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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Spring is here!!!

Its soccer season again YAY! and with fear and trembling I took Rocco to his first practice/game. Last year he really was not quite on board with how things went...
but this year, we had active participation on all fronts..here he is laying an egg and even making chicken sounds.
During the warm up, he began being "Dash" from the incredibles...whatever works to get him moving right?!

He played sharks and minnows and never got eaten (might have something to do with not playing in bounds-oh well)


Roman came along, apparently its lucky for me he even had shoes on, because I obviously never checked before we left...(note: I was a single parent since John had a photography engagement)
Here is the "enemy" that he was chasing down and zapping with his pretend zapper gun. He did manage to kick the ball a few times in the process so I was happy. The best part of all this was he was red in the face and tired by the end. Win/win in my book! So glad spring is here!!!





Thursday, April 2, 2009

God's Not Dead!

Easter outfits...getting this picture was a nightmare (I'll spare you the details) so this is as good as it gets right now...
Rocco singing at his CBS Easter Program

Looking OH so angelic here....looks can be deceiving I know--haha but generally my Big R is a sweetie..in fact he kept coming over to give me kisses...


Here is a snipet of his performace...this is the all the kids favorite song. Even the audience gets into it.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Visit with BUDDY

Buddy came to visit our house for the weekend...a pre-school assignment that is supposed to teach children how to journal--but it really served to teach me how to scrap book. Which was actually sort of fun. Anyway here is a summary of Rocco & Buddy's time together...



We read stories together


We ate lunch together

My friend Meagan came over and we played hide and seek. We hid in the computer room on the bed (we arent supposed to go in there) but Mommy and Miss Stacey found us.
Buddy met all my friends and fit in really well.
Buddy and I played computer games



More friends came over to play with me and buddy.


Buddy came to the ice rink with me


Buddy joined us for movie night

We took Buddy on many adventures at the mall. Here he got to see the baby lobster and Nemo.

Buddy enjoyed playing Geo trax with me.
In honor of St. Patricks day we decorated Shamrocks (thanks Grannie!) Romans "buddy" joined us too (He's the one with the red scarf)



I also took him for a ride in my GREEN tractor.


Thursday, March 19, 2009

Mall Jam

A made up song about the mall....

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Friday, March 13, 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

A tale of perserverance......

We were invited to go iceskating for free at the rink at Reston Town Center (Thanks Brown family). I thought it would be a fun adventure. Turns out I was right...but not until after I was pretty sure I was VERY wrong.

We had had a very busy weekend and the kids were overtired...which makes Rocco extra whiny and Roman turn into a hyper active combative 2 year old...recipe for disaster you ask? well it started out that way....we were ready to head home about 30 minutes in..

But after some hot chocolate and a few brownies, Rocco wanted to stay and try again so we headed back out on the ice much to Daddy's chagrin..
Roman was not thrilled about being on the ice since it definitely thwarted his attempts to take off running...


But the true triumph and the reason I am glad we perservered...is that I just decided to let go of Rocco and see how he would fare...and he took off on his own...I felt like a mother bird who has released her baby out of the nest and watched it fly off into the sky...although I can take very little credit since I barely know how to skate myself . It was still a moment that will long be remembered and cherished by me.


I already have plans for the Ice Hockey scholarships and the NHL future that my son will have....only kidding but what a fun night. I highly recommend ice skating. This winter sports thing may not be that bad after all.....