Birthdays, Babies and a Shark Attack!

Birthdays....

Yesterday 9/5 was Poppie Stetser's birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPPIE!!!!! Wish you were here in NJ!
Thursday 9/4 was Kyle's 18th birthday - he is coming home this weekend to celebrate! Happy 18th Kyle!

BABIES...

Congratulations to Susan and Matt on the birth of Madison Joy! She was 6 lb, 1 oz - what a peanut! We can't wait to meet her! Poppie must be so happy - his first Great-Grandchild born on his birthday!

SHARK ATTACK....Rivershark that is....

We have 8 free tickets for the Camden Riversharks, and since the season is almost over, we figure we better use some! We wanted to go on a Friday night, because after the game they have fireworks. Our seats were GREAT! We were in the row right behind the dugout - the kids were so excited!

We had a beautiful view of the bridge/skyline!

Andrew was very excited when one of the Riversharks players coming in from the field tossed him a ball - you would have thought he was given a bag of gold! The game ended with a bit of rain coming down, and the Riversharks losing to the Newark Bears 5-2. The fireworks after were wonderful!

School Time!!

WOOHOO!!! The first day of school! Now, usually I am very sad about the first day of school. I am one of those strange Moms that actually like having my kids around all summer. They are a lot of fun to hang out with and I really enjoy their company. But...you knew that was coming....the last 3 weeks, they have been getting on each other's (and consequently MY) nerves. They are fighting over every little thing - "he's in my seat", "he is using my cup", "he is breathing"...and so on and so on. Both kids were ready to go back to school, and I think I was ready to send them. So, off to 3rd and 1st grade at 8:00 this morning. This week is three 1/2 days and on Monday starts the "real deal". I joked with them today that Mom has all the homework the first few days of school - so many forms to fill out, checks to write and workbooks to cover with clear contact paper (it's a Catholic School thing, the clear contact).

So, here are my angels on their first day!

What's in a name??

Mom. Mommy. Mama. Ma. Mother. All of a sudden, Adam has taken to calling me "Mother". I don't know why. It sounds like something you would call June Cleaver. Or an old lady. It makes me feel like a mean old woman, not a fun, cuddly Mommy or Mom. But, he does it consistently, so it looks like it's going to stay for awhile. When he yells "MOTHER", I yell, "YES, SON". Maybe that will get on his nerves and he will go back to "Mom".