3 posts in one day....what is going on? lol

Believe it or not, the sun did come out on Saturday this past weekend. I made a mad dash for the beach. We live 3/10 of a mile from the beach and never go. This year I made a decision to go anytime there is sun. The kids loved every minute. JD is finally walking barefoot in the sand. Anne won't/can't/shouldn't get out of the water, she gets all sandy, wet and gooey and loves every minute of it!!!

JD took a little snooze at the beach, he went right under Miss Laurie's umbrella and went to sleep. Nice!!!!

I don't dare go into the ocean EVER....even in 90 degree weather, it is still ice cold here in Mass. Oh well, sitting on the beach, reading a book, kids having a blast...what is better?

504 and JD's new school

These pictures are some of the accomodations that the other elementary school in our town has made for another little person in our town!! She is in the 5th grade and we are very friendly with her parents. They were so nice to share stories, pictures, etc with me. I was able to have Maddy "walk" me around to show me everything in her school for her...it truly was eye opening and very reassuring for me. I learned that other than a few simple hygiene accomodations, there wasn't much that needs to be changed. I am glad to have the oppurtunity to have gone there and talk to so many wonderful teachers, and administrators. (plus many of JD's teachers, I had when I was little, so that was fun seeing them again...lol)

We have finally got our written 504 plan for JD. We have met with the school he is attending in the fall (the same school he will go K-5) and they have been nothing but great. We have a relationship with his teacher already as she is Annie's teacher currently. They are buying a new water table, adjusting the faucet so he can reach, making a platform for hand washing, platform for the toilet, etc. They have been great and we are quite pleased with our outcome!!!

Now, are they ready for JD???? LOL Ready or not,, here he comes!!!!

Camping for Memorial Day Wknd

We rented a pop up trailer for Memorial Day weekend and took the kids camping in Brewster (Cape Cod). My kids love to camp...right after my own heart!!! I love hanging by the fire, exploring the area we are camping at...eating off the fire pit...etc.

We tried to go "fishing" ... but the weather here in New England, Specifically the south shore of Massachusetts has been HORRIBLE...seriously we went from spring to fall..60s with no sight of the sun. The kids didn't mind the sprinkles of rain we got while camping, they only lasted minutes...

All in all, we had a great time. We are looking to get bikes for everyone so we can have another thing to do while we are camping, there were so many bike trails at this state park, it would have been great to have a bike!!!! Next time!!!

Long Lost blogger.....

Not sure what we have been doing, but I haven't been blogging...so here is a recap real quick....

We met with the Camenga Family at the New England Aquarium, geez, what a month ago??? We had a blast...It was nice to meet our first blogging family. We hope to have them back for a boat ride and a cookout!!!!

We went to LPA regional...Anne started Tball...JD graduated from his gymnastics class...(not happily at the ceremony) and we went camping and we have been faithful fire pit users in our backyard...thanks new england for the ick weather my kids were wearing winter hats roasting marshmallows.....I guess we have been busy!!!!!

We had a great 504 meeting with the elementary school about JD entering this fall into the PreK program, the custodian is building platforms and changing door handles and buying stools, etc. What a great meeting and JD goes next week (hopefully) with Anne to walk around the school (he is going to the same teacher Annie has now) and he will actually share a bathroom with his big kindergarten sister!!! So fun....

So I will attach some random pics of our recent events!!!

Just to catch up!

Kind of a scrambled post!!!!! We went to the Boston CHildren's musuem one really, really wet Friday night...why I am not sure? Gluten for punishment, maybe? The kids had a blast, how could you not at a place made for just kids???? On Friday nights, it is only $1 for admission, how can you beat that? As opposed to spending $45 for a family of 4 to enter the building. JD liked the water table room, the golf ball room and the construction room, (big front loaders, bob cats, etc to climb on!!! a little boy's dream). Anne liked the shopping room (that's my girl) and the rock climbing wall.

The other pictures of Easter are from my grandfather's annual Easter Egg hunt which is also in Boston. Actually this year was held on Boston College's campus for 300 kids! I should mention that my Grandfather passed away almost 27 years ago...and his tradition of doing things for the kids of Boston still holds strong!!! They put 16,000 eggs out and everyone runs wild...well except for JD, he is NOT fond of the Easter Bunny, the thought of the Easter Bunny, the looks of the EB, etc. He went for a short walk with Daddy to check out the fire trucks. That was more up his alley!!!

So, jumbled post but still fun. The picture of the kids with socks on their hands is a puppet show where they made the sock puppets. JD was a snake, and Anne was a beautiful princess....

Hope everyone has a great week....Go Bruins, Red Sox and Celtics!!!! Yeah Boston.

Trout Farm and Bowling

Anne being a lobster at the Cabby Shack.
JD's turn to be a lobster!!!
I tried to catch them all feeding the fish together...
JD and Anne watching the baby trout swim for the food.

Living on the south shore sure does have it's perks at times (especially when the weather is nice). A friend of mine told us about the Trout farm on Cape Cod. Well the Cape is only 25 minute ride and it is nice so we went on Saturday with the kids. What a great place. The best way to describe it was long bowling alley type bays filled with trout!!! You buy some food for a $.25 and feed the fish...what could be better!!! These days it is hard to find something cheap and fun to do!!! JD and Anne had a blast..the fish sort of jump out of the water to eat the pellets...

After the trout farm we went up to Plymouth for lunch and ate at the Cabby Shack and walked out on the Plymouth Jetty, it was pretty windy, so we didn't stay long but got a couple of pictures of the day!!!




On Sunday, we went bowling with Cousin Emilee and Auntie Debbie #2...we have two Auntie Debi's. We had a blast. THe kids bowled... Anne's first time without needing help...JD went up to the red line and dropped the balls and was as happy as can be. Emilee was a great bowler and came in first place...ah hem, I think she plays the Wii bowling too much!!! ha ha!!!

**Don't mind the bandaid, JD was rubbing his head on the floor as he walked and managed to get some rug burn....nice...




After bowling Deb and I took them out for food at a restaurant then back to my brother's for some more fun...all in all a great weekend was had by all.

JD in training for the Olympics!!!

Now that we have the brace off, we (I mean JD) have been living the life. We joined Tumblefun Gymnastics today. It is a gymnastics program for 2-14 year olds. The run, jump, slide, crawl under things, walk on balance beams, swing on monkey bars and play games! It is a fun filled packed 45 minutes!!! JD loved it. He learned to do the swan, a scale, a V seat and impressed the teachers with his flexibility!!!!!

This week the theme was animals. You had to fish for an animal and bring it back to its home. JD had a camel. He got to bring it back to the desert. What a great experience and boy was he tired at the end of 45 minutes!!!!

Here are some photos of him in the class....I had to walk away a couple of times because I was cramping his "style"...god I love not having a brace....FREEDOM!!!!


Swinging like a monkey through the forest!


Walking with Miss Vicki on the beam 4ft high!!! So brave and so proud of himself!!!


JD walking with Miss Heather on the small beam, crossing over the beanie babies...


Walking across the rope ladder for the first time...doesn't look so sure does he?