{are you ready for some football?}

Gerard had a football double-header today. Do they call them double-headers in football? I'm not sure. I am sure, however, that we sat outside in the rain AGAIN today for back-to-back flag football games. I think that gives me the right to call it a double-header.

Here are the boys warming up before the games:





And during the games:

{picture day}

He cleans up nicely, doesn't he?

{busy week}

Last week, Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Debbie all came to visit. It was Grandma's birthday, Gerard's first day of school, Rosh Hashana, and Gerard's birthday. We were a little busy. Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures, but here are some from Grandpa....





AND..........
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA ANDREA.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GERARD.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDPA G.

{Morgan's first day!}

Today was Morgan's first day of preschool and she loved it, just as we expected. She did cry at the end though -- she sat on the "M" on the circle rug at the beginning of class but when they went back to the circle rug at the end of class someone else was on her "M". We talked about sitting on the O,R,G,A, and N as possibilities for next class. I'll let you know how that goes!

{first day of 2nd grade!}

My baby is in 2nd grade! Where did the time go??? Here he is on his first day of school...









Check him out on his first day of FIRST GRADE and KINDERGARTEN and PRESCHOOL.

AND he turned SEVEN this week!!!! Seriously, WHERE DID THE TIME GO?!?!?! I brought cupcakes in to his class on Friday. He really likes his new teacher Mrs. L:

{vacation, part 2}

After we visited everyone we drove down to Pawley's Island, SC (about 25 miles south of Myrtle Beach). Last year Gerard and I went to Myrtle Beach for our 10-year anniversary and drove down to Pawley's Island for a day and loved it there. The houses are ON the beach. I mean ON the beach. Like step off your deck onto sand and the ocean is 10-100 feet away (depending on the tide). We figured the kids would love it there and they did!

Here we are at the original Pawley's Island hammock shops:





We spent most of our time doing this:
















It rained one day, so we took the kids (but mostly it was for Gerard) to MagiQuest. To say that he loved it would be an enormous understatement. Here they are with their magic wands back at the house:




And here are some pictures of the house (ignore the suitcases.... I took these pictures as we were packing up to leave):