As most, or probaly all of you know who read my blog, my best friend Amy has breast cancer. (She found out it was back at this past June, just several months after completing radiation and treatment). If anyone wants to join us for the walk Oct 1st and/or order a t-shirt please see the link below. Most of all please continue to pray for Amy and her family as they walk through this. Thank you!!
I will need all shirt orders for Team Patwa by Friday, September 2nd. If you have not done so already please email me the size and specify male or female. The cost is $12 per shirt (it went up a little because the prior cost did not include shipping cost to me from the company making them). The shirts are made by Sports Science and are nice shirts, super soft and fit great. Please send your checks to me. (email me or leave comment if you would like one) I should receive the shirts the week prior to the race and will send an email out to let you know they have arrived if you would like to pick them up. I can also bring them to race day to distribute if that is easier for you. If you need me to mail them please include $5 for shipping. (flat rate for priority mail) If you are getting more than one shirt you only need to include $5 as I can package them together.
The race is a month from next Saturday, make sure you sign up. We will also have race day details for meeting up, ect as we get closer to the race.
Thanks! If you have any questions please let me know.
Click here to visit my personal page.
http://charlotte.info-komen.org/site/TR?px=7458086&pg=personal&fr_id=2256&et=5QMA3dkA7RAezjVuINAc5g&s_tafId=71059
Click here to view the team page for Team Patwa
http://charlotte.info-komen.org/site/TR?team_id=175086&pg=team&fr_id=2256&et=EbvQLOVj8rTL8FF6m9MJlA&s_tafId=71059
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Summer Continued
Holly motivated me to bake with kids one day. We made zucchini bread. I am not a baker but the kids loved it. Maybe we will try it again before Christmas :)
The boys had asked to do a lemonade stand so we picked a 99 degree day to do it. We headed up to the street in front of the playground in our neighborhood since we don't get much traffic on our street. It started out slow but they ended up selling all that we took up there. Leah and Hannah came to buy some and stayed to help us sell.
We went to Durham for a night in July. We headed to the Museum of Life and Science and spent some time at Mom Mom and Pop Pops before going to Corie and Daniels for the night. The boys loved being with their cousins and Camden got to get spoiled solo with Mom Mom and Pop Pop for the night. Camden showed us her balancing skills at the pool on Sunday. Aunt Corie is convinced she'll be a cheerleader. Actually, now that I think about it she has the screaming part down too! And this float she has on, well its not actually a safety device and I think its from the dollar store but it is her favorite thing to have at the pool and actually has worked really well. It use to be Holt's favorite too and somehow does the trick to keep her afloat. It also keeps fearless, aka Camden from hitting her head when she runs to jump off the side.
We headed to Dan Nichols park in Salisbury one Saturday. This place is incredible. I have had it on 'my list' for a couple years but we have never made it there. It is about an hour from Charlotte but worth the drive. Almost everything there is a $1 or free. They have miniature golf, a carousel, a train ride, mining, paddle boats, a spray ground, petting zoo, wildlife park, nature center, and about 3 or 4 huge playgrounds. We spent a few hours there and didn't hit everything but you could spend a whole day there and spend about $20-25 for a family of five. Can you tell we were impressed?
This was the boys favorite part, rock mining.
Thanks to the incredible Ms. Joneen mommy got to have a few hours with they boys on a few Thursdays to do things that we can't do with Camden, or that mommy is not brave enough to do with Camden. I took the boys to the creek at Freedom Park and let them play. They were in heaven. In this picture they are trying to catch tadpoles with their boots. Didn't quite work but they had fun trying.
I also got to take them up to Camp Lurecrest to see the Whites. We had the best day all together. They boys swam for a couple hours, got a yummy camp lunch, played at the house and then headed to the lake. Pierce and Holt both did the rope swing and tried the iceberg.
We headed to Dan Nichols park in Salisbury one Saturday. This place is incredible. I have had it on 'my list' for a couple years but we have never made it there. It is about an hour from Charlotte but worth the drive. Almost everything there is a $1 or free. They have miniature golf, a carousel, a train ride, mining, paddle boats, a spray ground, petting zoo, wildlife park, nature center, and about 3 or 4 huge playgrounds. We spent a few hours there and didn't hit everything but you could spend a whole day there and spend about $20-25 for a family of five. Can you tell we were impressed?
This was the boys favorite part, rock mining.
Thanks to the incredible Ms. Joneen mommy got to have a few hours with they boys on a few Thursdays to do things that we can't do with Camden, or that mommy is not brave enough to do with Camden. I took the boys to the creek at Freedom Park and let them play. They were in heaven. In this picture they are trying to catch tadpoles with their boots. Didn't quite work but they had fun trying.
