registered

I'm not quite sure why, but it was more difficult and took more paperwork to get my 5-year-old into kindergarten than it took me to get into college. Sheesh, and I'm not joking. But he's in--thank heavens friends, he's in. He was on the wait list and then he was not, and after spending an hour yesterday in the office filling out so dang many papers and giving them every piece of ID I own he is officially a student. He just couldn't get over the awesomeness...

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Memorial Day

We continued our Memorial Day Celebration on Monday by heading to Staten Island to tour the rest of the Navy ships docked for Fleet Week. Once James found out that he'd be able to step foot on the USS Cole he was sold. This Destroyer was bombed in Yemen in October 2000 and is considered one of the precursors for September 11th and the war on terrorism. We felt honored to be there and tour this ship which boasts such rich history and a spirit of determination. ...

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Fleet Week and Jones Beach Airshow

It's Fleet Week here in NYC, and a city swarming with sailors makes things feel so much like a little southern town: so many restaurants offering free meals for military, so many "yes ma'am's" from those uniformed friends, and so many times that I almost snuck one of those nice-mannered young bucks back home to teach my boys some manners. I could get used to "yes ma'am" around here!We tried to get in as much Fleet Week goodness as we could, including...

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Uncle Chase hits the Big Apple

My baby brother just got home from his mission and we were lucky enough to steal him away to NYC for a whole week! I can't even begin to describe how much my boys love this Uncle Chase of theirs, or how amazed I was by his patience with their constant wants and needs for his attention. They hung on him all week long, and I mean literally HUNG on him! We filled every last second of his time here and went adventuring all over the city {hopefully he...

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My little yogi

There we were, finishing up our rainy playgroup at the church, when out of the corner of his eye Everett caught sight of some women laying out their mats for a good yoga session. Hooked, I tell ya. That Everett took one look at the whole ordeal and he started begging me to let him stretch along. Luckily someone had an extra mat, so he sat with the ladies and I fully expected him to give this yoga-thing a good five minutes before starting to rough-house...

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