McGuires Fun Run

Five years running now we have participated in the McGuire's 5k run thru Pensacola. Emily and Christian have made it 4 years in a row now to make it a family event. Some years we all have run, but this year just the guys " ran". A very foggy start to the day, but after 5 Irish wakes who cares? Rick and Christian then continued the festivities at Flounder's taking on a Diesel Fuel each. Always a fun weekend! " You got eggnog in my goat's milk"

A visit by Grandpa

This weekend Grandpa Wojtanik and Miss Annette drove down for a few days. The kids just LOVE visitors and were thrilled to have the one on one attention that Grandparents can devote. Adeline took to dancing in the evening to satellite radio with Annette, while Emma made a periscope with Grandpa. Reece just liked to show off his new moves on the swingset. He can wind up the trapeze bar until it is so twisted that the minute he lifts his feet off the ground, he is a blur of a 3 year old , twirling at mach speed, until it yanks his arms out of the sockets once it finishes it's revolutions. And then he does it all over again. Sad to see you guys go, after such a quick, but looking forward to maybe a summertime trip where Adeline can show off her tricks in the pool.

Super Ducky

I feel I must explain Super Duck. Super Duck is Reece's alter ego that appears the instant we are out of the car and back in the house. He invented this " character" himself, and becoming Super Duck involves immeadiately ripping all your clothing off except for your underwear. This must be Super Duck's supersuit. Now all this would be fine and dandy, except for the fact that Reece only uses Super Ducky as an end to a means. And that end is being underwear boy. As soon as he is in his unders, the game of Super Duck is non-existent and is never mentioned again. That is, until the next time he is fully dressed. So he as a 3 year old had to devise a way to be nearly naked, but in a way that his parents would allow it. Therefore, Super Duck was created. It's his way of pulling the wool over our eyes. Or should I say feathers over our eyes. Quack Quack

The 2nd picture is Adeline aspiring to be Super Ducky wearing her Ugg boots, we couldn't resist

Blue Cup today Emma?

Every morning before we drop Emma off for school, Reece turns to her in the minivan and asks" Going to be blue cup today Emma?" Now, for those of you who may not know, there is a cup system in Emma's class that is discipline based. The entire class has a popsicle stick with their name on it and everyone starts the day off in blue cup. As the day progresses and of course the usual suspects find their way passing thru the colors of the rainbow like Skittles, you can wind up all the way in dreaded red cup if you are not lucky. Thank my lucky stars Emma has not gotten there( yet). We have found our way to yellow cup a few times, but being that she is of the fairer sex, these were all talking and chatting it up with your girlfriend offenses. So, seeing that Reece's day revolves around Emma, literally, dropping her off in the morning, doing somersaults all afternoon " dressed" as Super Duck until 2:00, then loading back in the car to get Emma, he hones in everyday on what cup she was in. And he loves to be her angel on the shoulder when she hops out of the van in the morning and remind her to be good and stay in blue cup. Little brothers are good for something, if not the gentle reminder to walk the line.

Adeline's True Love

This little caterpillar rocking toy is her favorite toy in the house now. She will climb on this and giggle and wants you to watch her. She thinks she's doing something special by riding this. A few weeks ago, she couldn't get off it once she was on, but now she's a pro. Emma uses this a chair to sit in front of the tv and Reece uses it to ride as a surfboard.

A Morning at Crabs on the Beach

Last weekend on Saturday we took the family out to the beach and were the first ones at the restaurant Crabs. The kids enjoyed playing on the equipment while we waited for our Shrimp Po'Boys. Emma, always the supermodel, demanded a million shots of her posing in front of beach grass, the beach ball, a crab hole, etc etc. I caught Reece just coming down the slide. And here is baby Adeline snagging a little thing of coleslaw off my plate to feed herself and make a royal mess. It was too chilly and windy to eat on the bay side , but when we came over the crest of the restaurant the wind was blocked and the sun really warmed us up.

Just the Girls

Adeline can hold up her hands now when she wants to come out of the high chair. She is so proud of herself when she knows she's done something that we get excited about. She is totally high fashion now with her new pair of UGG boots. Now mommy and Adeline can match, me with my crazy lilac colored pair and her with her little camel colored set. I'm preparing to fly out on Tuesday to meet my newest niece for the first time. Her name is Marjorie and she was born yesterday. Our whole family is thrilled and couldn't be happier it's a girl.

The picture of her with the Barbie jeep, was her playing with Reece and she picked up Ken and decided to put him in to go for a ride. I guess she'll be a barbie lover just like I was.