Thankful that Thursday is over!

What a crazy day - and it only started to get crazy around 3:00 pm. I was about to leave work to attend a scheduled Parent/Teacher Conference with Rudy for Dominic. But just 1/2 hour before doing so, I got wrapped up in something that I couldn't get out of - because, well, I wouldn't expect someone to read my dictation that I took over the phone. After getting to a point where I could pick up at in the morning, I dashed out of there to meet Rudy and head to the school. EXTRA! EXTRA!: Dominic is an excessive talker! (<--------- he gets that from his Dad!) Things are looking swell in 1st grade.... so far.

A couple hours later, it was Picture Day for the SJV Sabercats! Dominic managed to get sweaty without even running around! It was a hot day - which made for stuck hair to the head for pictures. Hopefully they came out okay. I took some of my own, just in case Dominic snuck in some strange eyes or something.

Same Ol' Weekend

It seems our weekends are typical for this time of year with soccer and birthdays. I didn't attend any soccer games this time, but I'm sure it was much like weeks before. I like to go and smell fresh cut grass on these days, but don't enjoy the smell of my boys after the game for the ride home. I suppose being a Soccer Mom has its ups and downs.

We had two overlapping birthday parties to attend. For the last day of summer, the weather couldn't have been more perfect. Simply beautiful. Dominic and I attended a classmate's birthday, while the other boys got dirty with their cousins at Bianca's backyard barbeque. Dominic and I spent 3 hours too long at his classmate's birthday - it was slow moving. I couldn't wait to get to the rest of the gang at Bianca's shindig. We arrived in time for presents! I inhaled some grub, a huge slice of chocolate cake (heaven!) and managed to get some pictures of the kids in motion. Sugar these kids up, baby!

The only vehicle Bianca will be driving for some time.

Devin gets some 4x4 time.

Up on the rooftop...

Big (Little) Brother is watching!

Dominic has thin hair; Donovan has thick hair;
and Devin, we can't figure out. It has some curl to it, so it will be interesting. And Rudy wants to know where his big eyes come from??

Lord, help me!

Ana's Adoption Day

Today is a special day for my younger brother's family. Ana calls him "Dad" like no other, but now, it's officially on paper. Congrats to the Roina family!

photos and layout by Grandma Gertie

A Field of Dreams...

photos and layout by Grandma Gertie

If I were a fly on the wall..

... I'd would have loved to have seen Dominic with his special "share" in class today. Instead, Grandma was that fly.

Never Forget 9/11