back to school

Ok so here they go, one to 8th grade, one to 5th grade and even one in kindergarten!!! what a busy morning. Everyone got up and off on time, yeah!!!!








Julia is at the back of the bus this year.





The bus arrived last to the school.













There was no way that James wanted his picture taking mom going into the school so i did the next best thing and took one as he walked toward the door.

Jayne looked so cute this morning and was very happy to go into the classroom.




Here is to a good year!!!!!

South street seaport NYC

hello, finally the five of us were able to actually go somewhere together! No baseball, gymnastics or swimming, YEAH!!!! We went to the South Street seaport, in NYC. so did a lot of other people. there was a yo-yo demonstration happening. James was very interested. the girls not so much.










We even saw the waterfalls under the bridges. the kids were tolerant of their photo happy mother as you can see by their lack luster smiles!!!














Jayne found her favorite thing of the day, Can you guess what that was? Julia just posed all day for photos!!!















My favorite things were the painted clouds the sky was very pretty on Saturday. this picture shows how fat and happy the clouds were.

Hope everyone is enjoying the last days of summer. Go Team USA!!!

Traveled to Morrisonville New York...

James was lucky 13, and went with the Cragles to Hershey park early in July. He has been missing from the last few posts so here he is!!















This past weekend the girls and I took a quick trip to upstate New York. The girls and i visited my Grandmother in Saranac Lake New York. The girls had fun playing with the Red Rose Tea Animals.














I have always wanted to stop and take a picture of these old barns on route 3.


The Girls were very willing to pose for me this weekend for some strange reason. It could have been the promise of ice cream or something like that!!!

Whats Happening?

WE have been pretty busy since May. School ended and the fun began. Julia made the Stingray swim team at the Wyckoff YMCA. Thanks for the great photo Diana. We spent fun Friday at the lake yesterday.


team #6 won the local championship for baseball. Yeah Team!!!


Last but not least Jayne Graduated from David and James'sPre-K. What a great celebration the teachers planned and kids executed.


The summer is looking great with vacations, the Cragles coming, reading camps and everything else. Have a great one.

Happy Birthday to Me

Hello, yes it was my 40th birthday. It was calm and quiet. Breakfast delivered by a very good friend, Dinner at my favorite restaurant and cake at home with kids, Dave, Lecole, Cole and Madison. Because it was a "Big One" the gifts were BIG also, a new Canon Rebel xsi, some old things but good things, and a shinny new Grill from Mom and Dad. The weekend was very nice with manicures and pedicures for the girls, a trip to the scrapbook store and even a trip to the beach. Could not ask for more. Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend.

Will share some photos and the old gifts soon.

Record Album

Julia and her Godfather share the same birthdate. Last year Sean gave Julia as a gift a drumming lesson at the School Of Rock!! She had a blast. This year for his Birthday gift i used some 45 records to create a small album from last years gift.

Look who is ten!

yes our Julia Bulia is ten today. You go girl.... It seems like only yesterday that you were running around bare foot, yelling and giggling, Oh yeah that was yesterday! You are growing up so fast. You are becoming a beautiful young woman.

Happy Birthday Julia, Love Mommy