So June has been incredibly busy too and I'm behind as usual. The first weekend in June was great (although I'm not quite sure what Jason did with the pics from that yet...so this will just be a recap). Friday night we went to Kylie's gymnastic recital with Nana, Gramma & Aunt Dawn. She did a great job and her teacher said she will miss her a lot next year. Saturday was a longgggg day. We went first thing to Noah's karate tournament. As usual he planned to compete in forms & sparring. We watched our schools demo team take 1st place, then it was onto team fighting. Normally this is all the older kids (intermediate/advanced/black belt), but Noah's teacher asked him to gear up too just in case. The team one the first match and for the final match the other team put up a 5 yr old so Noah was in! He did a great job and our team took 1st place! He went on to take 3rd in forms in his division and 3rd in sparring. Overall a great morning/afternoon...just long as we didn't leave until around 3pm. It was then home to get some food, rest and get Kylie ready for recital. Nana & Pip Sicko and Aunt Shirley arrived and we were all off to the show. Kylie did an awesome job in all of her dances. Especially proud of our girl getting out there for her first solo!
(This was the only pic I have right now from that weekend because a friend posted on FB)
Onto the following weekend -Friday was Noah's EOY program on all the kindergarteners had learned about the Rainforest. They sung a bunch of songs in their explorer outfits (Noah is top row under the monkeys tail):
After the program was done then they played the graduation song just to get my waterworks going :( My baby is all graduated:
We left around lunch to start our trek to Maine. We got into Old Orchard Beach around 4pm and had so much fun that night - if only the weather had held out for the rest of the weekend. We went for a walk on the beach down to the pier and back, the kids went swimming in the pool, we went to dinner and then ventured out on the jetty at the end of the road the restaurant was on. After we got back to the motel we decided to walk to the pier again for ice cream and walked back at dusk on the beach. Such a great night. Here are some pics:
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| Daddy & Kids on jetty |
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| Kids under the pier |
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| Yummy! |
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| Noah enjoying the sunset on the jetty |
The next morning we were up relatively early to head to the tournament...unfortunately I thought flag sparring started at 8:30 so Noah missed the 8am, but he did good the rest of the morning...took 2nd in forms & 1st in sparring!!
We were done around noon and grabbed some lunch then back to the room due to the rain. The kids hung out for a bit and then we decided to go bowling. Little did we know it was candlestick bowling :) The kids had a lot of fun though and did pretty well...Game 1 N-64, K-71 / Game 2 N-67, K-74. Since it rained the entire rest of the weekend we hit the Kittery outlets Sunday morning and then headed for home. Unfortunately, Jason had to go to NJ for a couple days so it was a lot of driving that night for him. Monday morning was off to Kylie's EOY program where each 2nd grade class worked on a different country. Kylie's class did Egypt which I had to bring in Egyptian food for....personally don't recommend it, but I'm a bit of a picky eater.
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| Italy - Mexio - Egypt: All 3 2nd grade classes |
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| Kylie & her Mexican girlfriends |
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| Kylie & her teacher |
Fast forward to this past weekend. Noah had his first sleepover. His old friend from daycare that he grew up with had a camp out in the backyard for his birthday. Apparently they stayed up really late, had lots of sugar & fun :). Sunday was Father's Day and the last day of soccer for this session. The kids had a great day. At the end of Kylie's time they decided to have a parents vs the kids game.
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| U8 Team on last day....little light (supposed to be 12 or so players) |
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| Noah and his girlfriend |
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| Adults vs kids |
After soccer it was time to cleanup and get to Father's Day dinner at Olive Garden. Noah fell asleep in the car on the way (around 4:45) and refused to wake up. We carried him into the restaurant, sat down, ate dinner, drove home and brought him upstairs before he finally gave in that he was hungry....hahaha. He was awake for maybe 1/2 hr to eat and watch monopoly then straight to bed until we woke him up at 7am this morning. All in all it was a great weekend. Now it's back to work/summer camp for a couple days then off on the next adventure....Next stop...Maryland.
Hopefully the next update will come quicker than the last. For those on FB hopefully this post transporter quicker than the last (6/20). Stay tuned....
