Jonas Andrew

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Soccer

Jonas started playing soccer in West Seneca's Kids Play program last week. He even scored a goal in his first game!

From September 2012

Sunday, September 23, 2012

The Rest of August, and Most of September

Here comes the massive "catch up" post! Hold on to your hats, cause here we go!

We went to the Erie County Fair and saw a bunch of smelly animals. We also got the kids faces painted, and stopped at the wood carver who made the kids some really cute little things.

From August 2012

We went to the Bison's game, and the kids picked giant gumballs as their treat.

From August 2012

Jonas was a champ at the dentist, and was super excited to get tokens to spend on little toys. The dentist said he was her best patient all day :-)

From August 2012

We bought a boat! We've been out a couple times, but it will be even better when it actually WORKS!

From September 2012

Jonas started first grade! He is doing great, and loves his teacher, Ms. Harris.

From September 2012

The kids get special friends at school, and Jonas couldn't be more excited to have his buddy, Kyle. They had tons of fun at the first special friends activity, chalk day.

From September 2012

Now, maybe I will be better at this from now on, maybe not :-) But I am going to try to post some pictures of some of the work Jonas is doing in school, because I couldn't be prouder of my smart little guy!

Hershey, PA

So, it's been a long time since I've posted, so bear with me as I try to catch up!

We went to Hershey, PA! We made some "bus stops", as Jonas called them, on the way there. We went to see Mark Twain's grave...

From Hershey 2012

the statue of the extinct Labrador Duck...

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the PA welcome center...

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and the birthplace of Little League Baseball.

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Once we were in Hershey, we went to Hershey's chocolate world, where we took in a 3D movie, created our own candy bars, went on a ride to learn how chocolate is made, and of course, ate some delicious chocolate!

From Hershey 2012

We went to City Island in Harrisburg, which sounded pretty awesome online, but was actually pretty deserted. We didn't let that stop us though...we went on a train ride around the island, Jonas went on the carousel, and we played Putt-Putt.

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We spent the next couple days at Hershey Park. Jonas loved every ride of course, and even went on his first upside down roller coaster!

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(This was the upside down roller coaster!)

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We went to Zoo America...

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And had one more "bus stop" on the way home.

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What a great trip! How can you not love a place where the streetlamps are Hershey kisses??

Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Boating

We got to go out on the Makey's boat today. It was a gorgeous day, and we had a great time! Jonas and I both went swimming, we went for a ride to see some super cool ships, and I even tried water skiing ("tried" being the operative word). Jonas had a blast hanging out with his friend Andrew. Thanks to the Makeys for an afternoon of fun with great friends!

From August 2012

Happy Birthday, Hayden!

Hayden had his first birthday party on Saturday (even though he doesn't actually turn 1 until August 16th). He was super good the whole time, and really dug into his cake! Jonas loved spending his afternoon in the backyard in the pools, and "helping" Hayden finish his cake :-)

Playing in the water

From August 2012

Abby's bunny pose

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Hayden and Great Grandma

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The super cute birthday cake Aunt Mary made Hayden

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Eating!

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Hayden shared with Jonas!

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Getting hosed off

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Jonas and I got Hayden a fun instrument table - he loves music!

From August 2012

Black Lake

Jonas goes on a super fun vacation every year with his dad to Black Lake. He gets to see tons of cousins, swim, and his favorite part...go out on Uncle Bob's boat! His dad texted me some pictures while they were there, so here you go!