Terrible Two's, Trying Three's.....How about Four's??

Hello Everyone. Sorry for the recent lacking of posts however Thomas has been keeping me busy. Thomas has been on a "naughty streak" and as soon as I clean or fix one naughty thing he did, he has struck again and I have yet another thing to clean or fix. Needless to say, he has kept me busy (although now he is cleaning and fixing!). We have had several discussions about "good boy vs. naughty boy" and "big boy vs. little boy". Enjoy the clip below. He decided the other day that our car should wear sunscreen so it doesn't get a sunburn. So, with the Coopertone Continuous Spray, he sprayed nice circles all over the sides and back (he's lucky for unconditional love!) I took the car to the car wash however there was some sunscreen left on the car...so Thomas spent Saturday morning scrubbing the car until ALL the sunscreen was off. That little bugger did a pretty decent job! Just for a chuckle here are some of the other things he has done:
-drew circles on my wall and windows with a crayon
-drew on my couch with a crayon
-peed in his closet on the wall and floor
-drew on the hallway floor and doors to Gabriella's bedroom with a marker
-stands on the counter in the bathroom and pees into the sink (totally missing the sink)
-and the list goes on
Enjoy and keep checking back!

Summer fun

Welcome back to our blog!

Hope all the daddies reading this had a wonderful Father's Day. We had a quiet day at home swimming in the pool (at least Tom did, I folded laundry!)

Yesterday we headed down to Ardmore for a BBQ at Jay's house...on final get together before his big move to D.C. Television has warped my children's minds. They know Uncle Jay is moving to D.C. to work in the White House. When they hear "White House" they automatically think of Disney Channels "Cory in the House" and truly believe that Uncle Jay will be taking over as chef and that Collin and Mya will be living in the White House with Sophie. So, we wish Uncle Jay the best in his new culinary career. Additionally, we are deeply saddened that Jay's dream of working for Hillary Clinton did not come true. Let's go Obama! =) (For those of that you do not know, Jay can not tolerate Hillary at all!) Back to the BBQ- the kids spent the afternoon playing on a Slip and Slide. Check it out! When I was a kid, slip and slide was a piece of plastic you threw down and loaded with water. There were no cool starting points like this one! These kids are spoiled! Regardless, the kids had a blast. And yes, that would be my nephew streaking through the yard and "skinny sliding down the slip and slide" Oh, these are pictures I can't wait to show him in another 15 years!

Last summer, we took the kids to the Drive In to see Shrek 3. Everytime we pass the Drive In (which is very frequently) I am asked "Can we go see a movie there again?" The Drive In is only open in the summer and the kids have realized there are movie listing on the board as we drive by. Kung Fu Panda was playing and we decided to make a trip to the Drive In on Friday night. The kids and I went to the Dollar Store and loaded up on goodies to take with us. Gotta love it.....not even $25 for all four of us to see the movie, treats included. PLUS they do a double feature so 2 movies for the price of 1! The kids put their jammies on and off we went. We opened up the back of the van, laid out our sleeping bags and at exactly 8:50 pm the movie started. Now, the kids were swimming for about 7 hours on Friday so take a guess how much of the movie they saw....exactly...not much. By about 9:30 both kids were sleeping and Tom and I were left watching a movie about a fat panda learning Kung Fu through the use of food! Anyway, here are some pictures from that family outing.

"Baseball, dancing, same game, it's easy...step up to the plate.."

For those of you with youngsters, you would recognize the above quote from "High School Musical 2" when Ryan and Chad are playing baseball and comparing baseball to dancing. Well, that sums up our weekend. Gabriella and Thomas finished school on Friday. Friday night was Girl Scout night at the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees game (yes the farm team is located in wonderful NEPA!) Prior to the game, the girls along with their leaders (yours truly) got to parade around the field. The girls were allowed to speak into the mircophone to announce their troop number and what town they are from. I thought all of the girls in attendance would want to speak in the mircophone so we drew names. On the contrary, my co leader and I had to pull teeth and convince our daugthers to speak. And what a fine job they did! We paraded around the whole field and as we were way out where EVERYONE could see us, Gabriella decides it would be a good time to get extremely cranky because she was hot (as though she was the only one hot...my shirt was drenched with sweat!) Calmly, I told her this was NOT the place to have a major meltdown and to continue to march. Amen, she listened! Picture it: Gabriella throwing herself on the field because she's too hot. Oy! The game started at 7:00. We found the boys and other families. Thomas was already decked out with his new Yankees hat and was set for the post show fireworks. Little did he know how long he had to wait. Every 20 minutes or so the infamous question: fireworks yet? And the answer, no not yet! Finally at 10:30 pm the fireworks started. It was definitely a great way to start summer vacation! We arrived home at 11:30 pm and a few short hours later at 5:30 am woke up for....

Dress Rehearsal!

We arrived at the Scranton Cultural Center for 7:00. I volunteered to be a backstage mom which means while the other mommies are sitting and watching the girls dance, I am entertaining them backstage. This would be fine and dandy if their second dance wasn't third from the end. We were at the rehearsal until 12:45. Yes, that is over 5 hours of entertaining 18 six year old girls with coloring books, water and animal crackers! It's amazing some of those little boogers are still alive! =)

Sunday morning Tom's parents and my parents arrived for lunch. After lunch it was time to get ready for the "big show". Gabriella got all decked out in her costumes, took a few snapshots and off to theatre. She took both ballet and jazz this past year. The show was a combination of New York City and The Lion King. The first half of the show were all songs pertaining to NYC (Uptown girl, Downtown, Working 9-5, Dancing in the Streets, Singing in Central Park, One from Chorus Line, and so on). The second half were all songs from "The Lion King". Gabriella's jazz song was from Disney's "Newsies" (cute movie with excellent music...I highly recommend it!). She danced to "King of New York" and rocked! She was right on beat and didn't miss a move. Her ballet song was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Apparently ballet bores Gabriella as she was ahead, behind, picking her "wedgies" and at one time sighed an exasperated sigh, as though it was taking forever to get through the routine. She definitely is more into the upbeat songs and movement! I foresee tap and jazz being her dances of choice...we shall see in a few more years!

We hope you enjoy the pictures and check back for more updates!

Us lining up

Us parading around the field

The game

Gabriella and her friend Kayla

Champ the mascot

King of New York

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

First time in...

Oh my, it was close to 80 degrees yesterday which meant the kids were antsy to get in the pool. After about 45 minutes of getting ready: bathing suits, getting towels, lathering up with sunscreen and getting in touch with Robbie's (our next door neighbor who is also 6) mom to see if he could join us, we went in the pool for a whoping 10 minutes....it was FREEZING! Upon entering my legs went numb. Gabriella went in all the day only to leap back to the ladder to get out. Thomas made me carry him and as he dripped ice cold water down my back, he was forced back onto the ladder. Robbie made it to his knees before his lips turned blue, was covered in goose bumps and was convulsing from the coldness. Well, at least we can say "we've been in the pool". Next week is suppose to get up to 90 degrees so hopefully the water will warm up a bit.

Enjoy the pics. Sorry the movie clips are sideways...I keep forgetting I can't turn my camera vertical.