I Heart Spring

Is there anyone still there??? Yes, I know I haven't updated this blog in...well...too long to count, so I know I'm taking a chance that no one is still out there checking to see if the Summeys are still alive. Yes, we are here and we are doing well. The last four months have been busy for us. We traveled to FL for Christmas and had a wonderful time.

January and February were very cold and we had snow a few times. Andrew got to see his first State basketball game.

Audrey and I visited a children's museum were she had a fun time exploring.

And finally Spring arrived. Can I just tell you how much I just love Spring around here? The weather has been just wonderful and we are trying to enjoy every moment of it. There is just something about not having to hear the hum of the a/c going nonstop that makes me happy.

Andrew celebrated 100 days of Kindergarten!

We celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday with green eggs and ham for dinner!

Audrey learned how to "accessorize".

We celebrated Andrew's birthday!

We spent a few weeks in April back in Florida visiting with family and friends where Andrew finally got to try out that new fishing pole and we went to the beach.

Thanks to our dear friends who call this place (in the background) home, for letting us enjoy their little slice of paradise a few times while we were in town. The kids loved playing in the water, but it was still cold. They jumped in the waves and played in the sand until they were exhausted.

With ten dollars of new beach toys I thought were had more than enough to play with. Who knew that my mom's plastic Subway drinking cup would be the most fought after item. I'm not kidding...they both could have cared less about the sand toys they picked out and argued over who got to use the cup the most. Audrey enjoyed scooping up sand from under the water and dumping it back up on the dry beach. I think it was her own little "beach restoration project".

And now the count down to summer begins...but we are in no hurry. Enjoy the rest of your spring!

Santa

We went to the mall today and saw Santa. The kids both were so happy to get to see him. It still amazes me that neither one of them is scared and both hopped right up in his lap. Andrew was a little quiet. He was just concentrating on his "list" in his head. He didn't want to forget what to tell Santa he wanted. Audrey was so excited and just kept saying "you're Santa Claus" over and over and hugging him.

Here is last year's picture. They sure have grown.

Christmas Music

Audrey loves Christmas music. We have a Christmas music CD in the car and one in the house and she always request to listen to them. Here she is singing two of her favorites. Away in a Manager and Go Tell it on the Mountain (minus the 1st line). She just started singing and we couldn't get the camera on fast enough. Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year. I loved that it was on a Saturday. The kids got all dressed up and we went to the fall festival at our church. Andrew came up with the idea for him to be a builder. He was so excited about this costume. I chose Snow White for Audrey. She's not really into the princesses yet, but she loves her seven dwarf dolls. She chose happy and sneezy to accompany her to the festival.

Snow White ready for the hayride.

The construction zone in our church parking lot made the best backdrop for our builder!

Ready for the festival!

florida

Here are few pictures from our last trip to FL. They both loved getting to swim. They also were able to jump on a cool trampoline, where they were harnessed in and could do flips and jump really high. I love the picture of Audrey. She just looks like she is in having the time of her life.

pjs

The weather has turned cooler and fall is here. Although, I have to agree with Andrew when he said this morning that it felt more like winter than fall. The weather this weekend was pretty cold (for us southerners). There are some benefits to cold nights. Being able to break out the new footed pjs. They were both very excited to wear them last night .

The Weather

(She is singing: "what's the weather like today, like today, like today, what's the weather like today, today it's sunny")

They sing a weather song at Audrey's preschool and she really loves it. I'm thinking she has a future career as a weather girl. I'm sure that would make her granddaddy proud.