Jack, Heather, Keelyn, Ryley, Delaney and Addy. We are a family of 6. 4 girls, Jack and I. We live in a beautiful house built in 1850 in Milford, NH. Most days I feel very blessed with 4 healthy children.. There are a few days where I pray to God to let us get through the day...
Poor Delaney just got conjunctivitis so she was looking a little UNHAPPY... the chocolate cheered her up pretty quickly :-)
Two weeks ago Keelyn's school had an "unveiling" of this gorgeous Mandala all the 3rd graders contributed to making... look how awesome it is!!!
and here is the up close: (if you click on the picture it will enlarge, and you can see each one of the clothes pin dolls that represent each kid in the 3rd grade)
Jack's HOME! Just in time for my cousins wake and funeral. So so so sad.. way to young to die. Cancer SUCKS. I hope my kids are one day able to participate in the CURE FOR CANCER.. SOMEHOW.. Jack put together this AWESOME.. bitter sweet video. I couldn't stop crying after watching it last night. Hmmmm.. I wonder if it could be youtube material?
THEN...I guess Delaney couldn't "fix" her bathing suit yesterday, so she decided to wear it as it was... an then some..
I guess that I will try THAT as a goal. Post on a monthly basis? Seeing it HAS been just about 1 month since the last post.
Well, let me check my calendar to see what's happened over the last month.... one second please... ;-P
O.k. so we never had to have a Chicken Pox party... BUT just after Jack came down with shingles.. Delaney had these strange "circles" on her feet. When I first looked at them, I (for some reason) had "ringworm" pop in my head. That happened on a Thursday.. on Friday they were still there, so I called the dr. and they told me to bring her in. I brought her in .. and ... they tell me she has LYME DISEASE!!!!! Can you believe that??? so, from then until LAST Friday, she was on Amoxicillan! 21 days worth! Holy Cannoli!
The week after that, was school vacation. We had a very nice week. Monday, we all went biking! Well, actually, I roller-bladed with the double jogging stroller (w/Addy & Delaney), Keelyn, Ryley and Jack all rode bikes. The girls loved it! I'm bummed we live in a neighborhood where we have to DRIVE somewhere to ride our bikes safely! Tuesday we went to THE BEACH! YEAH! Wingearsheek in Gloucester. It was beautiful! I wish I had my camera. Jack had the video camera - maybe I can have him post a small clip on You Tube and I can post it on here. It was so fun climbing on the rocks and searching for starfish! We found at least a dozen!!! The day ended in Rockport where we sat outside and ate LOBSTER! It was fantastic! YUMMMMMY! The funny thing is... after the lobster, we stopped at the penny candy store... all the kids got a little bag.. well, we walked up the street to the end and were looking all over when Ryley laid her bag on a big rock.. all of a sudden a BIG OL' SEAGULL came and SNATCHED it up! Poor Ry.. she cried and cried! (we ended up getting her another SMALL bag). I did have my cell and took a few pictures... Keelyn's gal pal Kelsey and her mom Kristin joined us.
THEN Wednesday, we went on the Duck Tours in Boston. Check out our pictures and this AWESOME video!
We rode in ARBORWAY ALEX!
Here is the whole fam:
HOLY SH$&! THERE IS A HUGE MONSTROUS FLY BUZZING AROUND ME!!!!! UGH! I can hardly type!
I like this picture, the reflection of our DUCK on the Hancock building:
and here we are driving into the Charles River:
there were quite a few tours going on:
Lastly, here's my baby driving the DUCK!
The following week was fun for the girls.. Dad joined Keelyn and Ryley at the ME & MY GUY DANCE.. here are a few BEFORE shots:
That Saturday (5/9) - the older girls and I went to the Town Hall to a "Mother & Daughter Jewelery making class" We each made a super cute bracelet. I'll have to take a picture of all 3 bracelets and post. Very fun!
My bracelet is on top, then Ryley's and Keelyn's on the bottom:
Sat. night we had a sitter and went to dinner with Colleen, Vadim, Blanca, Glen, Jason and Gina...then to the Amherst Country Club to watch our friend Karl Zahn. IT WAS THUNDERING, LIGHTENING, AND POURING!!! Nice to get out for lots of laughs though!
