Firsts!

Seany lost his FIRST tooth yesterday on the way to soccer!  After a trip to Wawa, Sean bit down on his pre-game snack and the tooth was left dangling precariously from his mouth.  Daddy was able to help Sean out when they got to the fields.  Sean carried on with his next-to-last practice and game before... getting to Clare's last game where she got her FIRST trophy!

Weekend

The Sooy kids had FOUR late nights in a row, starting off with Thursday - a screening of "Big Hero 6" outdoors at a local farm:

Friday after camp, we spent some time playing Pokemon and baking before watching "Night at the Museum" 3 for our traditional Friday night movie night...

On Saturday, we took the kids to the Delsea Drive-In to see a double-feature: "The Minion Movie" and "Inside Out"!  Coloring in the trunk to pass the time before the first movie starts:

The kids even made a friend and threw a football and played games under the screen before the sun went down...

Finally, the movie started!  Both kids stayed awake for both movies and we got home super-late.  Sean slept in the next morning but Clare was up pretty early because she was very excited...

...to go to a birthday party for two of her best friends.  The party was at a tumbling party at a gym - Clare had a blast tumbling, balancing, jumping, and swinging!

 

The highlight of the party was when Elsa came for cake and cookies!

As Clare and I drove back to the boys, we kept spotting these signs (for a family reunion?) around town:

Which was a perfect segue to our next activity - watching the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final at the Linc in Philly:

"Boo Eagles!"

"Go Jamaica!"  "Go Mexico!"

 Even Miss Picklehead Bun-Bun was getting into the game:

Ending the night with Rita's before heading out to the car.

Riversharks

Besides going to the Farmer's El opening day, on the first day of May we also went to a Camden Riversharks game!  Sean's school offered tickets to sit right behind homeplate in order to cheer on the fifth grade chorus, who sang the National Anthem before the game.  Sean wanted to wear his baseball jersey and the kids both brought their gloves :-)

Flashback to the last time we were here in June 2012:

We had good seats and we actually sat in them for quite awhile before the kids got really antsy, so we walked along the concourse and even caught the end of the Kentucky Derby on a TV.

The kids met Finn, the mascot:

Rita's break before the kids took a ride on the carousel:

"Do we have red tongues? Hahahahaha"

 We headed back to our seats eventually and Sean started to find a few friends to play with while watching the game.  Clare and I took  selfies:

Mommy and Baby Clare:

After the game, the kids went to watch the players go back to the locker room:

And then they tried their hands at the charity promotion that night - throwing tennis balls at various targets on the field.  Neither Sooy kid hit anything but that's okay because right after this was...

Fireworks!

Wednesday and Thursday evenings

Wednesday and Thursday nights have gotten busy for us.  Wednesdays at 6, Sean has tennis practice.  His best girl, Madison, is in the class too.  And that is good because she helps Sean focus and pay attention to the coach :-)  He's learning all the parts of the court and the terminology and playing lots of fun games and running races.

After tennis, we go to Clare's swimming lesson - she's making great strides!  She's working on swimming on her own and going underwater.  She's still uncomfortable with floating on her back, but she's getting braver each week.

On Thursdays, Seany has baseball practice.  While he's working out on the field, Clare likes to pick dandelions, run around, and try to get on the field... and mug for the camera, of course!

Sean Sooy, Basketball Star!

This past winter, we signed Sean up for a Kindergarten-1st grade recreational basketball league!  Practices started in December and Seany learned how to dribble, pivot, and pass:

He had his first game in January.  Since all the boys in the league were given the same orange t-shirt, some weeks Sean's team would wear white t-shirts.  During games, Sean would get a turn to play each position and he seemed to like to play defense best - he even got a few steals during the course of the season :-)

Before we knew it, the middle of the season arrived and it was time for team pictures:

More pictures of Sean in action:

At the end of every game, the teams would high-five.

After the last game, the boys lined up and listened to a short speech from the coach before being presented with their very own Championship Trophies!!