled with appointments and checkups, all that stuff you do not have time for during the school week and then on Monday Jack goes to preschool summer camp for a week and I start summer school! It won't be too bad but it will be the first summer in four years I have had to work :( We will still have afternoons to swim and play :) Here is to the summer that awaits!

Is it summer yet?

I want it to be summer! I am taking a break from writing my 25th end of the year narratives and trying to get sub plans ready for Tuesday and all I want to do is research fun things to do with the boys this summer! They are both getting so big and will be so much fun this summer. They are both pretty independent and love to hang out. Do not get me wrong, boys will be boys and they have their moments but I have to say for the most part they are best buddies :) I love it. So here are my plans for the summer. I will be teaching summer school until July but only half days and through Thursdays and I want to do fun stuff :) I think the Philly Zoo, Sesame World, Maybe Busch Gardens, camping trips, swimming lessons, Jack has a week at summer day camp (he is so excited) the beach of course and .......if you have thoughts or ideas let me know. I am open to all and so excited to get out and about with the little ones this year. I would totally vote for a water park too, I will be the beached whale. I hate being pregnant in the summer.Well, let's face the truth I do not make a very good pregnant lady. My favorite part of the whole process is when it is out!!! :)

Visit

Over Memorial day weekend Grandma Leen, Grand-PA and Julie came down for a visit! The boys loved it! Grandpa and Jack set up their new bunk beds which have been a huge success! We kept everyone very busy! We spent one day at the beach, the boys never tired of the sand or the water and we had to drag them home :) We took one day and went to Strosburg Railroad (Charlie and Grand-Pa are in the picture) and Mike and I even got a date night! What a treat! It was so good to see everyone :) Hopefully it won't be as long between visits!.

Jack is promoted

On Thursday Jack was promoted in preschool! It was too cute! First all the kids proceeded in and sang songs for the moms and dads and then they proudly walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. It was very nice. Jack will def miss preschool. He loved all the kids, the teachers and has learned so much! Preschool days were def his favorite days of the week. He woke up every morning and asked if today was preschool day! I hope his enthusiasm for school continues as he grows :)

Catch up

So it seems that I am always trying to play catch up on this little blog of mine. I try to make time for it, I try to get to it but two little men, a house and 25 fourth graders keep me very busy and I am not as good, obviously, at juggling my time as some of my fellow bloggers :) I try! I promise!
Included with this post are my two men at the DogWood Festival. DogWood day is a celebration that our little town puts on every year and is quite cute. It is celebrated by a parade and then there is a little festival that follows. It is very cute. The picture is of the boys waving their American Flags.

#3 SPARKY

So baby #3 is doing well! Just had the ultrasound today and everything is as it should be. I have to go next week for one more just to make sure. Sparky, as Jack refers to our new family member :) seems to either be a little big for their age or we are ahead of schedule and my due date is earlier then anticipated. Yipee!!!!