December 3, 2005

When my brothers and I were young (probably around 8 or 9 years old) we would pretend we were superheroes and climb the walls of our old house in Watertown, MA.  There was this nice long corridor that extended through the house from living room to the bedrooms. Somehow my brothers could climb higher and hold on longer than me, probably due to their sweatier, stinkier feet. heheh.  It amazes me that 20+ years later, kids are _still_ doing this!!!  Check-out Jarod and Patrick doing their latest rendition of ...Spiderman, Spiderman, Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman...  :P

November 17, 2005

Here they are!!!  Super-Chibbles!!!  Able to pick up their toys, vacuum their rooms and do the laundry in a single bound!!!  Oh, and yes, it's really them cooking brunch for _me_ that morning.  They cracked and scrambled the eggs, mixed the pancake batter and flipped the 'cakes as well.  The only thing they aren't allowed to do is turn on the stove by themselves.  Oh, and they are   snazzy dressers as well... check out the pics...

November 10, 2005

The boys had their end-of-season awards banquet for their Little League team.  It was so cool to hear the coaches say such wonderful things about their performance.  The highlights of the season was when Jarod made an amazing double-play at third base while Patrick made an awesome catch as a second baseman.  They had a lot of solid hits and a decent number of  rbi's.  I'm sure they're anxious for Spring Training to begin... here are some pics from that night...

September 27, 2005

The boys and I went over to a friend's house to watch the air show.  They were more interested in playing with each other than watching the planes.  Can you believe they've known Jordan since she was just 18 months old?  They fight and play and treat each other just like siblings...  It's so cute when they are together...  :)

August 15, 2005

Jarod and Patrick started their swimming class today... they love the water!  Patrick is on the far left and Jarod's on the far right.  I like the fact that there are only 4 kids in their class this year.  They seem to like their swimming instructor, Carlin.

This is a picture of Jarod swimming to the end of the pool with a kick board... look @ him GO!

Patrick's working on keeping his arms nice and straight while kickin' up a storm!!!  :)

August 14, 2005

This is Patrick getting ready to blow out the candles on his birthday cake...

This is a picture of a very happy Patrick... Mouse-over the picture to see Patrick on sugar... HA!

June 16, 2005

This is a picture of the birthday boy after he exhausted himself blowing out his candles:

This is a picture of Jarod playing his recital piece, "Hoe-Down".

This is a picture of Patrick playing his recital piece, "Ragtime Do-Si-Do".

This is a picture of Jarod and Patrick swimming with their best friends, Evan, Efay and Eric.

After a couple of hours playing @ the pool, we headed over to Mickey D's for some grub.

June 8, 2005

Here are pictures of the boys at the science fair expo.  They picked their own projects and did their own experiments (with a little help from mom & dad).  They were very proud to receive their certificates of participation.  :)

May 16, 2005

Last week the boys went to the dentist.  Luckily, no cavities!  Woo-hoo!  As a "reward/treat" for no cavities, our dentist gives the kids a free coupon for a personal pan pizza from Figaro's, and they get to pick out a prize from the prize box.  Man, why couldn't I have a dentist like this growing up?  All I got was a stinkin' sticker.  :P

Then on Friday night, the boys and I went swimming at Conestoga Park and Recreation.  It's been a long time since I took the boys swimming.  We met up with my friend Li-Ying and her three boys and had a blast!  I'm hoping they'll eventually learn to swim on their own.  They can sorta swimming for about 3-4 feet and then stop.  They need to work on their strokes and breathing technique.  I never learned to swim as a kid and so swimming is the one thing I want to make sure they know how to do.

On Saturday, we went to Patrick's baseball game.  He's learning to be a switch-hitter. heheh.  Afterwards, we went to Home Depot to do their wood-working workshop but unfortunately they ran out of wood kits.  bummer.  We got icecream at Coldstone instead.

May 8, 2005

The boys and DJ decided to play "ball" with the neighborhood kids on Mother's Day ... heheh... Thanks to Emily for these cool pictures:

April 8, 2005

Patrick's in the middle of "Spring Training" right now for Little League.  I'm not one to boast or anything but the kid can HIT!  I mean, he can knock one clear over his teammates' heads and out into left field...easily.  heheh.  Now if only we can work on his pitching...  ;)  As for Jarod, he's thoroughly enjoying his art studio class.  For his first week, he sculpted a foot long snake out of molding clay.  He's even added intricate details like a forked tongue and a rattle on the tail.  I'll try to take a picture of it when I get the chance.  Oh, and lastly, they just received their piano piece for their Spring Recital in June.  They're doing really well in Piano and I'm so proud of how far they've come along with their piano lessons.  I'm so impressed...

April 4, 2005

The tooth fairy has been very, very busy this past week.  heheh.  Jarod lost his _second_ tooth yesterday morning and he was so excited to see some more $$$ underneath his pillow when he woke up today.  At this rate, he'll put the tooth fairy into the poor house.  :P  Here's a pic of the proud boy:

April 1, 2005

This is the place where I'll post updates about the kids, their school, what they're doing, etc...  :-)