A little help from their friends...

4. 26.09

With the beautiful weather this weekend, we had the opportunity to get 10 yards of mulch and about half of it spread! Greg and Mac were loading the wheelbarrows and I was spreading. Lucas was helping wherever he could. But after awhile the boys got very tired of "working" and wanted to play. Not long after that, our neighbors/friends, "the brothers", as we call them, came over and asked if they could help!!! Seriously?? You bet! In a matter of minutes we had 7 boys ( age 6-10), each with a shovel, digging in to our gigantic mountain of mulch! We finished up half the beds within a half hour of our industrious helpers arriving!

THANK YOU!!

Now when will the other half get finished? hmmmmm

Even Tom got involved!

O-H

4.25.09

... I-O

The boys made this today... they asked me to put it on the "internet". So I did! And here it is!

Eggs, Giggles, and Grins

4.12.09

Easter 2009

Our Easter Family Portrait

and the boys tricking Mommy...Boys put your heads together and smile...

Of course it wouldn't be Easter without coloring eggs...Has the Easter bunny been here yet??? Our favorite Easter morning tradition... the indoor egg hunt! Mac seems pretty sure of himself here, doesn't he?

The boys find Lu's basket in the closet...And Mac's basket in the dryer!!

Grandma and Papa Visit

4.11.2009

Grandma, Papa and Uncle Todd visited today, the day before Easter. Papa was not well. Greg's Dad has Parkinsons and cancer- multiple myeloma. We have not seen them since Thanksgiving- they have been on Florida. Paul was not doing well and Molly was worried he about him ending up in the hospital in Florida. They returned to Toledo at the end of March. Todd left Chicago and returned to Toledo to live with his parents while his Dad remains ill. Todd drove them down yesterday. As soon as they arrived Paul went to bed. We went out to lunch without him and to Lucas's soccer game. After we went home to check on Paul, Molly wanted to take take the boy's toy shopping. So we ran around for awhile. When we returned, Paul was up, but wanted to immediately go home. I think this will probably be his last visit to Dublin.

Todd and Molly watch the boys playing Wii.

Grandma and Lucas.

Mac, Papa, Grandma, and Lucas share an Easter card. Grandma trys her hand at Wii bowling.

Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt 2009

4.2.09

Our 4th Annual Neighbor's Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt happened last night. What fun!! This is a blast and the kids absolutely LOVE it!! We (the parents) go out about 20 minutes before dark and hide the eggs all over the island, rocks, playground. Then we bring the kids out right before it is dark. We line them up by age. And we allow the 3 and under crowd to go first, directing them to the mulched area. About 10 minutes later we let the 4-5 year olds go. About 4 minutes later the 6-7 year olds, them the 8 and up! This year we went upto 11 year olds!The old pros: Sam, Matthew, and Mac


Lining up!

The excitement builds....

and builds...
Mario and Lindsey

Richard, Zander, and AJ

Mac with his flashlight- "hunting".

Lu

Some of the adults chatting... Greg, Amy and Steve, Darren and Kim.

And Lu shakes an egg to see what it hides inside.

Sharing the loot altogether...

Mac

Lauren, Mallory, Sam

Aaron, Josh, and Micah

Lucas and Mac

Mac's 1st Track Meet

3.29.09

Diocesean Track Meet

Grove City High School

Mac's first track meet. He participated in three events... Shot Put, Softball Throw, and 50 yd. Dash. It was quite a day. Interesting. Long.

Mac is preparing for the Shot Put.Listening for instructions.
The Shot Put...

Mac did very good! He only missed qualifing by a 1/4 inch!

While waiting (hours) for his next event, Mac (holding Lucas) and Michael and many more St. Brigid atheletes wait inside their tent.

Mac lined up for his heat on the 50 yd. dash.Ready...set...

Watch the video to see Mac's run!

Creek Walk with Ron Hirschi

3.30.2009

Ron Hirschi is a biologist, environmentalist, and children's author. He combined with some Dublin art teachers created the Riverboxes along the Scioto River. During the fall art classes at St. Brigid, each student created a Riverbox log/journal, then visited each river box. Ron visited St. Brigid in the fall and took each class out to the pond and studied the pond life. He came back March 30th to take the classes through the creek.Ron Hirschi talks to the students to prepare them for the journey and what to look for.Mac's class observing and searching.Ron and Partick Young wading.Mrs. Habel, art teacher, discusses a speciman found with Molly and Natalie. Mac, (center) with Evan Lombardo and Michael Schmelling along the path that follows the creek.

Underneath Muirfield Drive in the creek dragging or creek life. Part of the creek bed was dry.

Mac's class observes as Ron transplants some plants at the headwaters of the creek.