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Olivers First Day of Kindergarten!

Well the day that we never expected to come is finally here.  It’s a bit cliche but boy does time fly.  Oliver is safe and sound at home playing with his sister like he didn’t miss a beat, even with riding the bus alone and everything.  He made it there, and back – and came off the bus pretty excited.  So seems like the day went pretty good.  This is the point where you sit back proud as can be at how big he is becoming, and excited for what tomorrow holds.

Well we took our first trip to the zoo this year and had a blast. It was pretty hot, but the kids were excellent for the whole trip. We wanted to get down there before the Creatures of Habitat exhibit was over, and I can proudly say that we were able to stop at each of he individual lego displays and snap a photo. Towards the end the kid were getting tired (even though i pulled them in their wagon with the cooler all day) but once we got the last one they had a pretty big celebration at our accomplishment.
We even went on a few rides – which is the first time we actually did something more than just look at the animals. Oliver wanted to go on the swan paddle boats, summer took a pony ride, and we all went on a ride on the carousel.

The next day we had fun in the sun with the our neighbor with water guns, sprinklers, and a bunch of running around.

Well this past weekend the kids went up to my mothers for the weekend.  From what I can tell they had a blast – my mom took some pictures which I just uploaded with the rest of our photos.  They did a lot of playing outside, eating and I am sure created plenty of chaos on the inside as well, and by the looks of the photos spent lots of time in comfy jammies.  Rumor has it, at least one (possibly more) tickle monsters kept the kids busy as well.

We snapped some photos of Summer before she went to her dress rehearsal and photos.  They came out pretty good.  Here is a sneak peak of her costume for the dance recital.

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As many know Kim and I went last week for vacation. This was the first time we went away without the kids for more than a few nights to NYC when I used to work for nyctrip. Overall it was a pretty good time, I didn’t update the blog with daily posts because the place we stayed didn’t include internet for free. I figured I could wait until we got home instead of paying $5 an hour to type away on the computer instead of enjoying the beach.
The trip was mostly just laying and relaxing in the sun, but we did try and take advantage of what was available as well. We went parasailing which was somewhat of a surprise since Kim is afraid of heights – but it was a pretty awesome experience. We took out a two person kayak into the ocean a few times, which was pretty fun – even though we kept getting spun around from either the current or our inexperience in a kayak. The resort was all inclusive, so we made sure to enjoy a few frosty beverages as well as an assortment of interesting meals. Keeping true to my trying different food while away we tried frog legs as well as various Conch dishes.
I went on a half day deep sea fishing trip, and brought in a pretty nice sized wahoo. I had a few fillets from that fish that night at dinner – can’t get much more fresh than catching and eating it shortly after. The fishing trip was pretty interesting, but in the end perhaps a bit costly considering what it’s like. We caught a few other fish, one of which was a yellow fin tuna that got bitten in half by a shark before it made it to the boat.

Well that’s a quick rundown of the trip – sadly today its back to real life / work.

Today we just stayed near the hotel.  Went and checked out downtown Annapolis and the Westfield mall.  Couldn’t get the kids to go on the boats or anything, so it was mostly a quick walk around to look at the different boats and walking around the sites and shops of downtown Annapolis followed by the trip to the mall, so only a few pictures added for today.

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We just got back from breakfast and the kids are watching Sonic while we get ready for today’s adventure. Yesterday was a pretty full one. The kids favorites were the aquarium and the Red Sox vs Orioles game. However I am not 100% sure that jumping on the hotel bed doesn’t trump those. The Red Sox game was the first MLB game any of us have gone to – thanks to our friend Mr. Fallon for the suggestion, and company.

Here are the photos thus far

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Well I just started pulling off the pictures from our Baltimore weekend getaway and realized that I didn’t get post the birthday party pics yet.

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2005

You know I cannot count the number of times we heard ‘cherish these moments, they are gone before you know it’ or something along those lines over the years, and each time i just said ‘yeah, yeah, ok, sure’ or something to that effect. But as expected they are right. It is hard to believe that we have been parents for 5 years. It’s hard to believe how much our little boy has grown. Time really has flown by, but I think we have done a good job of enjoying the moments as they come along.

It feels like just yesterday when Kim yelled to me that it was time to get to the hospital that the boy was coming. I can still remember the excitement, and fear that was flooding in at that very moment as if it were just yesterday. Quite a few hours later we had our son who was tiny as could be and couldn’t really do much of anything, and this past Easter he was flying down the road on his new bicycle.

It’s been quite a ride, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world, Happy Birthday little guy.

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Well Summer wanted to show off her just out of the bath outfit for everyone to see.

as well as some shots from her dance class

and finally this past weekend the kids wanted to head over to Nescopeck State park for some Hiking

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