FAMILY FUN NIGHT...

One of the things I help with at Nicholas' school is a function called "family fun night". The children get to rollerskate for an hour and then there are crafts, games and activities for them to take part in. We also have pizza, soda, cookies, etc. and at the end of the night, we do a huge raffle for numerous gift baskets. The kids really love the event, and it is great seeing them participte with their friends and families. Here is Alyssa, Nicholas and I don't know who...skating away. This is what made me decide for sure to book Nicholas' birthday party at the Roller Drome!
GO NICK!!!
Great job, Alyssa!!!

Nicholas is in Cub Scouts, and he absolutely LOVES it! John is his Den Leader, which is pretty cool, too. Last month, they visited the Geneva Free Library and The Finger Lakes Radio Group. This month, they are going to the Fire Department, and then they are pretty much done for the school year. He will go to a day camp in July, which he loved last year!

Here's a couple of pictures from Nicholas' birthday party this year:


Nicholas's Seventh Birthday Party...

We had Nicholas's birthday party at the Geneva Roller Drome this year. We invited his whole class, plus a few extras! What a riot it was, watching all the kids skate. Some of them were REALLY good, and others could barely let go of the wall. I thought about joining them on the skates, but then I thought better of it. I figured I needed to be able to move the following day!

Some great pics from a day at the Park over Spring Break! The weather was so warm here, it was almost like being on vacation!

ALYSSA AND MELISSA
LAURA AND EMILY
Emily eating cake...
THE WEDDING GIRLS

Well, Nicholas won the Nobel Peace Prize, Alyssa got the Gold medal in swimming at the Olympics and Emily is graduationg from Harvard Law...

Well, not really, but it's been so long since I've posted anything that I thought I would start off with a bit of humor!
It's hard to believe that I haven't posted since just after Nicholas graduated from kindergarten last year. To think that now he's almost done with first grade...

Since it's been so long, I've decided to start with the current stuff in our lives and work my way back. This way, I don't get even further behind. I'm committed now - during May - to catch up with all the pictures and news from last summer on. So, be sure to check out the site regularly over the course of the month!!

My cousin Melissa is getting married next month. Nicholas is the ring bearer and Alyssa is the flower girl. The girls and I went - with Lori - to her bridal shower in Hingham a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time...Some pictures are posted above!

I've been keeping busy with my baking. I am now doing cup cakes in addition to cookies, and have a steady order from a coffee house here in Geneva. I've added sweet breads (banana, cranberry and my personal favorite, pumpkin) to the order, too. I enjoy baking and the little bit of extra income is put to good use with the rising costs of EVERYTHING!

I'm going to close out this post and just post some pictures real quick. Then, I'll update a little more later in the week!