I also got to take them up to Camp Lurecrest to see the Whites. We had the best day all together. They boys swam for a couple hours, got a yummy camp lunch, played at the house and then headed to the lake. Pierce and Holt both did the rope swing and tried the iceberg. The boys were watching the campers come down the slide. Pierce and Holt are already talking about going to camp. Crazy that Pierce will be able to go in two more summers, if his mommy is ready to send him :)
Holt climbing up the iceberg.
Keller, Coleman, Holt, and Pierce
This picture was from my iPhone so pretty far away, but Pierce is up top about to swing from rope.
Holt climbing up the iceberg.
Keller, Coleman, Holt, and Pierce
This picture was from my iPhone so pretty far away, but Pierce is up top about to swing from rope.
Other June/July happenings...
-Pierce played his first season of baseball. He loved it and did great. Seems to fit him well.
-Holt took tennis lessons and did great.
-We said goodbye to the Brays...super sad day.
-Visited the Shild museum in Gastonia.
-Went to the raptor center. The boys enjoyed it, I think there favorite part was marking the birds off on the map and hearing how they were injured, gun shot would, hit by car, etc.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Our Summer
I have wanted to blog all summer but haven't seem to be able to find the time, so here it goes. Hopefully I can catch up by the time school starts this week. It will be scrambled as I use my Cannon, my small camera and my phone to catch moments when I could and surely I will not take them time to make the pictures all chronological. I also have had on my 'to do' list all summer to journal. That has not happened either so while its still fresh I will try to recollect some memories here so I don't forget these precious days.
We have had a great summer. We have loved having Pierce home with us and having freedom in our days. No rushing out the door at 7 am, being able to get dressed when we wanted, staying up late, doing fun activities, playing at the pool and just being together. Don't worry, in between the fun there was so long days, longer afternoons, and just a few fights but overall it was great and definitely a little sad it is coming to a close. Some of us are ready for a little routine, some one on one time with each of them, seeing friends and feeling more connected the world outside of our house.
I can hardly believe Pierce is going in 1st grade, this time last year I was probably sitting here typing and crying. And I can't even wrap my head around the fact that Holt will start next year. Camden moved up from the nursery today to the 2 year old room at church. That hit me hard. For the first time in 6 1/2 years we won't have a baby in the nursery section. It really does fly by.
The first month of our summer was busy. They boys did VBS at Sharon Baptist where they do awanas and then we all did VBS at our church the next week. We then headed to the beach. When we got back Pierce did his first summer camp, Lego Camp at Smithfield. He loved it! Pierce did a sports camp at church in the mornings at that same time that same week. After that we had 4 weeks of nothing. We had lots of fun outings, tried some new places and also headed to our regulars like Nature Museum, Discovery Place, Monkey Joes, Chuck-e-Cheese, Plaza Fiesta, Latta Sprayground, Micheals for crafts,and the boys favorite the Lego Store and Bass Pro Shop. Camden did come home with a pink princess tackle box that day, I couldn't tell her no :) We definitely visited Chick-fil-a once a week, had lots of ice cream, Popsicles, and TCBY.
During our first beach trip, Camden decided that she was too big for the pack-n-play, translation she climbed out instantly and screamed at the door. So to a big girl bed she went. And she is still Camden, I think I thought just maybe she would sleep a little later. No such luck, this trip she was up between 5 and 5:30 everyday. No joke, we switched off each morning and were on the Ocean Isle playground around 6 am everyday. Thank goodness for the playground. Beside her are her babies, lambie, and kitty as she calls them. These have been her favorites for a couple months now. Kitty is the absolute favorite but all are required to go to bed. She has also learned the art of stalling. It usually starts with one to ten 'cover me up mommy/daddy', then she has to go potty, then she might need some water.
This face says it all. I can't really put it into words. But I think she is saying, yes I am cute and yes I will be heard and I will try everything to get my way, and yes I can get really loud and throw a really big fit. But I can be really sweet too and love getting hugs and being held..standing up. She also now grabs our faces and turns them when she's trying to talk to us, I love this.
The bond is back. Not that it ever really stop but I think Holt did finally adjust to Pierce being at school more last year and even by the end of the year was interested in having his own play dates. Well at this point in the summer now Pierce is all that matters and I think we will have some adjusting to do when Pierce goes back to school next week. Anything Pierce says, does, or wants Holt wants. Example.. "Holt, what kind of ice cream would you like?" "Bubble gum". Pierce says, "I want mint chocolate chip." Holt says, "I want mint chocolate chip too." This is one of 10 examples a day. Even if Holt doesn't like Pierce's choice he will change his choice to align with Pierces. We are trying to work on letting Holt know he can be different to find a little balance but we wouldn't trade there relationship for anything so we'll take the following for now..while its still over ice cream and legos.
She shrimping was great in July. Jason and my dad probably got 1000 shrimp over the week. Jason is showing Camden the shrimp head.
Camden loves the hammock at the beach. Loves to lay in it, push other people in it, and mastered falling out of it.
