Day Out WIth Thomas

When you are 3 and half years old, there are truly not many things better in life than spending an entire Saturday with your Mommy, Daddy, and little brother.........and THOMAS the train, of course!!!!  I take that back, the only thing that would make the day better than being with Thomas is actually taking a ride on Thomas!!!!!  Well, today, that is EXACTLY with our little Jacky got to do.  Pretty lucky kiddo, I tell you!! 

We have been waiting for this day all summer and my 2 little conductors had a blast!!!  And Jay and I had a blast watching them have a blast.  Oh and little Mr. Mikey friend has a new favorite word that he now says about 100 times a day.   Yep, you guessed it....."CHOO CHOO!!!!!"

First Day of School

Ahhh, BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!   Arguably, these could be my three favorite words this time of year.  Just kidding!!!  There is absolutely NOTHING that would EVER replace "I love you," especially when said my either of my little munchkins!

Anyhow, these little guys are all geared up and ready for the start of new school year.  They love Sandbox Preschool and feel so comfortable there.  Knowing that they are in such good hands gives me such a level of comfort when I head to work every morning.

I snapped some quick shots around the house before we packed up and headed to the car this morning.  I want to capture their "career goals" every year on the first day.  It will be so exciting to watch them change as they grow.  For today though, my 3 year old is an aspiring Fireman and my 1 year old just wants to be like Jack....HA!!!  Yes, it goes without saying that he simply idolizes awesome big brother.

Happy first day of school, little boyfriends!!!
   

Vacation to Sisters Lake, MI 2012

Ahh, vacation.  Who does not love it?!?!  Being around family, ice cream cones, blueberry cobblers, boat rides (morning, noon, and night!!!), Summer Shandy, jet skis, watching Chick and Lar on a jet ski together, teaching all little kiddos how to swim/jump in the lake, outlet malls, antique stores, golfing, attempting to capture the perfect annual cousin matching outfit photo (which has a 100% failure rate!),  peach fests, blueberry fests, gigantic squirt guns, COUSIN TIME, and best of all, Harrision waking up the entire house at 5:00AM EVERY SINGLE MORNING....ok, well the majority of that is true anyway!!!  HA!

Seriously though, I can talk about vacation forever.  Actually so can Jack.  I think it has come to hold a special place in all of our hearts.  Jack talks about it AT LEAST six months in advance and he is already talking about next year.....so, I think we are moving towards a year round ongoing vacation conversation.  I am still hearing almost daily how much he misses vacation.  And all I can say is, "I know Babe, we all do."

 What this all boils down to is tradition and memories....and for that we have to thank 2 of the GREATEST people in the world, Granny and Papa.  Their extreme generosity taking us all on vacation every year is beyond appreciated.  They give up so much for us and are truly the best parents/grandparents in the entire world! Their generosity coupled with the love they have for our family makes this entire trip possible.  There are not many kids out there that are loved this much.  Our family is among the blessed ones....and there is not a day that goes that I ever forget that.

So I end with this post with this quote:

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

Thanks for another year of fantastic memories, Granny and Papa.  You are the best!!!!