I can’t believe this actually happens in our house, but there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do to stop it. And, Quinley doesn’t help things – she might be more of a dare-devil than Reagan. (Apologies for the yellow pictures… something wasn’t set right.)
Yes, she does think it’s all quite amusing.
Joining in on the fun.
Reagan’s class has a graduation ceremony for all of the kids going to kindergarten, and the others in the class get to participate. They make a big deal out of it and the kids love it.
All ready to get started.
Getting her certificate from her teacher.
The start of their performance – The Goldfish Song by Laurie Berkner. It could not have been any cuter.
in which we did not go to the Aquarium. We had a brilliant idea on Memorial Day, literally, as we were getting everyone dressed and their teeth brushed that we should head up to Baltimore and go to the Aquarium. Well, it wasn’t until we had parked the car and were about a block away that we looked at the ticket prices and changed our plans. It worked out perfectly, as the weather was great, so we wandered around the Harbor area and toured the USS Constellation, which Tim and I can tell you very little about, except that she is docked in Baltimore and there were only 2 bathtubs, both in the captain’s quarters. It must have been pretty stinky on board.
As a finale, we got to see and hear the firing of the cannon.
One of the wonderful things about this conference is that our consultant takes their on a boat cruise. So, tonight I was on a fabulous boat, enjoying the sunny weather and awesome views of San Francisco, Marin, Sausalito, Angel Island, Alcatraz. It was really nice to be out of the conference hotel for a few hours, despite the windy weather.
And, we pulled right into the cove by AT&T park, where the Giants were playing.
A few weeks ago, I saw a notice about an Easter Egg Hunt at this fabulous house in Georgetown, called Evermay. To top off what was easily the most beautiful day of the year so, this was a wonderful event at an amazing estate. There was a balloon maker, boy and girl Easter bunnies, egg decorating, and an egg hunt. Quinley loved the egg hunt, but Reagan was distracted by painting her egg and mostly missed the hunt. And, we got to get all dressed up. (Though, somehow we completely misplaced the fancy dresses the girls wore to Abuela’s party. I’m pretty sure now we left them at the hotel. Who does that?!)
Quinley had a short nap before the event, but Reagan had gone a few days without a nap. This was our drive home.
Though it was fun to go to the Georgetown games in the fall, we finally made it to a Dayton basketball game when the Flyers were in town for the last game of the regular season. They needed a win to guarantee their conference tournament entry. It was an exciting game, but they lost in overtime. Reagan was headed to a princess and superheroes birthday party later that day, so she was decked out in her Batman attire, with attached cape, of course.
We traveled up to Newark and New York to celebrate Abuela’s 50th birthday a few weeks ago. And, we were lucky enough to spend a day seeing New York with Ted and his girlfriend, Kate. We hit up Times Square, the very popular Chase Bank office lobby, saw part of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and hung out with Michelle and Jared. Then, we got snowed on, so we called it a day. And, just for fun, we added a few train and subway rides.
Then, we danced the night away at the party.
Happy Birthday, Abuela!
