Swim Meet with New Bedford

Braeden's relay swim-he swam 50 freestyle and his team came in first for the boys!

Braeden swimming the 100 freestyle. He is in lane 2 and came in second, cutting nearly 5 seconds off his last time.

It was a busy day with this home meet (Mom was there at 11:30 to work in the consession stand) and the play in the evening. We were especially glad that Meeps was able to join us for the weekend and this crazy day. All of us were able to see all three of Braeden's races (he also swam a 50 backstroke). We are so close that we came home in between his relay and his first individual swim and Meeps and Teagan made a cake for my birthday.

Of Mice and Mozart

Braeden and Teagan were in Of Mice and Mozart tonight. They both did a fabulous job! They had many songs to learn as well as their lines and movements to go with the lines. Braeden was Papa Mozart and the older Mozart, Teagan was a speaking mouse.

The Mozart family-Nannerl (Mozart's sister), Bimperl (their dog), Anna Maria (mother), the canary, young Mozart, and Papa Mozart (with a visiting musician). Mice in the front who helped narrate the story.
Teagan mouse
Mozart family
Mozart and Papa
The cast

New Year's Eve

The beach with friends is a great way to spend the last day of 2009. We packed a bit and worked on our palm tree puzzle, then went down to the beach to meet Sarah, Uwe, and Lila. The crazy kids even dipped into the Gulf then stuck around for a little building in the sand.

A sand bunny.
No legs for Braeden!
Lila helps bury Teagan's legs.
Fun in the sand.
Making the sand bunny.

After some time in the pool we went to Sarah and Uwe's for a New Year's dinner of roasted veggies with pasta. Yum! What a fun way to end the year!

Fun on Siesta Key

We had a great day swimming and playing on the beach. The Santoros came over for dinner. Before dinner we went out to watch the sun set and take some pictures.

Sunset and palm tree.
McCabe kids

Cousins

Riley and Logan
Braeden and Teagan and sun set
Lala took Teagan and Riley to get manicures. They chose their own manicure, so they both came home with this gorgeous pink and green polka dot design.

Baby sitting Lila

Sarah and I went to lunch together rather than exchanging gifts .It was so nice to have some time together without kids and/or cooking. We actually got to complete sentences!

Teagan had a great time baby sitting Lila. Sarah brought her over to the apartment and we went out in the village. We went to a yummy restaurant called Sun Garden Cafe.

Beach view from the apartment.
Village view from the apartment.
Lila in Teagan's hat.
Lila and the kids on the terrace.
Braeden
Jeff calming Lila down.

Braeden gets glasses!

Braeden got glasses for distance today. I thought he wouldn't actually walk out of the appointment with them, but that is almost what we did! We did have dinner while we waited for them, but that was much faster than I expected.

Halloween night

The Bean family came over for some trick-or treating, Jeff and Johnny went visiting all of the houses with our cousin Angie while Nikki and I stayed in the warm indoors in case anyone came to our door. We all ended up at the Hempstead's where there was beer for the older trick or treaters.

Teagan and the Bean girls-Avalon, Gwennie, and Abbie.