Last week, I joined Delaney's class at Peabody Mill Environmental center for their class field trip. That was FUN! Catching FROGS.. right up my alley! Then we went on a nice hike. I love this picture.. I was trying to point out the FROG to Delaney... can you see it???? (you can click on the picture, and it should enlarge)
Here's Delaney and her gal pal ABBIE having lunch:
and here is the whole school picture:
and the last one... everyone hiking over the bridge..
That night (Thursday) was Ryley's school SPRING festival. It was PACKED. I only got 2 pictures with my camera then I had to film the rest so Jack could see it, since he was traveling last week.
To end my BLOG of the MONTH.. I have to leave you with this great picture.. tell me that doesn't say.... THANK GOD IT'S SPRING!!!! :-) Love it!
SHOOT! I forgot.. one IMPORTANT part of the month. Grammie sent Delaney a BUTTERFLY TREEHOUSE for her birthday... so you send away and get these caterpillars, once they are in their cocoons, you move them to the "Treehouse".. about a week later, they emerge as butterflies. Here is the process in pictures... the end is where we got together with Delaney's beloved teacher MS. KAREN and let them free.. ENJOY!!!
Well, I can't find a picture of the caterpillars in the container they came in.. I have a video... then the cocoon's and the butterflies and then the release!!!
(for the video, don't forget to click on the little "HQ" to get a better quality!)
then..... the release
Last, but not least....we got up one morning and when I looked out the kitchen window.. this is what I saw.. absolutely beautiful!
I guess I last left off.. Delaney's 4th birthday was coming up. Well, it came and passed. We had a "pet show", the woman brought a (eh..hemm... 3-LEGGED) BLUE TONGUE SKINK (lizard), A hairless guinea pig, a chinchilla, a bearded dragon (lizard), a ferret, a tortoise, and a RAT! Every kid in the house was completely engaged for the whole hour! Here are some of my favorite pictures:
Here is the BALLOON BOUQUET I "tried" making
All the girls before the party:
one of my favorites.. Delaney and her GAL PAL Abbie (with the hairless guinea pig):
Keelyn and the chinchilla
So... after the birthday celebration.. came EASTER... the Easter Bunny was quite LAZY this year.. no egg hunt.. just small baskets with chocolates. I guess going out to a breast cancer benefit the night before .. wasn't such a good idea. Grampi and Jean came up here and cooked up a fantastic meal. YUMMMMMY lamb! Here is a sweet pic of Delaney and Grampi
and a great one of Keelyn and Addy
Lastly, the girls all getting their Easter treat from Grampi and Jean... White CHOCOLATE truffle bunnies!!!!
After a little too much SUGAR!!!
Love this one of Ry and Addy
Last weekend we once again enjoyed ANOTHER weekend NIGHT OUT.. and joined our great friends for a fun night at YOU YOU's in Nashua for Vadim's annual b-day dinner:
Here's some of the "innocent" photos!
GOOD TIMES .... GOOD FRIENDS... LOTS OF LAUGHS!!!
here are 2 more pictures that I really love... RY
and this sweet sweet picture Delaney painted in school.. makes me smile every time I look at it... she's so proud she put a "frame" around it :-)
that brings us up to .. this week! Keelyn just got her costume for her HIP HOP recital this coming June... check her out: (she LOVE LOVE LOVES it!!!)
Lastly... Keelyn is working very hard on her recital.. once the video up uploaded on YouTube, I'll post it... a portion of her dance.. MAKE SURE YOU CLICK ON THE LITTLE "HQ" button below the word YOU TUBE IN the video.. it will make it MUCH clearer!!
Oh did I MENTION JACK CAME DOWN WITH SHINGLES???????????????????????????????? so I took Addy for her 18 month physical.. the dr. said she and Delaney can't get it, because they have been vaccinated against it.. BUT, Keelyn and Ryley could get chicken pox since they had only one vaccine and there have been cases of kids in the 6-10 year old range getting chicken pox even with the vaccine they received at age 1 (They just recently came out with a 2nd vaccine at age 4)!!! ugh.. we'll have to wait 2 weeks to see if they get it!!?!?!? Can you imagine?? I'll be posting a Chicken Pox party on Craigslist if that's the case :-)
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