NEW BLOG!

Well after 5 years, 573 posts, 172 comments, 1GB of pictures we are moving our blog.  We started this blog when Aniela was born to keep our memories and for our family out of town to have the chance to watch our kids grow.  Unfortunately, we have maxed out the free storage provided by Blogger :)  So we are moving to piscorik.blogspot.com  Most fittingly, our first post will be Aniela turning 5!

Birthday Party!

We celebrated Aniela's 5th and Thomas' 3rd birthday at Pullen Park.  They had a great time riding the train, the carousel and playing on all the new equipment with their friends.  

The kids wanted cat and dog cupcakes ... 

surprising for two kids that don't like dogs :)

Perfect timing

 Digging right in!

 

Best buds! 

 Swinging the day away

Thomas loved the carousel and was mesmerized by the workings of it.

Sweet Sierra

 The train ride ... 7 years apart and they still have fun together.

Sammy riding with the Midhas

Cam and Lacey

The girls (...and Brian)

So glad Aunt Theresa and Jenna are here to help celebrate

Mother's Day Tea

Aniela's preschool hosted a mother's day tea.  We started out at chapel where the kids sang songs for us then we headed to the fellowship hall for our tea.  The kids held out the chairs for us and the teachers put out a lovely spread!  

Her sweet class

Sandwiches, strawberries and dessert

Her good friend Erin

Aniela's portrait of mommy!

My girl

Maddie's First Holy Communion

This weekend we headed to St Francis to celebrate Maddie's first Holy Communion. She looked so pretty in her dress!  We then headed to lunch at Casa San Carlo to celebrate.

Thomas is THREE!

 

 

Thomas is three or "FREE" as he calls it!  He has turned into such a big boy and is full of energy.  He is either stopped or running, there is no in between.  He loves running around the backyard, swinging, playing in the sand and hitting his baseball.  

He is becoming very independent and dresses himself before he leaves his room in the morning, puts his own shoes on and buckles himself in the car.  He also loves to come down and get breakfast ready and even pours his own cereal ... we are working on pouring milk.  I hope this independence will serve him well at preschool next year.  At the doctor he weighed 33 pounds (55%) and was 39 inches tall (85%) so he is definitely long and lean.  He has a pretty good appetite but still doesn't like meat.  


His smile can melt your heart and it lights up his whole face.  I can only hope his exuberance for life continues!

Oak Island

We headed to the beach for a short 3 day vacation.  The weather started out a bit cool but warmed up by the middle of the first day.  We enjoyed our time and the kids really had fun on the beach.  They played so well together and had so much fun that it was hard to leave. 

Thomas teaching Sam how to dig

Crabbing at night was not successful

Don't know who showed her how to pose like that???

Hope she holds his hand forever

The pattern of shells they made on the back porch

 

Heading for the ocean

Aniela trying to coax Thomas towards the ocean.

Ballet

Aniela completed seven weeks of ballet and the class put on a show to show the parents all they learned.

Ready to go!

 

In action

Game face and ready to go. Aniela was very serious throughout the whole class and we only saw a brief smile.  

TAX DAY!!!

FINALLY OVER!!

Random Pictures

Ice Cream with Friends

Aniela's Masterpiece

My cute boy!

One Year Pictures

Some of my favorite from Sam's One Year Pictures

Easter

After our baskets, we headed to church for a wonderful service with some great music.  Then we had our traditional lunch at the Arwoods.  Lots of friends, family, another egg hunt and beautiful weather made for a great day.

Our Annual picture in front of the Arwoods bushes

The best I could get of all 3

Aniela and Mamaw

Checking to make sure it was one he wanted

Sammy found the one he wanted