For Damian's birthday this year, I threw him a surprise party at Chuck E Cheese (with the help of his mom). I know it's not what most adults would want, but he loved it! We had a lot of friends and family there to celebrate with us. We had a ton of fun!
Isabel was a princess bride for Halloween, and Cael was Winnie the Pooh. Both were adorable. I promise I will post more pictures later, but it's late!
Damian was able to go with Isabel on her 1st field trip this year. They went to Klackle's Orchard. They had a blast, even though it was cold! I was very jealous, but Cael and I had a good time at home together!
Cael is now 8 months old! I can not believe how fast it has flown by. He is an expert at army crawling, and is pulling him self up on things like couches and cruising right along. He also like to walk holding hands. He has 2 cute little teeth on the bottom. They did give him (and me) some trouble when they were coming through, poor boy. He like to try new foods, and has a very healthy appetite. He is very attached to me, but adores his dad and sister too. Cael is fascinated by our cat, who sometimes tolerates a brief petting from him. Cael definately takes after his sister when it comes to sleeping, and by that, I mean he doesn't sleep very well on his own. We do our best. I am absolutely crazy about my little baby boy. We are so delighted and grateful he is a part of our family!
Grass!
Yay for boxes! Best toys ever.
My explorer!
Isabel's back in preschool! She is loving it, of course, and is coming home with super cute crafts. She's growing up so fast!
My little brother, Quinton and his wonderful wife Lisa had their official wedding on June 20th. I, of course, forgot my camera, so I have been patiently waiting for my Aunt to email some and for the other wedding pictures to be delivered. Here is the first batch I have received! Damian was one of the groomsman and Isabel was one of the flower girls. More pictures and details to come!
Since we missed 4th of July Fireworks, we decided to go to firework the week after in Lowell. We normally go every year because it's not super crowded, and it's a good show. Damian's mom, Kris, road with us in our tiny little Honda, and Damian decided to squeeze in back with the kids on the way there. He looked awfully uncomfortable.
Kris normally refuses to have her picture taken, so this was my covert-ops picture taking!
Isabel playing by the beach.
This dog belongs to friends of ours. Isabel just adored it and dragged the poor dog around for a while.
Us.
And my attempt at photographing fireworks.
We went to Krupp Farms for the last day of strawberry picking for the season with our Ward's playgroup. Isabel had a blast, and Cael just enjoyed being outside, as always. Unfortunately, we were assigned to a few rows that had already been picked over once (because evidently a playgroup isn't "serious" enough about picking strawberries to get the good rows), but we managed to pick half a pound worth of edible berries. Which Isabel ate completely by herself. The little punk didn't save me any! Here are my pictures from the activity! I didn't get a ton, but a few of them turned out cute!
I'm not sure why Isabel felt the need to strike a Superman pose, but here it is...
This pictures has the most of Cael's face in it out of all my pictures. I'm pathetic!!
