The end of the school year brought all sorts of parties. Blake went to a 5th grade glow dance. He left for scout camp shortly after school ended and spent an entire week camping in the woods. The sunsets looked like the best part. Meanwhile, Nash went to his own…
Blake and Nash had a piano recital. Blake did his 5th grade “wax museum” report on John Adams. Finn wrapped up preschool by watching a caterpillar transform into a butterfly. I got to join him for a special Mother’s Day breakfast. And then go straight to watch Crew’s kindergarten performance….
February began with the 100th day of school, where Crew dressed like he was 100 years old. He made a collection of 100 pom pom balls. Blake participated in an interactive Walk Through the American Revolution. We did a few Disney days. Love that uncle photobomb. Crew and Finn found…
We kicked off November with a trip to the orthodontist to trade in Halloween candy for cash. The boys were very excited about those crisp dollar bills. We couldn’t let a month pass without visiting our favorite place. We also couldn’t let a month pass without an inevitable sick kid….
We came home from our quick trip to Arizona in time to help at Troy’s Gobble Gobble Give service project at work. It was fun for the boys to see the campus where their dad spends a lot of his time. Not surprisingly, Nash started a name-tag trend. We helped…
We headed to Newport Beach on a World Series game day. The Red Sox were up 3-1 and we were hoping that some pre-game beach vibes would secure their victory. Blake stayed home to work on homework but my other three were happy to get some fresh air and represent…
My parents came to town for my mom’s 60th birthday celebration and even though we offered to take her to a nice dinner or have a party, all she wanted to do was go to the beach. When Nash was fighting a cough on the big day, we just took…
Troy surprised me over my birthday weekend with a night away in La Jolla. We walked around to watch the sea lions, set up our beach chairs at a grassy park overlooking the ocean, talked until sunset and ate at a delicious Italian restaurant. Apparently I can’t smile normally for…
We kicked off August with Junior Lifeguards. This time, the little brothers joined the daycamp lineup. The camp is a vigorous mix of ocean safety and swimming skills. The rotations switch each day and they find out immediately when they arrive each morning if the dreaded “swim-run-swim” is on the…
We kicked off July by getting serious about swim lessons. I enrolled all the boys in lessons at the same time, but since Blake was already practicing with the swim team and didn’t need lessons, he took a diving course so he would have something to do too. He absolutely…
