First Tooth

The first wiggly tooth fell out and the Tooth Fairy made her first visit to Ayden.  She left him $10 and a keepsake box to keep his very tooth in!

100 MORE Books!

Goal accomplished!  Ayden read the first 100 books last year in Transitional Kindergarten...so this year we tackled 100 MORE books to read in kindergarten.  Way to go, bud!

Summit Bound!

After a jammed packed weekend of cookie booths, practice, competition, cookie booths, practice, competition, and more cookie booths...today the Patriot Rays learned that they received at AT LARGE BID to THE SUMMIT!!  Us super fun moms surprised our girls with Stingray Minnie Mouse ear headbands and cupcakes.  They are stoked!  

Tip Up Town

Houghton Lake was cold, but super fun!  Lot's of Lego building, Uno, and cocktails.  Ayden almost made a trip to the emergency room when he jumped up on a bed and hit his head on the fan.  There was lots of blood, but no stitches were needed...however, there might be a scar.

Tip Up Town was mega GROOVY this year.  the Polar Plunge didn't disappoint and the pie eating contest was something I was hoping my kids would partake in...no such luck.  The ice slide entertained us for a while but the real fun was the swings and the little cars and motorcycles.  We cut our stay a little short on Sunday morning when we left for Allie's cheer competition in Birch Run, leaving Ayden to hitch a ride home with his buddy Carson.

Happy New Year 2020

We arrived home on New Year's Eve approximately around 5:00...within an hour, we showered, unpacked, and dressed for a New Year's Eve gathering at the Leese's house.  Kids in tow...we ate, drank and partied the night away.  So thankful for good friends to celebrate 2020!

On New Year's Day we wrote out our wish balloons.  Allie's goal for 2020 is to achieve her front and back tuck.  She's been working really hard on her tumbling at cheer...but needs to perfect her back handspring before moving on to tucks.

Ayden has his eye on a drum set he sees every week when we take Allie to music lessons.  I'm not sure I'm quite ready for that!

 

The sound of "2020" makes me think that this will be a year we will remember above all else.

Dolphins!

We saw DOLPHINS!  They were so playful and leaped out of the water numerous times when we sailed by.  We took a nice ride down to Sarasota...but unfortunately didn't see any dolphins down there.  Our dolphin excursion was a fun little morning trip.

Christmas Morning

Santa stopped in Florida to deliver our gifts this year.  He left a little something for all the adults and even Patches too!  Allie was super surprised to find the iPod Touch she's been asking for.  Ayden was so excited to have his very own tablet!  Both kiddos found some awesome dolphin things to help learn about the dolphins we are seeing in a few days, and a snorkel mask.  We spent part of Christmas day trying out the masks in Auntie's pool and enjoying lots of family time in the warm Florida weather.  A sunnier Merry Christmas!