The Next Mia Hamm!

Check out Ella's awesome defensive play!!
She is doing such a great job at soccer - quite the hustle and competitiveness.

86 the Training Wheels!

Yesterday was a big day for Miss Boo! She had a wonderful time at school - loves her teacher, had fun at recess and loved riding the bus home.

Last night after dinner, we took the kids down to the school to play. Ella has been asking for the last month to take the training wheels off of her bike. So Justin took them off and after about 20 minutes of the wobbles and Justin running beside her, she got the hang of it and took off.

Here's a short video of her sans training wheels!

Another weekend

bites the dust! Why do they go SOOO fast??! The kids got to swim a ton this weekend - it was too hot to do anything else! Ella can do flips in the pool now.



Justin got his hair cut yesterday - very, very short - a 2 all over. When Silas saw him he said "I don't like you hair, go put you hat on" - what a rotten little thing he is!

Silas was rubbing his eyes yesterday afternoon (because he refused to take a nap again and was exhausted) - Justin said to him, "ah, you must be a sleepy boy, you need a nap" - To which Silas replied "I no need nap! I need eye-drops!"

Rotten as he is, my favorite memory this weekend was him coming downstairs Saturday morning and before I saw him, I heard his little voice say "Good Morning Mommy" and then saw him dragging his blankie down the steps. What a doll baby!

Look at what a good girl Zoe is...

Miss Ella hugging her favorite tree

Why you should always look in the fruit bowl before reaching in...

Silas doesn't like the skin...

This is our dilapidated Martin birdhouse. The sky was such a beautiful color last night.

I just love these snap peas - but I snapped too hard pulling one off today and broke the stem. It still has a baby pea pod on it so, I decided to put it in a vase of water to try to save his little pea pod life (so that I can then eat him...)

We have lots of doctor appointments this week. I have an appointment with the orthodontist this afternoon - I'd better get some good news! Mason goes for his annual check up tomorrow and then his arm looked at on Wednesday. We hope that he gets the short, waterproof cast then too! That will make life easier!

A funny cartoon I had to post - this is SO something that would happen around here!
Click on it to make it bigger Mom!

Have a great Monday!

My Little Fishies

We have had a great week for swimming - very hot and humid with no storms.
Here are a few pictures of my swimming fishies:



Mason put his blue arm thing on so he can swim with his cast - it's harder than heck to get on but it kept the cast completely dry!


And a video of Ella really swimming!! By George, I think she's got it!

My Husand Swings Both Ways...

between the Indians AND Yankees that is. He grew up in Upstate NY as a Yankees fan, moved to Cleveland in middle school and became an Indians fan and we've been Indians fans forever.
It appears that now he is finding his inner Yankee-ism again and I cannot say that I am happy about it. This is what happens when I'm out of the house (I'm sure Grandpa J will love this...). Personally, it makes me want to file for sole custody...or maybe I'll just become a Denver Broncos fan this NFL season (the team any loyal Browns fan loathes)...




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On a side note (or maybe I was passive-aggressively trying to punish my husband), I broke a personal record today for the longest time spent at Target in a single visit. When I was checking out, the lead cash register guy (the one that walks up and down the check-out isles and makes sure all lines are flowing smoothly) stopped short when he saw my stuff piled on the check out counter and exclaimed (and I quote) "HOLY Mackerel!" and then started bagging my stuff for the poor cashier. I'm not sure if I should be proud or hightail it back for a 2nd round of Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace classes.

Video killed the radio star

Remember that tune?

This blog has become my brain for remembering all the things that the kids do and say.

I have a video here that Ella took without us knowing - she had the little video camera and I didn't think she knew how to work it - she quickly grows bored with us and turns the camera on herself...do we think she will become an actor or a director?



And here is a very quick video of Ella at swim last week. Nothing too exciting but it's only 25 seconds : )



And last but not least is Si at the dinner table being goofy