Summary of the Week

This is a summary for a little more than a weeks events but I wanted to get it all done in one post.

Lowden started baseball practice on a Little League Philadelphia Phillies team. His coach is determined that the boys will pay attention and they have to run if they don't catch a certain number of balls. I asked Lowden how practice went the other day and he said "I had to run 20 times" with a big smile on his face. I'm glad he is so happy about it because I think he will be running a lot for the next few months since he also just signed up for track. He and Greg have been working on his pinewood derby car in preparation for next week's derby event.

Parker turned 9 in the last week! He says he had a great birthday. His favorite part was "all the money" he received and says he is saving for Duck season tickets.

He also started baseball and is on the same team as Lowden this year. Yeah for us parents and a little economy in the face of soaring gas prices!

Grandpa and Grandma took him to dinner at Red Robin for his birthday. This is a tradition they are doing with all their grandkids that my kids really enjoy.

He also got movie tickets for his birthday and chose to see "Horton Hears a Who". He laughed through the whole movie. Lauren paid her own way and paid for popcorn for him, so he very nicely let her come too. Lowden chose to save his money...something about Duck football tickets.

After the movie, I took him to the bookstore for our family birthday tradition. We always buy our kids a book for their birthday. He chose the newest Magic Tree House book "Dark Day in the Deep Sea".

Nothing screams blog opportunity like walking into Barnes and Noble and discovering a bunch of Star Wars folks standing around in the children’s section of the store. It was SO nice of the 501st Legion to come to the bookstore for his birthday, don't you think?

Parker is also working on his derby car with dad. He won first place last year...so we will see if he will smoke the competition again this year.

Lauren had a special musical theatre class show at her dance studio. She did a really good job and had a lot of fun doing it. I had a lot of fun watching her and reminiscing about my old dance days!

"I won't grow up" from Peter Pan.

"Bushel and a Peck" from Alice in Wonderland

She had fun at a friend's birthday party at a local pool. She wasn't feeling super hot towards the end of the week but is feeling better now.

Bennett turned 4 in the last week! Wow can't believe our baby is that old now!

Happy Birthday Song to Bennett!

Sadly, on Easter Sunday, he got his finger pinched at church by a classroom door and spent some time at the doctor's office. He now has a splint of his hand because it is so swollen and needs to be straightened till it heals. Poor guy!

The Kids got the movie Enchanted from us for Easter. Hilariously, they have gotten several of the songs stuck in their heads, it's funny to hear, even our boys, singing "I've Been Dreaming of a True Loves Kiss" around the house.

Margaret has been taking a Photoshop Elements class she's really been enjoying and running everyone to their weekly activities.

Greg, as I mentioned above, has been "helping" the boys with their Pinewood Derby Cars. He's also been working very hard.