Gracie Turns 5

This year we celebrated Gracie's birthday at Friendlys (Camp Hill, PA). We invited some neighborhood friends and a few friends from her daycare center. The morning of the party I got up and made cupcakes for all the kids. Gracie got lots of presents - it was like Christmas all over again - she was so happy because this day was all about her. Her actual birthday is June 2nd, but we planned it a bit earlier due to school ending and summer vacations beginning. I am starting to run out of places to have the kids birthday parties. We have done the bowling alley, chucky cheeses, Mcdonalds....I think next year we will have it at Build a Bear - I know that's one of her favorite places to go.

The Circus Comes to Town

I took Jake and Gracie to the Ringling Brothers Barnamum Baily Circus (5/22/09) at the Giant Center in Hershey. It was a spectacular show - me and the kids had a wonderful time. I have never been to a "real" circus before so I think I was more excited than the kids were. We got to see the elephants, horses and tigers before the show and we went to the preshow (which started about one hour before the actual event). During the preshow we got to go down on the floor and see the clowns and watch some of the acts. I must admit those elephants were just amazing. If the Ringling Brothers circus comes to town again I will most certainly recommend going to see the show.

Jacob's First Holy Communion

Jacob received his First Holy Communion on May 9, 2009 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Enola, Pennsylvania and we had a beautiful day for the celebration. Guest that attended were Jacob's Godparents (Uncle Marc and Aunt Sue), Uncle Mike, Aunt Nikki (with cousins Noah and Andrew) and our dear friend Pat. I must say...my little man looked so handsome. After the ceremony we all headed back to our house for some lunch and cake and the kids got to go outside and play with their cousins and friends. George and I got to spend some long, overdue, quality time with our family.

Jacob's Gets Promoted From White to Orange Belt

Jacob has been taking karate at The School of Martial Arts in Enola, Pennsylvania for about four months now. This month he was promoted from white belt to orange belt. Jacob has been looking forward to this moment a quite some time now and I must say, George and I were very proud of him.


Attached are some pictures of Jacob with his very first belt (white), some more pictures with him and his new orange belt and also included is a photo of Jacob with his instructor (Master Null).

Georgie's Junior Prom

Wow...my little boy is not such a little boy anymore. This past weekend Georgie attended his junior prom and was accompanied by a lovely girl(friend) by the name of Marissa. Very pretty girl I might add. The prom took place at the Raddison Hotel and there was an after party over at one of Lil' George's friends house (adult supervised - of course). Needlesstosay, I did not see Lil' George until late Sunday afternoon. I was so proud of Georgie because he bought his own prom tickets, rented his own tux and (bought a new tie to match his date's gown), ordered the corsage etc... he not only took care of everything on his own but he worked and paid for the entire prom. That's my boy!