Old Glory
Washington Monument
Gracie with girls from Brownie's Troop 11357 at the WWII Memorial
Me and Gracie at WWII Memorial
WWII Memorial
Gracie
My baby girl.....
WWII Memorial (Gracie with girls from Brownie's Troop 11357)
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary Celebration - Washington, DC - June 9, 2012
This past Saturday Gracie and I took a bus trip to Washington, DC to celebrate Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary. Unfortunately, nobody from our troop went to the event (that I know of) but Brownie Troop 11357 was nice enough to let us tag along with them. Below are some pictures of our trip.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Gracie's Birthday Celebration at School (6/4/12)
I met up with George at West Creek Elementary School (Gracie's school) today to pass out cupcakes and drinks to Gracie and her classmates in recognition of her birthday. I think Gracie was more excited to take the extra cupcakes to her favorite teachers and it got her and two friends out of class for 10 minutes.
Gracie's 8th Birthday
After we all went to Red Robin we headed back to the house and relaxed while the kids ran-rampid! They entertained us with getting dressing up (with all new dresses that were hanging in Gracie's closet that had tags on them mind you - you can imagine the look on my face, right?) and their version of choreographed dancing - it was very entertaining. Gracie got to open her birthday presents and later that night the girls watched movies, ate popcorn and even managed to squeeze in rootbeer floats! All in all, I would say Gracie had a nice birthday.
Lots of goodie - Littlest Pet Shop is what Gracie requested from mommy & daddy this year
Gracie also got a nice outfit and a water slip & slide from the twins
Gracie picked out the ladybug cake (which is cupcakes that you are suppose to just tear and remove - it was a mess and the icing was super thick (like 2+ inches thick) and kind of hard - I would not recommend buying these whatsoever.
My beautiful baby girl!
Jake was a trooper and hung out with the girls for his sister's birthday!
Celebrating Gracie's 8th Birthday
Gracie's 8th birthday celebration - Red Robin - June 2, 2012
Gracie & Suzanna
Red Robin
Pat, me, Suzanna, Gracie & Andrea
My three favorite men!
Staff singing their version of happy birthday and the kids all got sundaes!
Friday, June 1, 2012
The Steeler Ant
Gracie had to do a class project and list the various different parts of an insect so she chose to create an "ant" and of course it had to have something to do with black and yellow being the Pennsylvanians that we all are. It was originally going to be called The Pittsburgh Steelers Ant" but since black and yellow (or gold) are the Pirates/Penguins colors....she opted to go with The Steeler Ant to represent all the Pittsburgh teams. A special thanks to "daddy" who helped her out tremendously with this project - I think he was into the project more then Gracie was...LOL Unfotunately I did not get a picture of the finished product that had all the labels of the various different parts of an insects body. Job well done and she got an A+.
Summer Has Begun....Lake Tobias
The weather here in PA is hot and humid and it seems like you can count on rain at least 3 days a week. This past weekend I took the kids to Lake Tobia where they went on a safari ride and to the petting zoo. We were there for a good two hours and the kids were finally like "can we go home...it's too hot" - They weren't joking...it was miserable. Below are a few pics at the zoo.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Gracie's Dance Portraits (2012)
Below are pics that were taken at The Studio for Gracie's upcoming dance recital in June. I scanned the pics so they are not as clear as they appear in the actual pictures. I wish they would have used a different background with the white costume - white on white just does not look good if you ask me but Gracie still looks cute/adorable and that's all that matters.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Gracie's First Holy Communion - Saturday, May 5, 2012
I am very grateful that we had a beautiful day for Gracie's First Holy Communion! Gracie's brother Georgie, her Grandma, Godparents (Uncle Adam and Aunt Missy) and her cousin James came down from Altoona and my two besties Audra and Kori also came to celebrate the special occassion. Above and below are some pictures we took at home and at the church (Our Lady of Lourdes, Enola, PA).
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