Katie's Mishap

Katie and her friends went to the skateboard park over Memorial Day weekend. Katie attempted a half pipe just minutes after they arrived only to fall and break her ankle. Her ankle is broken in two places and the growth plate shifted. Needless to say the skate park trip turned into an all day hospital visit. She will need to have surgery on her ankle next week in NJ. Poor kid.

Visit to Connecticut

Sophia and I took a trip to visit Grandma Barbara for a long weekend in May. It was great to see my mother, sister, brother and neices. We spent one night at Linda's. Sophia, Stephanie and Hollie tried sleeping together but with all the giggling going on no one was going to fall asleep. On Saturday morning we went to dig for rocks and play on the playground at Nature's Art. The girls had so much fun together. Sophia loved playing make-believe with them. Sophia was often playing the baby role. It is nice to see all the girls get along so nicely.






On Sunday, George and Danielle made the trip up. Danielle entertained Sophia, Stephanie and Hollie while George, Linda and I did some work around the house. We all went out for a nice dinner before George had to head back home.









It is always great to go home to Connecticut. We managed to visit Aunt Philly and Aunt Rosemary on this trip. I really wished we lived closer. I grew up in a tight knit family and visited grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins every weekend. We don't get up to Connecticut as much as we would like. We always enjoy the time we do spend there and just wish we could do it more often.

May Fun

Sophia continues to amaze us everyday with the things she does and says. We celebrated Mother's Day and Anne's birthday with Grandma Beadle and Grandma Bev. It was a cool May day but that did not stop Katie and Sophia from swimming. The water was too cold for me to venture in. Nonetheless, it was a relaxing day spent by the pool with family.

Sophia and Anne did some gardening during the month of May. We started our vegetable garden in the backyard with some tomato, green pepper and cucumber plants. We also planted some rosemary, basil and strawberries. Sophia loves strawberries and is looking forward to getting to eat the berries. Sophia's gift for Mother's Day was a beautiful pot filled with sunflower plants. We planted them outside once they got a little bigger. Sophia loves to help out and garden work proved to be very messy and lots of fun. She loves helping water the plants.