Memorial Day Weekend

I picked up an inflatable swimming pool for the girls this weekend while at Target- it is amazing how much fun your kids can have for a mere $9.99!  Maggie and Lydia both really enjoyed swimming and are already begging me this morning to get out there.  I am not sure if that is going to happen for them today though due to the threat of rain and thunderstorms.  

We didn't get up to too much this weekend.  We did go to a farewell party for our sister-in-law, Aunt Amanda, and her two children Ronan and Alanna.  Today the 3 of them will board an airplane bound for Ireland.  They will spend the summer there and are planning to come back to the states the end of July.  

Today we are getting ready for our own trip down to Florida.  Maggie and Lydia are both very excited- we will be spending our first few days down there with Brian's parents, so the girls are elated.  Lydia is most excited to go build sandcastles and Maggie just wants to swim, although she has made it very clear to me that she will not be jumping into the pool at.all.  

More later... 

And at long last...

... an update.  

Jack is now 7 months old!  He is doing great- sitting up, eating 2 meals of baby food each day, and trying his best to figure out what is next after learning to sit up on his own.  Still 6 teeth but he always seems to be working on more.  

Lydia will be 3 in a few weeks and she is getting excited about celebrating her birthday. She finished her year of preschool last week and was very sad to learn that she won't be seeing her beloved teacher, Ms. Kirsten, on an almost daily basis anymore.  We don't have too much planned for Lydia this summer other than 2 sessions of swimming lessons on a beginner level beginning the end of June.  She is looking forward to preschool again in the fall with her new teachers, Ms. Harriet and Ms. Jessica.  

Miss Maggie finished her very last year of preschool last Thursday and it was bittersweet for all of us.  On one hand it is almost impossible to believe that she is done already- total cliche, but it seems like only yesterday I was dropping her off in her first classroom, as a 2 and a half year old.  The past 3 years have been terrific for her;  she has learned so much and has grown in ways I never thought possible at a preschool level.  This was by far her greatest year with the best teachers, Ms. Tricia and Ms. Lee- they took such a genuine interest in each of the children and really helped them grow and get ready for their next big step... Kindergarten!  Maggie was very sad to leave them both last week but she is very excited for her new school year coming up in August.  She has alot to look forward to this summer- 2 sessions of swim lessons starting in late June and she is also registered for 4 different summer camps at various times over the coming weeks.  

The past month has been fairly busy for us and we are looking forward to some down-time next week when we head down to Sandestin, FL for a week at the beach.