Inside Out

We took the kids to see "Inside Out" - the kids were super-excited:

First in line for the 4:15 show!

"Mommy - turn that light off!"

The kids loved it - they thought it was so funny!  They really connected with the main characters, the five emotions living inside of an 11-year-old girl's head.  Sean helped remind me what those emotions are a little later in the day:

 Joy

Fear

Anger

Sadness

Disgust

Lately

Lately we've been: 

riding bikes

playing on the patio

practicing our handwriting

cutting flowers from the patio

browsing for books at the library - I tried to get the kids interested in this one about the Dewey Decimal System - no dice...

finishing up tennis lessons

getting haircuts

make that somebody's first haircut!

making popsicles with watermelon, strawberry, and mint from our CSA box

paid a visit to the doctor to look at a couple of sore throats

went to the zoo with Grandpa

Seany had his end-of-year party and I got to help

found a nice koi pond at our local garden center

explored the growhouses at the garden center - couldn't get these guys to leave!

celebrated Sean completing his sticker chart at school by visiting our local ice cream shop

First Dance Recital

Clare has been taking dance classes every Monday during the school year.  There are only five girls in the class - four pre-kindergarteners and Clare :-)  Her teacher put together a little recital for the girls' families in May.  Sean was very happy to support Clare at her first recital:

Clare's teacher taught them some jazz, ballet, and cheerleading and the recital was a little bit of everything.

Her teacher also worked with the girls to improve their flexibility and helped them perfect their splits:

Here are some videos of a few of the numbers.  Here's Jazz:

 

The Kitty Cat Pounce:

Ballet and a solo performance:

After the performance, we got to congratulate the little dancer while she enjoyed her lollipop and showed off her ribbon:

Bat-a-Thon

A couple of weekends ago, we went to our town's Rec Baseball fundraiser, the Bat-a-Thon.  Almost immediately after arriving, we spotted the Phillie Phanatic.  Sean was able to get a minute with him:

This is not the first time Sean met the Phanatic - once when Seanybear was little, I took him to the BIG Shoprite near us and while we were in the dairy aisle, the Phanatic came along, leading a conga line down the aisle.  He gave Sean a high-five and threw a few boxes of Tastycakes in our cart - Sean was delighted at seeing the "green giggie!"

Anywho, after rubbing elbows withe Phanatic, we met up with Sean's team for the batting part of the Bat-a-Thon.  I could tell that these boys were not "little kids" since they could actually sit in a row and wait their turn to bat :-)

 

After batting, Seany got a medal from his coach:

Once everyone n his team had a turn batting, the team assembled for team and individual pictures:

It was a hot, muggy day.  So we got the kids some water ice while we hung around to watch Sean's teammates participate in a pie-eating contest.  Right before the contest started, Sean said he wanted to be in the contest too.  So we asked for a vanilla pie for him and set him up in his spot-

After about one minute the boy to Sean's left was declared the winner.  Sean and the other boys were pretty upset at not winning the contest but they got over it pretty quickly.  Clare was happy to help Sean finish his: