Water park Weekend!

We went to Hurricane Harbor (Water park) it was sooo much fun, jr and i are the onlyone that have been there b4.... the twins had a blast, so did Norm. Norm's favorite part is the LazyRiver... the kids really like it too... but they really seemed to enjoy the kiddie section most...slides, fountains, all kinds of fun for the little ones. Thank goodness we have a season pass for the water park & Great Adventure!

Weekend Camping

Another weekend of Camping.... i was cutting throught the empty site next to use and was startled by a rustling noise, turned to find a cute little turtle! Then we took the kids fishing... this last pic is the Sunny Matty caught... or should i say Norm caught on Matt's Transformers fishing pole.... Norm also caught a Big ugly catfish, but i didn't get the camera fast enough!

Birthday In The Park

We had Jr's Birthday party for him and his friends....This is the cake i made from scratch! We held it in the middle of a heat wave outside in a park! But the kids had a blast. They had the playground adn a ball to kick around, LOTS to drink and water to dump on their heads!!

Camping

We took the kids camping this weekend. We went to Timberland Lake Campground, in Jackson NJ. It's a 2 minute drive from Six Flags Great Adventure, a theme park we have season passes to! It's only 20-25 minutes from home too, so it's nice! We slept in a tent, cooked on a tiny charcoal grill, and the open fire! We played mini golf, took a lil hike, a hayride, we went out on a row boat! The kids had a blast, and so did Norman and I! It was a nice weekend for all.. infact 2 weeks from now we plan to go back. We have actually reserved a lot for 3 consecutive weeks!

Baking Carlie

We spent today making the cake layers for a Birthday cake for My Mother In Law. Friday is the last day of our bowling league, and we have nice buffet dinner there, and are all encouraged to bring desserts. So i figured a Giant Birthday cake would be great! Here is Miss Carlie helping to make the cake layers. One strawberry , and one Vanilla.

Great Adventure

OK, a couple weeks ago we took the kids to Six Flags Great Adventure....,The twins got their very first season pass! They were very excited! Well while i took Jr on Skull Mountain, Norm took them to get their faces painted. They were jsut shy of tall enough to go on the ride! Carlie the Cat & Matty the Pirate!

Bubble Time

This is one of the twins favorite past times! They can spend hours outside with the bubbles. We have regular bubbles, a bubble machine, bubble guns, GIANT bubble wands! If they make it for bubbles the Munchkins love it!

Reading Tutors

I found a site to get the twins a head in reading.... Reading Tutors offers reading help for kids 4-14. I think it's great that it offers help for kids so young. My oldest didn't learn to read until he started Kindergarten, but the twins are three and a half, and already starting. The recognize words, ans as i found out the is the foundation for reading. Reading Tutors will deffinately be where i go to get help with them learning to read.

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Our Weekend

Saturday we went to a Wedding for one of the guys he works with! It was kind of hot, but it was beautiful! The Church was small but gorgeous. The reception was at an old Farm in a big Tent.... there was a creek that ran through the property, and trees, I'm sure they got GORGEOUS pictures there! Well I had a bit too much to drink, but it was FUN!

Sunday we went to Septemberfest, it's held at a community park, and there are food vendors, a rib cook off, companies given away freebies, craft vendors, schools selling drinks and snack for different clubs, some community organizations tryin to get the word out about what they do. The police have a big tent set up where they do the Kid IDs, they weigh and measure the kids and take a picture and put it all in a handy notebook, for you to keep incase the kids are lost or taken. They also finger print the kids, but we already have those.
Well toward the end of the day we were getting water from one of the tables... Carlie was right at my side, i bent down grabbed the water from a cooler, when i stood up, and turned around, she was GONE! we looked up and down the path and couldn't spot her. So there was a police officer right there, we stopped him and he radioed her description through the park, well since we happened to be near the Kid ID tent, Jr ran over and got his cop Buddy Officer Tom, well he starts looking, cuz he knows the kids.... mean while Norm has me stay put with Matt... I am HYSTERICALLY Crying.... and looking frantically for her lil blonde head to come running, as i turned to look again i see an officer handing her to her dad, she was cryin just as hard as i was.... It was a rough afternoon. So PLEASE don't let em out of your sight, not even for 2 seconds, that's all it took! That was the longest 5 minutes of my life.... I am now off to buy kiddie leash type things my friend Amy showed me....

Innovative Tutor

Wow, today I came across a great website, www.escore.com it's tutoring site for kids, My son is just starting 2nd grade, and already on the morning of day 3, he's complaining, that things are harder. I explained things are just gonna get harder from here on out. He'll see. But this site fell in to my lap just in time... i went and checked it out, they break it down by either grade, or school subject, so finding what you need is easy. One of the bes parts, a free consultation. So if you have a child that needs a little help with learning, stop by and check it out.



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Almost 2nd Grade

Well, I only have one more day home with Jr..... and I have to spend the morning at the Dentist! :(... I can't believe my "baby" is gonna be in second grade already! Damn time flies.... I just came a cross pictures from his first day of kindergarten... OMG he looked so tiny! Oh but they must grow up..............

Coming to an end

Yup, Summer is coming to an end... Am I ready? sort of.... I am ready for my son to be going back to school... it's one less child roaming the house... one less instigator of trouble! But on the other hand i love the Summer weather, granted maybe not the heat waves we've been getting! Jr could really use some more new clothes for school...mostly pants... but hey most of September is now warm enough that he can wear shorts.... never use to be that way here in New Jersey, buit it has been the last couple years. We stil have a bit of summer reading to catch up on, but he did all the required reading.... ONLY 3 books were required, when they had a whole 3 months off... but over Spring Break when they had 5 days off, 5 books were required.... is this ridiculous to anyone else?? So far he has read 6... and he is sitting outside as i type reading to his brother and sister as the draw.... He also needs to get back to school to work on his speech! His teacher is gonna hate me, we really didn't work on it much at all this summer. For the most part he is ready to go back.

Water Babies

Now, i have always known my kids love water... why els would my kitchen get flooded...because they love to play with the water! Well we went on vacation in Mid July, and they got to experience the beach for a Week...our condo was righ on the Beach in North Myrtle Beach... and we would go back and forthe from the Beach to the indoor pool... they loved it! OK for some reason i can not add my pictures right now.... so i will post em seperate!

The Reason I Wake Up Every Morning!

These lil Monsters/Angels (depending on the day) are my reason for getting out of bed every morning! I figured they are something i love more than crafts, so i should atleast post their picture on here! Hr is in the Middle he's about to be 7... Matthew (left) and Carlie (right) just turned 3!