52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 21

Week 21- weekly update includes breakfast out with the middle and little, last elementary concert for the big, and more baseball (of course!).

Sunday May 21st

David was off to a birthday party for a friend so I took the little and middle out for breakfast at our favorite spot and of course they wanted to wear their team hats!

Breakfast shenanigans!

Tucker's hats at Tuckers!

Monday May 22nd

David had his last elementary school concert!  Since he was the only cello player in the entire 5th grade he was featured as a soloist!

Cello Solo

Sweet Dance moves!

David with his music teacher (Chorus 1 & 2 - Orchestra and Band 4 &5)!

David's chorus teacher since 3rd grade!

Friday May 25th

What's a little baseball in the pouring rain!  David scored on a bases loaded walk, that was 1 of 2 runs he scored that night!

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 20

Week 20 - weekly update includes the annual Mother's Day Brunch, BGS All School Meeting, Evan's well check and a baseball game!

Sunday May 14th

We had our annual brunch today and I'm a very lucky mom to call these three boys mine!

The yellow one was David's and now I can add Shaun's to my collection!  Looking forward to getting my 3rd one in a couple years!

Thursday May 18th

On Thursday morning, the 3rd grade hosted the all school meeting and Shaun played My Country, 'Tis of Thee on the recorder.

Black Belt Recorder Player

That afternoon, I picked up my SEVEN year old for his well check appointment!  He's growing like a weed!

Friday May 19th

In one of the few nice days we've had so far this Spring, I took the boys to watch the high school kids play baseball!  It was fun for them to see the big kids play and who knows maybe someday they'll play on that team!

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 19

Week 19 - weekly update includes birthday breakfast (FINALLY!), baseball and the high school musical!

Sunday May 7th

We finally had time to celebrate this nugget turning SEVEN!  What better way to celebrate than with a delicious waffle with strawberries whipped cream from Tucker's!

Thursday May 11th

Line drive single, safe at first and a high five from the first base coach!

Saturday May 13th 

Busy day today with baseball games and tickets to see the high schools production of Into the Woods!

Another long single for David!

Evan playing 3rd base!

Ready for the show to start!  

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 18

Week 18 - weekly update includes the annual Polar Plunge, Evan turning SEVEN and some baseball and musical performances!

Sunday April 30th

Our annual Polar Plunge cookout.  Water temperature was 65 degrees.  The water was warmer than the air that day!

Celebrating Evan's Birthday while we had some friends over for our plunge!

Monday May 1st

Evan is SEVEN!  My friend made him a very special cake for him to share with his class!

Saturday May 6th

Today was supposed to be our Baseball league family fun day, but Mother Nature had other plans and flooded our fields the night before with a massive rain storm.  It continued into the morning, so the call to postpone the parade of players was a good one.

That meant though, the boys were able to participate in their music school Preform-A-Thon mini concert with their singing group the Purple Finches.  Evan debuted his first solo!

With a lot of work from our league President and VP's, Shaun and Evan manged to squeeze in their very first game of the season (after being rained out their first two games).  Just as they were shaking hands the skies opened up and flooded the fields again.  

Shaun's first hit!

The AAA games were cancelled after the afternoon rain, but it gave time for them to dry so the Majors could play.  David had a great game, with a base hit and some good base running to get to third on steals.  His team won in extra innings 4 to 3.

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 17

Week 17 - weekly update includes April vacation fun and our trip to NYC!

Tuesday April 25

Today I took the boys to the studio to take their spring portraits!

Wednesday April 26th

We headed to NYC for a few days.  Once we checked into the hotel we decided to walk down to Central Park and walk around before eating dinner at Todd English Food Hall.

The boys in Central Park

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Omi & Grammy take on Central Park

Todd English Food Hall - a little something for everyone!

Thursday April 27th

We had dinner reservations at 5pm and the show didn't start until 7pm so we decided to spend the morning at the Museum of Natural History!  After the museum we had some downtime at the hotel and then headed to dinner at Carmine's.  It was delicious, but you have to be willing to share something with the table.  We ordered Chicken and Eggplant Parm and spaghetti with sausage.  There were so many other dishes I would have tried at this place.  Maybe next time I need to go with a bigger group!

The boys learning about animal evolution

Fun at the museum!

While killing some time before dinner we stopped in at the M&M store and ran into the Blue M&M!

Dinner at Carmine's did not disappoint!

We are ready for the show!

Friday April 28th

We did not have to check out of the hotel until 1pm so we headed our early and went to the Empire State Building.  We had wanted to do the Statue of Liberty, but I didn't plan that out in advance so the Empire State Building, with a view of the Statue of Liberty would have to do!

On the 86th floor!

The 102nd floor observation deck!

All the way to the top!

Shake Shack, the Grandmother's favorite meal of the trip!

Naughty children!

Saturday April 29th 

Back from NYC, and in full Wonka form, Shaun went to a local candy shop to celebrate his friends birthday and make candy!

Shaun's candy creations!

Friends since preschool!

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 16

Week 16 - weekly update includes Easter, baseball games and the start of our school vacation week!

Sunday April 16th

The Easter Bunny made a stop at our house this morning.

Don't let the Santa jammies fool you, it really was EASTER!

Happy Easter!

Tuesday April 18th

David's first game in the majors!  He had a good night and his team won!

David's first game in the Majors!

Thursday April 20th

A night of baseball!  Shaun and Evan had their first practice tonight!

David had his second Majors baseball game, it was not as great a night for him as his first game, but his team still came out on top!

Struck out looking!

Saturday April 22nd

No baseball because of school vacation week, so we kicked off our vacation with dinner at one of our favorite places Ciao Pasta!

Shaun loves his eggplant!

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 15

Week 15 - weekly update includes first baseball practice and Easter preparations!

Friday April 14th

David's first practice with the majors!

Saturday April 15th

Look who we ran into!

Coloring eggs!

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Thankful for the holiday traditions!

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52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 14

Week 14 - weekly update includes the school talent show!

Thursday April 6th

Evan preforms Lemonade Stand for the school talent show!

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52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 13

March 26 to April 1st

This week was a blur.  I had board meetings, baseball meetings and helped with the Book Fair and Ice Cream Social at the school and realized I didn't take one single picture!  I knew moving to a weekly posting system was going to be a necessity with how busy life has become for all of us!