I took Holt on his first kayak ride. This past week when we were there Holt and Pierce would get on the kayak in the canal, hoping to be pulled by the rope. They also became obsessed with Kayak Island as they call it. In July they found a huge blue inter tube and this past trip they found turtle bones, feathers, a plastic shark toy, and a ball. They started making daily trips with the kayak to see what they could discover. Jason took them one day on the paddle board.
We decorated the kids bikes and they rode in their first 4th of July parade at the beach.
Jason's fathers day present was to rent a paddle board for the week. Unfortunately they didn't have any when we got down but his friend across the street let him try it in the canal for a day. he loves it! He got to cash in on a week rental during our last trip.
Watching the parade and catching the candy being thrown. I think they got as much candy as Halloween.
We have had a great summer. We have loved having Pierce home with us and having freedom in our days. No rushing out the door at 7 am, being able to get dressed when we wanted, staying up late, doing fun activities, playing at the pool and just being together. Don't worry, in between the fun there was so long days, longer afternoons, and just a few fights but overall it was great and definitely a little sad it is coming to a close. Some of us are ready for a little routine, some one on one time with each of them, seeing friends and feeling more connected the world outside of our house.
I can hardly believe Pierce is going in 1st grade, this time last year I was probably sitting here typing and crying. And I can't even wrap my head around the fact that Holt will start next year. Camden moved up from the nursery today to the 2 year old room at church. That hit me hard. For the first time in 6 1/2 years we won't have a baby in the nursery section. It really does fly by.
The first month of our summer was busy. They boys did VBS at Sharon Baptist where they do awanas and then we all did VBS at our church the next week. We then headed to the beach. When we got back Pierce did his first summer camp, Lego Camp at Smithfield. He loved it! Pierce did a sports camp at church in the mornings at that same time that same week. After that we had 4 weeks of nothing. We had lots of fun outings, tried some new places and also headed to our regulars like Nature Museum, Discovery Place, Monkey Joes, Chuck-e-Cheese, Plaza Fiesta, Latta Sprayground, Micheals for crafts,and the boys favorite the Lego Store and Bass Pro Shop. Camden did come home with a pink princess tackle box that day, I couldn't tell her no :) We definitely visited Chick-fil-a once a week, had lots of ice cream, Popsicles, and TCBY.
During our first beach trip, Camden decided that she was too big for the pack-n-play, translation she climbed out instantly and screamed at the door. So to a big girl bed she went. And she is still Camden, I think I thought just maybe she would sleep a little later. No such luck, this trip she was up between 5 and 5:30 everyday. No joke, we switched off each morning and were on the Ocean Isle playground around 6 am everyday. Thank goodness for the playground. Beside her are her babies, lambie, and kitty as she calls them. These have been her favorites for a couple months now. Kitty is the absolute favorite but all are required to go to bed. She has also learned the art of stalling. It usually starts with one to ten 'cover me up mommy/daddy', then she has to go potty, then she might need some water.
This face says it all. I can't really put it into words. But I think she is saying, yes I am cute and yes I will be heard and I will try everything to get my way, and yes I can get really loud and throw a really big fit. But I can be really sweet too and love getting hugs and being held..standing up. She also now grabs our faces and turns them when she's trying to talk to us, I love this.
The bond is back. Not that it ever really stop but I think Holt did finally adjust to Pierce being at school more last year and even by the end of the year was interested in having his own play dates. Well at this point in the summer now Pierce is all that matters and I think we will have some adjusting to do when Pierce goes back to school next week. Anything Pierce says, does, or wants Holt wants. Example.. "Holt, what kind of ice cream would you like?" "Bubble gum". Pierce says, "I want mint chocolate chip." Holt says, "I want mint chocolate chip too." This is one of 10 examples a day. Even if Holt doesn't like Pierce's choice he will change his choice to align with Pierces. We are trying to work on letting Holt know he can be different to find a little balance but we wouldn't trade there relationship for anything so we'll take the following for now..while its still over ice cream and legos.
She shrimping was great in July. Jason and my dad probably got 1000 shrimp over the week. Jason is showing Camden the shrimp head.
Camden loves the hammock at the beach. Loves to lay in it, push other people in it, and mastered falling out of it.
I took Holt on his first kayak ride. This past week when we were there Holt and Pierce would get on the kayak in the canal, hoping to be pulled by the rope. They also became obsessed with Kayak Island as they call it. In July they found a huge blue inter tube and this past trip they found turtle bones, feathers, a plastic shark toy, and a ball. They started making daily trips with the kayak to see what they could discover. Jason took them one day on the paddle board.
We decorated the kids bikes and they rode in their first 4th of July parade at the beach.
Jason's fathers day present was to rent a paddle board for the week. Unfortunately they didn't have any when we got down but his friend across the street let him try it in the canal for a day. he loves it! He got to cash in on a week rental during our last trip.
Watching the parade and catching the candy being thrown. I think they got as much candy as Halloween.
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