Just got back from a "visit" to the local pet shop and 90 bucks later emerged with a few new additions to our brood.

Yup, things are smellin' fishy around here. One lucky finned fella has been given the name George ( after Alyana's godfather). George and Dough-Dough ( Dora) share a watery habitat upon Alyana's dresser.

The other 5 share a spot in Ben's.

Pray for them , please :)

Man, they can market anything to kids.

See the "pirate aquarium" picture ?

They "had" Ben at pirate .....haha!

Ok .....just where the #%&* did summer go ?

A Little of This ( and That)

" I like dat baby" .....


Alyana meeting her new friend .......Miss Cali ...as you can see .....see is smitten with her ... ( come to think about it ...so does JP). Gee ....I wonder if I should hit him up to go back to China ??

Speaking of China ...here is Miss Alycat modeling her silk pants and jacket that we bought in China ...

Size 4 .....wow ....can't believe it ......

Seems like yesterday that we bought this outfit ......




On a different note,

My coworkers and I went out last week for dinner and ended up at a paint and pottery shop.
We spent hours letting our creative juices flow .....

Look what I brought home ......

Here's the BEFORE ....

and here's the AFTER .....
Notice the theme ??

I know ...I know ....don't quit my day job ....;)

PS: Bugsy comes home tomorrow ....
Woo Hoo ! Can't wait to see that boy .....it's been a looooong week !

Gone Camping .....

A few hours ago we dropped Bugsy off to summer camp.

This is my boy's first time away from home.

At this moment, he's probably just finished his dinner and he's about to change into some warm clothes and head to a bon fire with 89 other kids and camp counselors.

He handled the goodbye like a big boy .....and of course, refused to hug mommy in front of the "boys".

That's right ....big boys don't hug in public ....*lol* ( I forgot )

Can't wait til Friday :) I miss him so much already !

Getting ready .......for the big adventure !

Ben's home for the week

Checking out the surrounding area with his camp counselor

Waiting for the ferry

A few "love you" notes tucked into his bag :)

Oh my .....

Did you see that yesterday ??

A whole entire day filled with sun sun sunny shine .....

I know .....unbelievable, huh ?

Time to dig out the boat .......dust it off and have some fun in the sun .....

even Alyana gave the trip a thumbs up !

Go Ahead .....

Dance like noone is watching :)

Went for Sunday sketti today ( as usual it was delicious).
Snapped a few pics of Grammy n' Papa's camp with my new Nikon D80.
It's a fun little number with lots of bells and whistles.
Look out world .....
I'm about to snap your picture ....lol






I've also uploaded a few more pics of vacation.

Let it Rain .....

A common view from our car this week!

Hi All !

We're just about 3/4 of the way through our vacation and thought we'd take a moment to post a few pictures.

We are having a blast, despite the relentless grey (and sometimes) rainy skies. We figure that we might as well suck it up and enjoy whatever Mother Nature decides to throw our way since summer vacation won't happen for another year :)

During the past 7 days we have visited Splashtown, Old Orchard Beach, Freeport, and then spent some time boating on a lake near our home . Sometimes, only for a brief moment, the sun peeked at us through the clouds ...

We sat by the bonfire, splashed in the pool, ate smore ( yes , smore pancakes), slid on giant waterslides , water tubed and laughed with family and friends ....

All under grey clouds .....

What can you do ? Hey, if you look on the "bright" side ( no pun intended) , we have saved a fortune on sunblock this vacation ...;)