Lots to catch up on over the past couple weeks…
Maggie graduated from Kindergarten a couple weeks ago. She got fantastic “grades” by the end of the
year, and is doing great with reading/spelling. We’ve been pretty impressed with her math
skills too. I was definitely not this
educated by the end of Kindergarten!
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| G.A's class of 2027 |
They had a simple gathering in the church for their graduation. They had some singing and then Mrs. Lampman
gave each one their diploma. Maggie was
in her wheelchair still, but that didn’t hold her back one bit!
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| Proud parents |
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| Maggie and her teacher |
These are a couple drawings from Maggie’s school packet. I knew she was drawing better, but the her
self portrait from beginning to the end of the year has really changed (or perhaps how she views herself)!
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| I love the giant brown nose? hair? beak? |
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| Maggie transformed |
This one made us chuckle. There’s this movie called “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” where a bunch of food falls from the sky. Maggie’s assignment was to fill in the blank with what she would want to fall from the sky…
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| Cloudy with a chance of money! |
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We attended a Foley grad party that weekend and
Ben got to meet Fr. Gerry! |
Jamie went to New York last week to visit Andy and Katie and
to see the National. After three nights
on full time baby-watch, I was ready to have him back home!
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| Cheers for beers! |
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| He found Bonde and Matt at the concert! Jealous... |
We celebrated Father’s Day with a giant donut cake and some
little gifts. I took the kids to
breakfast with my parents and Bobby’s family… turns out six little kids at a
restaurant is not the most relaxing way to eat breakfast! I’m glad I got to see my Dad though. We did dinner with the Donoghues that evening
and then I slept hard!
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| This is one great daddy |
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| So delicious |
A couple weeks ago I got to go to Washington, D.C. for a work seminar. It was really interesting, but the best part
was seeing my seeee-star and her fam!
Also sleeping in a hotel away from the chaos of home was pretty great
(for a couple days), but I was excited to get home to my babies.
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| Sister sister |
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| Love these people |
Jamie and the girls started daycamp this week. Last summer was a nightmare because Evie was too scared to
be without Jamie and basically clung to him everyday while he tried to teach
art to a billion kids. This year she has
totally immersed herself in everything, making friends and comes home so
excited to tell me about her day! We’re
so proud of her! Maggie had a great
first day, but by the second day her ankle was just too sore to walk on all
the time. So she’s getting around in the wheelchair
part time, but doing pretty great otherwise.
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| This is what the end of the camp day looks like |
Lot's of randoms:
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| Unlike his sisters, Ben is all about tummy time |
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| Getting used to non-stop cuddles and kisses |
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Evie is the sister who worries about Ben the most...
Maggie often just tunes it all out! |
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| Movie date with Daddy |
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| Mmmm popcorn |
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| Just working on my core muscles |
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| Ben wanted to join in on story time |
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| Trying to imitate Daddy's beard |
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| Schmee from Captain Hook? |
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| Was there ever a happier baby? |
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Seriously
(also Bonde sent us this onesie with Matt Berninger from the National on it) |
