Wordless Wednesday

Formal uniform for Mondays, special events and field trips


Regular uniform for Tues-Thurs.
On Friday he gets to wear his PE uniform all day :)

Danny starts Kindergarten on Monday! Tomorrow is open house and a play date at a local playground for all the kids grade 2 and under. Danny was really scared and nervous, till we went to the school today to fill out all the paperwork and get some uniforms. He could not wait to try them on and then cried cause he has to wait till Monday for school :) :)

We decided to go with the private school that he went to camp this summer. The classes are so much smaller than other private and public schools around here. His class will have 8-10 kids. They really stress other activities as well as academics. He will start playing an instrument, learn Karate and T-Ball. They have a really large Art building that has a whole room of computers. They also have an acre playground and a pool. He will start off the day walking around a track with all the other kids. This helps the kids get some energy out and some socialization done before settling into class.
This school also stresses community participation and leadership skills.
We are so looking forward to this!!

finished with the playset! :)

Bye Bye grampy! Love you :)


Saying goodbye to Grampy at the airport, very sad. He acted out Sunday and Monday. He kept saying he was sad :(


Yes, that is a lot of mulch! Grampy is gone so we had to do it all by ourselves :(


The finished playset!! Both kids love it and want to be on it all the time.


This would be the mole that the dogs were going crazy over! They chased the poor thing all around, Danny screamed and Victoria was blowing kisses at it :)


Dan's new toy :) His new portable shed. It was delivered today and boy is he happy!!
I am happy too cause it means I will be able to park in the garage!! woo hoo!

Another Busy Day!

This is what Grampy did first thing this am, he called it stretching to cart 5-6 bags of mulch with the wheelbarrel.


We took a trip over to the Jacksonville Naval Air Station. My dad spent two months here a very long time ago with the marines and wanted to see it again. Alas he did not remember any of it, they have made too many changes. We also drove down to the marina to check on the boat.


Dan and Danny got their haircut on base while the rest of us checked out the PX and the Commissary. I have never seen Dan with hair this short!! :) cutie :)


Danny and Grampy at lunch at the Budweiser Brew House on base, you can see Danny's hair is high and tight :)


This is what happens when you say Cheese!


Checking out the planes on base


Grampy gets into the princess thing :)


AFter we got back to the house we decided to finish off the last couple of items on the playset. We also laid out the wood to set a boundary around it.


Victoria learned the climbing rocks quickly


Checking out the swings with Grammy


Victoria has figured out the slide! and loves it :)


Setting up the play area. Dan had a plan :)


Both kids helped us!

We had a great dinner of spaghetti with Dan's infamous homemade sauce! We all ate, relaxed and then watched the Olympics!
GO USA!!

Danny thinks Grammy and Grampy are staying, he does not realize that they are leaving tomorrow :(

Busy Busy Friday!

This is a playset?
Little did Grampy know that we had an ulterior motive in wanting visiters ;)


Victoria pitching in, till Grammy woke up and babysat :)


Started building in the garage first. This tower was the hardest to put together and the most confusing part of the process.


Put in place - boy does it look small :)


Does this thing ever end?!?!?


We went until the batteries died on the drill!!
Almost done, just need a little bit more time tomorrow. Danny was just beside himself wanting to play.

We all cleaned up and headed out to a great dinner at Blu Grotto! Yummy italian.
Watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and all asleep :)

Day trip to St. Augustine

Starting the morning with Grampy hugs and love!


Getting ready to take off on the sightseeing train.
The train has 22 stops all around the city and you can get on and off all day.
Our first stop was the St. Augustine Lighthouse.

Made it to the top - all 219 steps! Danny wasn't even winded :)


Looking up at the huge lighthouse lens


What a view from the top!


Just chillin at the top!


Danny and Grampy coming back down the lighthouse


At the lighthouse museum, she was nice and cool in her Hawaain outfit from my aunt and uncle.


We had lunch at an Irish pub and happened to sit near this plaque! Turns out the owner is a Cunningham (my maiden name) and my dad's name :)


Beautiful Architecture


A historic street in St. Augustine.

It was hot! The news said 105 with the heat index! We got back home around 4 and played in the sprinkler!

Surprise Wednesday!

We were very busy cleaning out the back 40 this am. Both kids "helped".
The whole time we were keeping them busy we had a BIG secret!!
At the same time Grampy and Grammy were in the air on their way down here from Boston!!!


Oh my gosh! We thought he was going to pee his pants he was so excited!! He just kept screaming: oh my gosh! my grampy!


Yah Grammy!!


Love you Grampy!


Gabe brought Dan a present! :) :)


Hey - what are these?!?!? Can I kiss them?


I am melting!!

Fav Foto Fri

I am ready to go out now :)


Woo Hoo!!!
We are starting to use the potty!!
She has been telling us when she has to go #2 for a while, so we now run to the potty and get set up and today it finally worked :)
She also isn't feeling too good, fever of 99.9 and kind of glassy eyed.
Her 18 month clothes are getting too small so I had to open up the 24 month box.
our little baby is growing up!! :(