Saturday, July 7, 2012

Things I know about...

After Terefech had been with us for a couple of weeks, I wrote a post here about all the things I knew about Terefech.  Terefech and Declan are lucky to have cousins, Suzanna and Brandon, who make personalized albums for them once or twice a year.  That summer, they took my blog post and turned it word for word into a song.  It is still one of our favorites.  But now we often talk about which parts are still true...so we decided we needed to do an update.  Here it goes...things I know about...

Terefech:
Her favorite color is still yellow.
She still loves Ethiopian food but also loves tacos and pizza and loves to put really spicy stuff on everything.
Her brother is cool most of the time.
She can swing really high all by herself.
She loves to drink lemonade.
She is still very specific about the clothes she likes and the ones she doesn't.
She still smiles a lot.
She is learning to read.
She loves the pool and playing in the water.
She like drawing pictures of herself and her friends.
She has best friends.
She loves school.
She thinks she might be a zoologist when she grows up and wants to study penguins.
She wants to live someplace where the weather is perfect all the time.

Declan:
His favorite color is still orange.
He loves to eat tacos, pizza and watermelon.
He loves having a sister even when she annoys him.
He loves to drink water and milkshakes.
Drums are his favorite instrument to play.
His favorite artist is Jackson Pollack.
We have to make him stop reading at night especially when he is reading science stuff!
He thinks everyone should know about Higgs Boson and is surprised when you don't.
He still won't put his face in the water.
He loves school and learning.
He thinks he might be an astro physicist, F16 fighter pilot or a Lego master builder when he grows up.
He wants to live in a log cabin in the woods when he grows up.
He can spend hours building with Lego bricks.

They are great kids....I could go on but they told me to stop!



Friday, July 6, 2012

What is a trip to Cleveland without a dunk in the hot tub?

The kids love Uncle Shawn's hot tub, their own private swimming pool.
Cousin Greyson swung into town for some family pictures!

Somehow, no pics at the birthday dinner.  But it was Italian and yummy!  We headed to a Lakewood landmark, Malley's for birthday dessert!



Happy 70th Mom and Dad!

Trip to the land of Cleve...

We headed north to celebrate my parents' 70th birthday.  That's right, they have the same birthday.  Wierd, huh?  My dad is older but same day, same year.  Easy to remember.  We made a quick jaunt, a day up, 2 days there, a day back.  The kids love seeing their grandparents, their dog, their cousins and their aunts and uncles.  Our first day was filled with twisting the hair out, the new Cleveland Aquarium and a trip to Lakewood (where my parents live) Park with the dog.  

 This little guy was trying really hard to scale the wall.  That what is called perseverance.  We watched for the longest time, he made no progress.


 Declan is always amazed at the size Lake Erie.  Him and Rich always try to see Canada but never quite make it.

 The skyline of Cleveland from Lakewood.  Going always makes me miss it.  Of course, we only go in the winter so I should say going makes me miss Cleveland in the summer.  I so don't miss it in the winter!




The kids love my parents dog, Jay.  He is sweet and playful.  They love throwing the ball, running after him, and playing tug of war.  All things our sweetheart of a dog does not do!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Panther mini camp

The Carolina Panthers had mini camp during June.  As a special treat, they had a practice at the stadium open to the public and free.  Our kids have become quite the Panthers fans.  Declan has watched since he was a small toddler and has drug Terefech into with him.  They each have a favorite player...can you figure out who?












Summer Shootout!

 We made it to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Tuesday night Summer Shootout series.  Kids race, buys over 40 and our favorite part...school bus races with the principals.  My principal was racing as well as my old principal.  We also had a student from our school racing as well as the Cabarrus County teacher of the year starting the races.  She just happened to be from my school.  There were tons of people there from all the schools so it was great to see some of my students again (I am not going back to my school) and to cheer on everyone!




Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Moustaches

Terefech went to a spy birthday party and brought home these disguises.  Do you recognize these people?



More beach!