Backyard Olympics

Each year for Shaun Mamros’s birthday party, his parents hold a Backyard Olympics competition.  Each year the parents get a little more competitive ;)  We can’t help ourselves!

Sean’s Preschool Graduation

Sean had his big preschool graduation and got to dress up in a cap and gown.  They sang songs and even threw their caps at the end. About half of the kids in this class will go on to Kindergarten and the other half, like Sean, will to to a “transitional kindergarten” class (usually those kids who are very close to the cutoff date which is 8/31).

Dylan was very proud of his big brother:

Sean and his best friend Michael:

With his teachers, Ms. Meghan and Ms. Kathy:

Singing and throwing hats:

Random May Pictures

A new ‘do…

Baby blues…

Building forts…

Having a nice conversation over dinner…

Fun at the playground…

Feeding the ducks and geese…

A new captain…

Learning how to fish…

Waving to the train…

Sound asleep…

Hanging out on the back deck…

Too cool for school…

Mother and Father’s Day

All wrapped into one.  Here are the cards Sean made for us at school to celebrate Mother and Father’s Day this year.  Doesn’t it just melt your heart??

So True

Our OBX Memorial Day

For the first time in a few years we made it to the beach for Memorial Day and we were so excited!   Not only was it so good to see everyone, but it’s when the traditional Appetizer Cook-off happens and let me tell you – this family takes it seriously.  As always, thank you to Mike, Gale and Katie for letting us crash their beach house and for giving us a bedroom! We felt like royalty.

We started off the weekend with ice cream so you know it was going to be good…

Uncle Mike testing out Sean and Dylan’s bed…

This is how we found them in the morning (Dylan was still asleep in this pic)…

Upon entering the hallway, the boys realized that a pirate came and booby trapped the cottage!…

Morning fun with pillow piling on Grandma…

Fun in the sun!…

Too much fun in the sun?…

The boys found a pirate’s map and treasure chest!
We even made it to a restaurant and serenaded each other at home afterwards :)…

Time for the cook-off challenge to begin…

And the winner was Aunt Michelle!…

Gotta love Happy Meals for the ride home!

What a great weekend!