Miniature Golfing

Trevor mentioned to Nick the other day about wanting to go miniature golfing.... so after the kids got home from school on Friday, we went!

This was the first time Addison really got to be involved. After a quick, and fairly pointless lesson.... she was off and running.

Addison really got the hang of it. She would get so excited when she got the ball in the hole.. whether she hit it in, or if she picked it up and dropped it in (which is what she did the majority of the time) With the exception of her HOLE IN ONE on the third hole!!!! No lie!!!

Trevor was very particular about whose turn it was. At times he got quite upset... but it was tough keeping everyone in line with that many of us... and Addison being one of those. Notice she insisted on wearing her big brother's hat?

Oh, and there's McKenzie looking thrilled as usual.

We all ended up with a hole in one somewhere on the course... Mommy had two, but who's counting?

Real Life Snow White

Like most fun clothing articles I bring home for Addison, i.e. Dance Outfits, her hand chosen Halloween costume is no exception when it comes to wearing them on a daily basis.


Disclaimer:
1-Her scraped up face is not from being chased through the woods by someone evil... she took a stumble on the sidewalk.
2-She was not given a poisonous apple, it was just her pre-nap snack! I promise she will wake up with in 2 hours!

First Dance Class

Today was Addison's first dance class. I signed her up for tap and ballet. She has been so excited to be a ballerina. She has been wearing dance outfits every day since we bought them. Finally, this morning we could actually put them on and GO to dance! However, she was less than thrilled that we couldn't put on our 'tappy shoes' or 'slippy shoes' until we got there. Her outfit was just NOT complete with them on!

But we made it out the door in a cover up and regular shoes... dance bag on our shoulder. Ready for dance! Couldn't wait! So excited! "Hurry up mommy lets go! Are you coming or not? Hurry mommy!"

We got to the studio, changed into our skirt, and tappy shoes..... and then...

REFUSED TO GO INTO THE CLASS!!! (and she wasn't the only one!)
So we watched through the window while Mommy talked it up and watched all the other (3) little girls have SO. MUCH. FUN!
The instructor came out every few minutes to see if they were ready to join them... but we declined twice.... but on the third try, she finally went in!!!!

And do you think it has anything to do with me bribing her with an ice cream treat after dance class? It has ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING to do with me bribing her with ice cream. Does that bother me? NO! I was just thrilled to get her to go in!!!!

(Addison is 2nd from the left)

She did a great job! Then it was slippy shoe time!
I had Tyler with me so I was able to catch a few moments on video...



The last 20 minutes they did acrobatic stuff... with the mini trampoline, and mats. Unfortunately, Tyler was DONE with being good, and decided to walk all over the waiting area... so there are no photos or videos of that paralyzingly cute part!

First Day of School

Well, I survived... this morning we sent off 2 kiddos to school. McKenzie is off to her first day of 7th grade. And Trevor to Kindergarten...

McKenzie leaves 45 minutes earlier, so don't worry, I DID send Trevor to school with shoes... I just had to grab him quick from his breakfast to have a 'group' photo before Kenzie ran out the door. Some friends were waiting for her outside the door, so you can imagine how embarressing this was for her.
Then it was time to walk down to the bus stop for the elementary bus.... Trevor was so excited! He was up early asking me if it was time to wake up for school yet.... (not yet Trevor)....

We met a new family that just moved in up the street from us. They have 8, count them, 8 kids! So of course, when they come walking down the sidewalk with 5 kids in tow, who's the kid that yells out "WHOA! That's a lot of kids!!!!" ..... Trevor.

Here comes the bus!
He was so excited to take his lunch too!
Going... going....
(he did stop and wave back to me before going up the bus steps)
Gone.

And there were no tears!!! Yay me!

A date at the shooting range...

Nick and I snuck away during naptime this morning and went to the shooting range. Nick has a membership to an Izaac Walton League where he can go to shoot, hunt, fish, camp... etc...

This was my first visit to the grounds...today we just shot the pistols.


Not bad, huh?


The rifle range was right next to us.
On our way home, we stopped at a roadside smoker/BBQ setup and grabbed lunch to take home for everyone! YUM!

Many faces of Tyler

Tyler has really been showing off his personality lately. He's quite a ham... although I've found it hard to capture it on camera. He usually just stares at me and will never make his silly faces. Lately, over the past few days, I've been able to snag a few good ones, though!

Enjoy!

Can you guess where he might have gotten this look from???

Definitely not his big sister or anything, right?

He's also become very curious... so because of that, we installed some cupboard latches in the kitchen. Below, Tyler reminds Daddy that he hasn't made it to all of the cupboards yet.
Have I mentioned he's been walking all over??? I will try to post video of that soon.
I think this next one is my favorite!!!

But overall, he's such a sweet boy! How can you NOT love him!

Potomac Nationals Game

Tonight we went to watch the Potomac Nationals play baseball. They are a minor league team that plays just 25 minutes North of us. It was a GORGEOUS day today that didn't even hit 80 degrees... so we couldn't have picked a better day to go. It was a double header, so we arrived for the first game that started at 5:00PM
We sat along the first base line, staring right into the sun.... but it was fun, minus the constant fear that we would get cracked in the face with a foul ball at mach speed. But the view was fantastic! *We'll be sure to bring our gloves next time.. just in case!

Addison forgot her sunglasses, so McKenzie shared hers... *Please note: This will be my only appearance in this post... can you see me? (Always behind the camera)
We got hot dogs, chicken and fries & nachos.... dippin dots....

"Addison, can Mommy try a bite?" (uh, no?)
Great seats, huh?
By the time game 2 started around 7:15... everyone's patience was growing thin... well at least this certain person's:
Nick and I could have stayed ALL EVENING.
The kids had just maxed out their 'being good' and 'sitting still'....
Our entertainment for the night, the National's mascot, "UNCLE SLAM"... he climbed through the stands and played with the kids... gave Tyler a high five, Addison too!
It was a great night! Can't wait to catch another game!