Daniel started 3rd grade, and Thomas is in 1st, so today is our first day of ALL DAY SCHOOL for both kids. Very exciting.
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Patio almost complete!
Just need to pack the sand between the bricks.
Here are some side views:
And here’s the view looking out the back door. They also put the stairs in the berm and took out all the old, overgrown, weedy mess that was in there:
More backyard progress
The bulk of the single, wide step is complete, and the patio is underway:
Redoing the backyard – phase one
Kath and I decided we have WAY too much money laying around, so we decided to spend some of it on a backyard redo. Phase one: tear off the deck. Ed came by with his chainsaw and we gave that deck what for:
More images in the gallery.
Russell Brook and Thomas’ last day of kindergarten
Last weekend (yeah, just catching up) we spent Father’s Day with Nanny and Poppy at the trailer. They boys fished…
… and swam…
… and we celebrated Nanny’s birthday:
Later that week, Thomas had his last day of Kindergarten, with the traditional on-stage celebration:
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Daniel’s Karate Birthday
Hear him roar!
See him cut!
Non-mammalian Sokolovics
Spike recently chose a new shell! Here he is taking a bath.
And Daniel won a goldfish in his class at school. The fish’s name: Goldie. Yep.
Uninvited guest
Well, now we know why we hear all that chirping while we sit at the computer in the guest room, which is right behind this bird’s new home.
Mother’s Day Weekend
World’s Best Mom with Her Boys:
It did this last night:
Crazy. Glad we didn’t plant anything in the vegetable garden yet. The kids had fun though:
And later in the day, we went to the Brae Loch for brunch with Nanny and Poppy:
A few more images can be found in the gallery.
Yellow belts and baseballs
Thomas got his yellow belt yesterday, and we celebrated the “graduation” with ice cream at Kimberly’s.
Today, Daniel had second baseball game. I caught Thomas downing a hot dog, Daniel beating the throw to home plate, and Daniel getting a hit later in the game:
