March 7

Just another Monday ....

March 6

Mother/Daughter dinner dance with the Girl Scouts.  We had a great time at the Somerville Elks.  Here are the girls and I plus their friend J and her mom.

March 5

We win the first round of playoffs in New Brunswick!  We beat St. John Vianney and will play St. Augustine of Canterbury (Kendall Park) next week for the championship.  Go Wildcats!

March 4

Fourth scrimmage with BB recreation - and they win!  Only by a point but they were so happy that I was happy for them.  Both sides have played great during this series of scrimmages and have so much of which to be proud.  Go Wildcats!  Go Brook! :)

March 3

Partners in Crime

March 2

5 am wake-up call to rescue my shining knight on the side of the highway.  Nice to reverse roles once in awhile! :)

March 1

In like a lion, out like a lamb - what a windy day!

February Collage

For the grandparents and Tony's office. :)



February 28

Jenna stayed home today so I could take her to the dr.  She had a horrific migraine yesterday and we needed to get that checked out.  Now we are keeping a food/activity log to see if we can detect a pattern and we're waiting for a referral to a pediatric neurologist.  Poor Freckles!  (that's Jenna's nickname these days, sounds like a dog but she likes it)

February 27

Cheer competition at Sacred Heart - our girls come in 2nd place, a huge accomplishment since they are competing against 5th and 6th graders and half of our girls are in the 2nd grade!  Our best cheerleader award even goes to one of our 2nd graders!

February 26

Basketball is my favorite sport, I like the way they dribble up and down the court. ~ Kurtis Blow

February 25

Fridays are crazy!  We have glee club, cheerleading and basketball.  This Friday we also had a scrimmage against BB recreation (we won by one point!).  I decided to take it easy on myself for once and just "out-source" dinner. :)

February 24

Best day of the week according to Will - the day the garbage and recycling trucks come!

February 23

Girl Scout meeting and TONS of badges!  I ought to buy stock in Badge Magic.

February 22

Gratuitous cute baby picture. :)

February 21

The kids have been enjoying our new tv.  One of their favorite shows to watch on netflix is The Wizards of Waverly Place, starring Selena Gomez.

February 20

William and cousin Ryan always have fun together.  They got to see each other when Grandma & Grandad had everyone over for a nice turkey dinner.

Jenna was awarded a special religious Scouting medal at today's Mass, Scout Sunday.  It is called Family of God.  Madeline helped pin the medal on.  Madeline is also working on a similar medal for Junior Scouts called Living My Faith.

February 19

First a basketball game ...

And then a Girl Scout ice skating sleepover.  It was a VERY busy day!

Above, witness Jenna being a good friend to A.  It was her first time on skates and Jenna took time to help her and decided to stay with the beginners so they could be together.  It was very nice of Jenna to help her friend out!  And the date stamp is wrong.  A's mom took these pictures with her phone and they're a little off.

February 18

Twilight over Charlotte Place, looking south

February 17

February 16

Wednesdays are basketball practice from 4:30 to 6.  Madeline enjoys playing basketball so much.  I'm a little surprised at how much she likes it!

February 15

Mr. Squirrel enjoying a bit of afternoon sun on his "deck".

February 14

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 13

A happy birthday to my littlest cousin Brody Becker who was born this morning!  We had Angela's baby shower without the guest(s) of honor.  It was very nice anyway.  Claire got to hang with her Great-Aunt Sissy and meet some cousins.

February 12

A busy, busy day!  We had a game to cheer and then a game to play.  Also the BIG exciting news that our cousin-in-law Angela had gone into labor!  Fingers were crossed as we waited to hear news. :)

February 11

My sister and her kids came to Bound Brook today and we all had lunch at mom and dad's.  Nana was there too.  The kids have so much fun playing with their cousins!

February 10 - late night edition

Will had to make a trip to the ER for his asthma.  One lung x-ray, two steroid doses, and three breathing treatments.  He charmed everyone he met, including his nurse who he told "you pretty!"  Oh boy.

February 10

Sunrise over Charlotte Place.

February 9

Today was the Awards Ceremony at the girls' school.  Madeline got on the Honor Roll and Jenna received High Honors.  The Wildcat Singers performed Katy Perry's Firework.  It was really good!