Green Machine

Brandon enjoyed the Fall soccer season on the green team. Moving up to the next age group brought with it a weekly practice, a pair of neon cleats and a cool team nickname.

More pictures from the Fall U6 season are on Flickr.

Halloween 2015

Happy Halloween from Optimus Prime and his grandma!

More pumpkin and Halloween photos are on Flickr.

Day Off

The kids didn't have school on Columbus Day so we took a trip to the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. We started in the art museum.



Evelyn was excited to point out examples of Cubism since she's been studying it in art class. Brandon was excited to point out the one that looks like it has Laffy Taffy stuck to it, because candy.

After lunch in the courtyard, we headed over to the natural history side.



The kids explored the entire museum but especially liked the dinosaur bones and the hall of gems and the wall of bugs.

Special thanks to Christopher Columbus and Andrew Carnegie for making this day possible. More pictures from the museums are on Flickr.

First Day of School

It's back to school time and we only had to wake up one of the children this morning. You can guess which one.

Anyway, everyone was on time for the bus since it was fifteen minutes late due to some mechanical issues.

Evelyn is starting fourth grade and Brandon is headed to Kindergarten.

Here's to a great school year!

Brandon is Six!

We celebrated Brandon's sixth birthday with a LEGO themed party last weekend.

Then we were able to celebrate again on his actual birthday!



More sixth birthday pictures are on Flickr.

Return to the Hill

The kids returned to Central PA for a another summer visit with their grandparents. We checked off most of Evelyn's list of things to do, including riding in the convertible, helping in the garden and visiting Pop-Pop. Evelyn & Brandon were also able to visit Indian Echo Caverns and spend a day in Hershey.



More photos from our visit are on Flickr.

Kennywood Day

This weekend's visit to Kennywood had a couple of firsts - Evelyn's first time on the bumper cars and Brandon's first ride on the Racer. The kids also took turns on all of their usual favorites and stayed at the park until past bedtime.



More pictures from Kennywood are on Flickr.

Ocean City 2015

It was another week of fun in the the sun!



More pictures from OCMD are on Flickr.

U5 Soccer Wrap-up

This spring was Brandon's first experience playing on a real soccer team. Highlights from his season include being on the blue team (his favorite color), scoring a few goals, enjoying the post-game snacks and getting a glow-in-the-dark medal.

More photos from the U5 season are on Flickr.

DanceSpirations

Evelyn finished up her year of dance lessons with a recital this past weekend. She continued tap and ballet classes, and this year she added hip-hop as well.

More pictures from dance weekend are on Flickr.