Wednesday, June 6, 2007

family day continued

THE WALL

here's the rest of the family on the rock wall (did i mention that i made it to the top?) lily really wanted to climb the wall and was actually the first of our group to go. she got as high as our approx. 6 ft 4 in friend could help lift her. she absolutely loved it. one colleage of pat's from work said that lily was her hero for climbing. little does she know, that most of my kids just lack a healthy sense of fear. the higher, the faster, the better seems to be the motto around here.


FAVES FROM THE DAY

jake loved the swing, evan loved the watermelon (and did quite well feeding himself) and the girls loved the pony rides.


FRIENDS

we went to family day with our good friends, the ackroyds. our kids match up nicely and get along well. their oldest picked out her outfit and insisted on her hairstyle. i thought it was photo-worthy. can you say "80s" anyone???!
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2 comments:

Kayla said...

looks like fun. Tell April I said HI!

laina kay said...

fun stuff. looks like a great time! i think this was the family day that we really wanted to attend. unfortunately we had something else going on. now i'm even more bummed that we missed it knowing that we could've seen you guys there!
the rock climbing picture post is funny. husbands just don't have a knack for flattering wife pics. my sister and i complain about this often. the kids also take lovely pics of me... shots up the nose...shots from their level that focus on unfortunate areas...
oh well! ironic that the people who take the most pictures of the family have the fewest and usually the least flattering pictures of themselves. ahh... the mommy life!

quotables

"is that lily holding baby lily?" -lily's response when i showed her a picture of gracie holding her when lily was a baby.

"drama class is actually a lot of fun." -gracie (this is only humorous in that grace seemed surprised by how much she likes drama class. this from my child who we refer to as "a drama queen" when she is not around.)

"mom, you can go with my teacher and i'll stay home with japie and evan. daddy can go to work, and i'll be the mommy" -lily, in response to learning that she would be going to preschool next year instead of this year.

"mom, if you don't get rid of that smell soon, you're going to have to buy a new car." -gracie when it took me a couple of days to clean out my car after returning from a road trip.

"mommy, they have dress-ups for you!" -lily while walking by the prom dress section at macy's.

"i said the prayer "last"-erday." -lily's replacement word for "yesterday."