September rolling past

Some random shots of September.......a very busy September

Laura Fenway

Little Billy called up in the late afternoon offering some Red Sox Tickets. Just yesterday I had received a phone call from the Red Sox offering me tickets to the Sox/Yankees game later in the month. Jimmy has won the raffle for tickets we had entered last time we went to Fenway. I gave those tickets to Jimmy and I to go but I think Laura was a little upset. Things always do even out in the end. For tonights game, we drove and parked behind Dillons. Its a long walk from there so I was really happy to see the bike chariot waiting to transport us old folk. Laura really wanted to go on it but it was real fun to zip around the streets in it.

Once we got inside Laura wanted everything to eat but luckily she only ended up with fried dough and ice cream. This was after we had MacDonalds on the way up there. The game was great. Thankfully, it moved along pretty well.

Bubble sunday

Just playing with some bubbles.

Jacks First day of school

Where do we begin with Jack's first day of school. The good news is that the cops weren't called.

My part in it ended by finally just walking away with him screaming and grabbing onto my arm yelling loudly. At first, I had snuck out into the hallway and Sarah was standing out in the hallway too looking in towards the class. I asked her if Jack was looking out towards the hall and she gave me this funny look and then looked down. Of course, he was coming around the corner looking for me and knew exactly what was going on. So in I snuck again to finally find a way to leave. It didnt work that well. When I went to pick him up I saw his teacher in the playground and I said to her that I probably should have just left because i'm sure he was fine three minutes after I left. She smirked and told me that it took over an hour to calm him down. One of the kids, Sarah's daughter Addison, finally went up to Jack and asked him to stop crying....it kind of worked.

The second day didnt go too well either when Lyn brought him in. That was an eruption! He wouldnt let her leave at all. She ended up staying for about an hour and a half because he just wouldnt let her shake him loose. Again, he just didnt want anyone leaving him. I'm sure its tough when you are spoiled rotten like he is.......I have so many memories of these things.

I remember getting thrown out of Pre-school when I was a youngster. Mom had told us that the teacher politely asked her not to bring me back.

Here , he looks like he'll go in peacefully doesnt he.

September 2010 has us putting all four into school for the first time ever. This morning was Catherine heading to kindergarten, the other day Jimmy and Laura started. How scary big these kids are getting.

This is Catherine's first ever bus ride to school. She was soooo excited about it. Jack was consoling her.

Jackie and Josefina

Hiking Mount Kearsage 8/30/2010

Wow for the best idea in quite some time. Mt. Kearsage has to be one of the best kept secrets around. We arrived around 12:30PM. There is a road that brings you most of the way up the mountain and ends in a parking lot. We got off and were able to hike the rest of the way. I was worried about how Jack would do but he was awesome. Its still kind of scary though and we had to keep our eyes on them.
At night the ump came over for some great bbq'ing and a fire in the back which led to smores, of course.

It was very windy at the summit. Love that smile of hers. She was really great today and athletic, always at the head of the pack.

Jack was looking for places to start an avalanche once the winter hits.

Laura loving it.

Jimmy said at first he wasnt interested but again had the most fun of all the kids. Twas a good choice.

When we get group photos I have to tell them they can take a goofy picture if they give me a good one. I often end up liking the goofy ones the most. I think it shows off their true feelings.

I asked the two oldest to duck so I could get the sign in and jack ducked too....He's a riot.

These rocks were on the summit of the mountain. Laura and Jimmy thought it would be great to keep some memory rocks to take home. Something made me nervous about looking in the rear of the hillbilly minivan seeing Jack with a rock.

My two angels

Catherine had a great day. I have a feeling she wants to go back and do it again. I was a little afraid watching her navigate the rocks with such ease. She's very athletic.

He's a comedy act to me just observing him. I think I could laugh for days just watching him eat mac and cheese.

Yes, the final ascent to the summit. We almost skipped it but we needed something to scare the crap out of Aunt Jo when she looks at the photos.

Red Sox 8/25/10

Umple got some tickets for us to go to the Sox with mom, Jimmy and Laura. After six innings we went to sit under the scoreboard because its something we've never done. I think Eddie is going to buy tickets there again. The rain came through the whole game but never got so bad that they had to call a rain delay.