The First Day of Soccer

Last Saturday was the first day of the new soccer season.  Avery and Sierra both moved up to the next division.  Avery is in the U8 Division, where they play games of 4 on 4 with a goalie and a referee! She is very excited to try playing goalie but she is still a little timid.  They are also supposed to start learning postitions now so hopefully as the season progresses she will have a position instead of all of the kids swarming the ball!  And Sierra moved up to the U6 Division, where they play 3 on 3.  This is her first time playing in a game as opposed to just practicing.  She did awesome her first week and even scored her first goal!

Sierra going for the Ball

 



Avery getting ready for the ball

 

 

 Avery also had a birthday party for her friend, Sydney, from her class over the weeekend.  For the party, they had a company called Games2U come to her house and they played laser tag and got to go in this Hamster Ball.  Avery had so much fun and we thought it was pretty cool so I wanted to share the pictures.

 Avery in the Hamster Ball

 

 

 

Avery with her friends, Sydney and Sara from school

 

 



Sierra's First Day of School

Yesterday was Sierra's first day of school and it was another rainy day.  She was so excited to get back to school!!  There were some kids back again from last year and some new ones too.  She even got a gold sticker for making a new friend! And luckily, the rain let up at the end of the morning so they could play outside, which is her favorite part of the day! She had such a great day!!

 

 Showing off her new, light-up backpack

 

 

 Sierra posing outside

 

 

Sierra and Daddy on their way into her classroom.

 



The Spencer Fair 2012

Since Avery's first day of school was rainy, I decided to take some outside pictures on day two. 

 

 Avery's second day of first grade

 

 

 All of the kids waiting to get on the bus

 

 

 

Last weekend was one we look forward to all year long...The Spencer Fair!!!  As usual, it was so much fun!  This year, we planned it out so we could see some of the shows they have.  We saw the Elephant and Tiger Show, which was pretty cool.  And we saw an Illusionist and Escape Artist Show, which we all thought was really cool!  And on our way out at the end of the night we saw a little of the hyopnotist show which was hilarious.  In between, we did all of our favorites: face painting, games, rides, and lots of yummy fair food.  We had such a great time!

 Sierra & Avery on our way into The Fair

 

 

 Look at our beautiful faces!

 

 

 The merry go round

 

 

 One of the girls' favorite rides...The Big Slide!

 

 

 Avery trying to get Daddy & Sierra on the Bumper Cars

 

 

 Daddy & Avery on top of the ferris wheel

 

 

 And Sierra and Mommy

 

 

 Avery coming down another fun slide

 

 

Mommy & Avery on The Hang Glider.  This was the first year Avery was tall enough to go on it.  It was a blast!

 



Avery's First Day of First Grade

Today was Avery's first day of school.  Unfortunately, it was pouring rain this morning, so we couldn't take our usual pictures outside or at the bus stop.  In spite of the rain, she had a great first day.  Her teacher, Mrs. Balunis is very nice as are the kids in her class.  She already has homework and tomorrow is her day to bring in something to "share" with the class, kind of like show-and-tell.  So they didn't waste anytime getting right into it but she just loves it!

More Summer Fun

Whenever we weren't travelling, we were having fun close to home!  The girls both went to a YMCA camp for a week.  This was Sierra's first year and she loved it! She was in the Scamper Camp for pre-schoolers and they did some neat projects including a flower leia and a message in a bottle.  Avery was in the Algonquin tribe and she had lots of fun swimming, boating,and playing games.

 

Off to our first day at Camp Foskett

 

 

 



 

Posing on our last day of camp

 

 





 

For my birthday, Cory and the girls took me to Mexicali Grill, which was great!  And, as you can see, the staff donned me with this lovely sombrero and sang "Feliz Cumpleanos" to me :)!

For the last week of summer break, the girls and I took two day trips.  One to the Boston Children's Museum and the other to Davis' Farmland.  They were both lots of fun and a great way to end the summer!

Hanging out in Boston outside of the children's museum

Trying to make a big bubble around themselves in The Bubble Room

 

 



Avery & Sierra climbing up the 3-story climbing thing

 

 



Avery trying out the saw in the tool room

 

 



Sierra doing some jackhammering in the construction zone

 

 

 

 

 

Sierra pretending to pick Avery up in the Bobcat...silly girls!

Later in the week we went to Davis Farmland, which has lots of animals to look at, pet, and feed.  There is also lots of imagination and playground areas and a Splash and Spray Park.  It was a good time all around!

Avery holding a baby goat

And Sierra trying to get a handle on him.

 

 



Avery brushing a little cow

 

 



Avery feeding and Sierra petting a sheep

 

 



Avery riding a donkey

 

 



Sierra on her pony ride

 

 



Over in the water area in the bubble tub

 

 



Getting rinsed off in one of the sprinklers

A Weekend in Maine

 Last weekend, we took our annual trip up to Maine to vist Uncle Joey, Aunt Jenna, Alex & Stacy at their Grandparents cabin.  The kids spent most of the time in the lake swimming, jumping, and tubing.  As usual, we had a great time!

The next-door neighbors have this floating dock in the lake.  The kids spent a lot of time swimming out to it and jumping off of it. This is Sierra, Stacy & Avery jumping together.

 Stacy, Avery & Alex floating on a croc

 

 

 

One day, we went to Wells State Park to do some hiking.  Unfortunately, the hike we tried to do was EXTREMELY buggy with mosquitoes.  So, instead we walked to the ocean to hang out.  It was really cool because there was a tidal pool that we could walk around in and there were all sorts of snails, hermit crabs and other creatures to hunt for.  The kids loved it!

 Here we are in the tidal pool

 

 Cousins at the beach

 

 

 

After the beach, we went to Kennebunkport for dinner.  We walked around town a little and took a horse drawn carriage ride.



 Saying goodbye to the horse

 

 

 

 

Then it was back to the lake!

 



 All of the kids helping Uncle Joey drive the boat

 

 We stopped in the middle of the lake and everyone jumped off the boat for a swim.  The kids thought it was so cool swimming out in the middle of the lake!

 

 Daddy & his girls

 

 Avery & Alex going for a ride in the tube

 

 Sierra & Stacy taking a turn

 

 Avery & Stacy in a different tube that was a little bouncier..Fun!

 

 Daddy & Sierra getting ready to go out in the bouncy tube...

 

 ...and there they go.

 

 Avery jumping off of the neighbor's dock

 

 Daddy & Sierra making a big jump together!

 

 Sierra getting ready to jump off of the neighbor's diving board

 

Avery & Stacy making a big jump together!