Summer Baseball

The Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium. Free t-shirt night if you arrived early -we did!

Mason, Lisa, Adam & little miss

Don't we look cute together! Like mother like daughter.

Check out the hats - Like father like son.

Mormor & pickin' strawberries

While Mormor and Papa were here for her birthday, we went and grabbed the last bunch of strawberries of the season. They were hard to find, but amazingly enough some of them were huge!

Marbles & Me

The day Little Miss turned 5 we visited Marbles Musuem in downtown Raleigh. I figured we would visit often this summer so we became members. Wouldn't you know it we went back the very next day (and the day after :). These pictures are from June 10th, the day she and I went alone (little man was in preschool summer session). She loved it because she and I got to spend some time together. So, here she is enjoying herself without having to compromise and go to a section she didn't want to, just because her brother wanted to. So, basically she loved it! Meow!
Waiting to make a goal
When you pedal the bike the top spins around!

Peas and Carrots anyone?

Climb ACROSS the garden - not as easy as it looks
Land Ho!
Lunch afterwards - hotdog, chips, soda & ice cream. We went all out!

Her 5th birthday!

It's such a shame because everyone was taking pictures at her birthday party, but we weren't :( We did take plenty of video however, so I don't feel bad. It does make it hard to post pictures though :) So, if there is anyone out there who attended and took some pictures, could you email them to me, I'd love to add some more to this post. We had a water party for her, slip n slide, kiddie pool, bubbles, etc... Then some of us went to Tripps for an awesome meal!

Durham's Life & Science Museum

At the end of May we headed to Durham (less than 30 miles away). We heard that this museum was supposed to be one of a kind. Well, it is. There is the standard museum building, but it has some items that I think are interesting. There is a whole section devoted to our desire to get to the moon. There is a lunar module (2 stories tall), a ship used for testing - to train the astronauts to return to earth, as well as Alan Shepards space suit. There are also sections devoted to children and science experiments (i.e. make a 13 foot tall tornado). But it doesn't stop there. Outside there is a playground with a whole section devoted to sound (i.e. drums to hit, metal items to bang). There is also a small farm with sheep, a donkey, pig, turkey, rabbits, cow, goats, etc... As you keep walking you come to the indoor butterfly garden and insectarium. If you time it right you can watch them release new butterflies. There is also a train, which we had to ride of course. It goes through a metal 'tunnel' which is the highlight of the trip (smirk). There is a large outdoor section devoted to larger animals (i.e. black bears, red fox, otters, frogs, etc...). As you are trying to get back to the building you come to the Wind section. There is a huge pond with sailboats that the kids can 'drive' as long as there is wind. There are lots of small experiements where you can play with "wind". Needless to say you could spend all day there. We are planning to attend tomorrow morning (July 31st, our 2 year anniversary of closing on this house). I'm sure there will be more pictures to come.

If you look closely you will see her taking care of her brother :)

Put the ball in & watch it go all the way around then down the wall

Little man's favorite thing to play

Our Memorial Day dinner

We thought that we might have a block party on the Sunday before Memorial day, but that didn't happen. So we made our own block party on our deck. Just a few pictures of our fun!

Preschool Graduation!

Preschool graduation happened on May 20th (like I said in my earlier post, I'm slacking). All of the 4 yr olds heading to kindergarten had a graduation ceremony in the church's sanctuary. Tom took video from the upper balcony, and I tried to take still pictures. Little did I realize that the camera battery was running low. So, just as her class stood to get their diplomas the camera went dead. These are the best pictures I could find :) As I type this I think it's ironic - today is July 30th - her first day of kindergarten. Little Miss is in the back row second from right. The kids sang a bunch of songs, one of them describing how we live in a town located in a state, country and world. She was lucky enough to be selected to hold the state banner. The last picture is the last one I was able to take before the camera went dead.

Boy I have been slacking.....

Back in April we went to visit Duke Gardens in Durham. The azaleas were still in bloom and the Gardens are just beautiful and peaceful. It reminds me of Bok Tower (in Lake Wales, FL). Although we said we would come back we have yet to do it, it's just not the right time. We will go back one day though. Here are just a few of the pictures I took, just love the modeling!