#3...the finished product!!

Thank you Uncle John for this awesome present!  Paul absolutely loves it and the boys think that it is cool too!  I even tried it!  LOTS of fun!!  Happy New Year!!

#2-Paulie and the Rotator Painter

Paul's #1 video in a series of 3....Rotator Painter.  : )

I love Christmas time!!

Decorating sugar cookies!

Frosting as an art form!

YUM!!

Paul and Mommy decorating cookies together.

I love my David!!

Christmas Eve together with the family.

Merry Christmas Eve after Mass.

Santa CAME!!!!

Lego Excavator Transport from Santa

David's first Beyblade!!

Paul's 3rd Beyblade....L-Drago

Christmas Chaos....

Lego Mine from Santa

Book from Grandma and Papa

Hero Factory from Grandma and Papa

DOUBLE Beyblades!!

BusyTown from Uncle Jeff and Aunt Melissa!!

Whoops...forgot to post these last month!!

The boys finished their swimming lessons last month, and between Paul's bday, trying to get my BBQ sauce off the ground, and life in general....I forgot to post these videos of the boys' last day of lessons.  : )

First of all, I have to say that Paul would not even jump off the side of the pool last year, and now he is doing THIS!!  Brave Paul!  So proud of both of them!!

And in this one, I love how Henry is orchestrating their dives together....Watch him tell Paul what to do.  Then Paul does a great job swimming by himself to his teacher.  Next, we see Henry waiting for his "girlfriend" Tessa to jump, and finally Henry does a CRAZY jump into the water!!  (at the end, you can hear me say, "WHOA!  What was that?"  after Henry's dive.)  : )

Happy 8th Birthday, Paul!

Paul showing the family his new gift from Uncle John.  Hero Factory Legos!!  A new villain!

 Paul smiles for the camera!

 Paul with Uncle Tom, Aunt Emily and Uncle John.  : )

 Mother and daughter....I love this one.  : )

 Time to blow out the candles.....Make a wish!

Paul decided that he wanted Charlie Brown on the back of a dragon....of course.  ; )  Daddy is SO talented!!

Henry swimming!!

The H-man takes to the water just like a fish.  He swims until he cannot swim anymore...he absolutely LOVES being in the water.  He has done wonderfully this session too, and I am so proud of him.  The boy literally has no fear.  A good and bad thing.  : )  I think that it will help him in life!!

Paul swimming!

Here's Paulie swimming to the lane markers.  This was taken from last week.  He has already gotten better, and has smoother arm strokes.  This boy might be a swimmer!  Look out Michael Phelps!!

Bates' Swimming Lessons......

The boys LOVE swimming and swimming lessons at Bates with the boys' swim team is simply the BEST!!  Paul and Henry love their teachers and have so much fun with them each lesson.  They look forward to the next afternoon with Brett and Matt, and can't wait to get in the pool!!  This Fall's lessons will come to an end tomorrow with the Fun Day!!  Wonder how many times Henry will jump off the 3 meter board?!  Man, that makes me nervous.....  But he loves it!!  And has been talking about it for 2+ weeks now.

Here are a couple of videos of the boys swimming. They have come SO far since last year.  It truly blows me away.  Good job, Paul and Henry!!  We love you!

I love long weekends!!

We have been having so much fun going to the beach with the boys this summer, and this afternoon was no different.  They LOVE the water and swimming in it.  Although it was a little chilly this afternoon, we still had a great time.  Pine Point tomorrow....the ocean!!

 On Paul's first day of 3rd grade....

 On Henry's first day of Kindergarten!!

 I love that we walk to school.  Warms my heart.  : )

My sweet darling, Henry......waiting in line to go to school for the first time.  He absolutely LOVES it!!

Blueberries and Baseballs.....

David showing off his quart of berries from Goss Farms.

Henry ate almost as many berries as he picked.  ; )

Although Paul doesn't eat blueberries, he loves to pick them.

Paul, Henry, David and Brian enjoy some Amato's Italian sandwiches at our tailgate before the Seadogs baseball game.

The boys outside Hadlock before the first pitch!

After the game, the boys wanted to take their picture with Slugger the Seadog!

David's ice cream sundae was bigger than his head!

Henry and Mommy.  : )

Paulie and Daddy.

H-man and his 'scream!!

David casting out....

David LOVES casting out, and I have to say has figured it pretty darn good for a three year old.  Can't wait to get him to Lake Ontario and let him catch the BIG one!!

P.S.  I love how he turns around at the end to see the look on my face.  : )

20th High School Reunion....Go Eddies!!

A day at the Beach....

Life in June....

We are busy with all that involves raising three little boys.....Father's Day yesterday, and summer vacation is upon us. I have my 20th High School reunion this weekend, and a final PTO meeting tomorrow night before a summer respite. One more year as president, and then a new mom can take over. :) Here are some pictures from this weekend. We had our annual End of the Year Lobster dinner!! complete with clams, fries and a salad. And Sunday, the ice cream man made a visit to Fern Street. Henry and David picked their ice cream out quickly, but Paul took his time looking over all of the options, and then finally picked one. Love and miss you all!! 5 weeks until our big trip!!!