Family Night

Last night was the Banana's Family Night at her elementary school.  Luckily, I was able to get Papa and Nonnie to come over for dinner and trick them into babysitting so that Billy and I could run to the school!  (Not like they minded one bit)  We put Cameron down before we left, since he is still suffering from a nasty cold and drove over to the school.  Upon pulling up, we immediately saw Mr. Meagher in front of the school handing out the agenda for the evening.  Right away, I knew this was going to be a good night.  To be honest, Billy had no idea who he was because he had not met him yet and actually thought he was a politician.  That's how not familiar he is with having a principal visible to parents.  (It also means that Mr. Meagher dresses to the nines and always looks so presentable)  Mr Meagher shook our hands and wished us well as we entered the building.  (PS:  You have to hear Layla razz on his name.  I literally belly laugh when she does it.  It's pronounced "Ma-Ha" so she does this spooky voice and calls him Mr. MAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH) 


For the first time ever, I felt surrounded by a great number of parents that I admired and respected.  I have gotten to know many McGuire Families in the past two years and I was thrilled to have made special bonds with a great group of people.  I don't know if it was the chill in the air or just different vibe I have been feeling since the start of school, but I was literally excited for the evening.  I swear it has to do with Mr. Meagher's presence.  We sat and listened to Mr. Meagher's introduction speech and enjoyed it very much.  He was enthusiastic and informative.  He held our attention.  What a nice change of pace.  He introduced the teachers and our PTA President.  (Yes folks, I have already joined and I am delighted to be chairing the first annual Ladies Choice dance.)  Then we were onward to Mrs. Boyce's classroom.


When Hannah first entered McGuire, she was to have Mrs. Boyce for Kindergarten teacher.  I had heard great things about Mrs. Boyce and after formally meeting her, liked her instinctively.  Things got shuffled around and Mrs. Boyce moved to second grade.  Hannah ended up having Miss Geremia, the now Mrs. Thomas.  We were lucky.  We loved Miss Geremia and she was the perfect teacher for Hannah to have upon entering grade school.  She was loving and kind and very approachable.  Well, we are just as thrilled to have Mrs. Boyce.  She has all these same qualities and we were thrilled upon entering the classroom.  What an array of beautiful projects, artwork, decorations and journals for us to see.  I had to remind myself that this is only the 3rd week of school and look how much they have accomplished!  We truly were blown away with Hannah's pieces and both Billy and I are extremely enthusiastic about this upcoming year.  Mrs. Boyce is a doll.  Very easy to talk too and she just has that familiar face about her.  We are so happy that this is the teacher Hannah has for second grade.  To the moon!  I really do feel a change taking over.  I pray that this change continues and McGuire gets back on track so that Hannah can benefit from all she should at an good elementary school.  Cheers to a positive year at McGuire!

Tonight we are heading to the Princesses on Ice!!!!  The girls and their Girl Cousins!  Ohhhhh we cant wait!  We are sure to have a blast!


Here are some of Han's pieces...

This was at Hannah's chair. 

DIE for it!  From the hair to the purple nailpolish!

This was her self portrait. I mean.. the kid is good!

Her Bio Bug

Her Dino's Shopping List

The silly story the parents left the class!

and my personal FAVORITE.....  (Hannah and Makenzie's)  Need I even say more?  The Botox Family meets KFC!

Do I even need to comment on this pic of my baby boy?  My handsome man the Patriot's fan?  He is so freaking cute I could bite his cheeks off!

This was a belated birthday gift from Uncle Ra Ra and Auntie Mimi!  They got it JUST RIGHT! xo

Happy Friday!!!!  Enjoy this GORGEOUS weather!

Reason #2 Why I Love the Spring....

Playing Street Hockey in the driveway! 

I spent the day with Nonnie, Layla and Cameron running errands.  As usual, our errands always turn into some sort of adventure and we ended up down city walking to and fro without a stroller!  I had to go to the Attorney General's office to get a BCI check form in order to volunteer in Hannah's school.  Of course there is no parking down town so we parked a million miles away and trekked it.  Only to find out that I needed a bank check to pay for the BCI check and cash wouldn't do.  We ended up walking to Kennedy Plaza, making a stop at Sovereign where they suggested we head over to the Post Office for the bank check as the fee was cheaper.  Did I mention that we had the two little ones and NO STROLLER?  LOL  It was a gorgeous day and we took our time, making pit stops to go potty and stepping into Starbucks to get Cam and Layla a treat.  Thankfully, the kids were excellent and Nonnie and I took turns carrying Cameron.  After this two hour errand, we headed home exhausted! 


Kenzie came over after school to keep Hannah company and I really can't even get over these two and how much they have grown and matured.  Their friendship is like that of two little old ladies and it can be quite comical to watch.  One second they are loving on each other and the next they are snapping at each other.  Yet, the two of them would be lost without each other.  I got some cute video of them dancing to the Biebs that I will have to post. 


Papa came over to meet Nonnie and have dinner.  After dinner we were about to clean up the piles of dirty dishes when I decided NO.  I wasnt going to spend the beautiful evening cleaning dishes and wasting precious time.  I made everyone stop and outside we went.  (I'm learning)  Every single one of us.  We played, we laughed and it was an AWESOME evening.  Then the hockey net came out and the rest is history!  LOL  What a wondeful Spring evening and a memory I wont soon forget.  I gave the kids their bath and then cuddled them to sleep. 

After bedtime, I received a phone call that ticked me off.  That's as far as I will go with it but I was mad and I needed to vent.  I texted my Ana at 8:30 and headed on over for some girl talk, venting and some heavenly wine!  We sat outside just talking and talking and listening to each other.  Why hadn't we thought of this before?  Put the kids to bed and THEN get together!  LOL  It was just pure awesomeness and her friendship is something that I totally cherish.  It's amazing how people come into your life at exactly the most perfect time!  Now if I can only get rid of this pounding (wine) headache.. I'd be golden!  Oh how I love my McGuire girls!  You know who you are... what a fun summer we are about to have!


We had a FANTASTIC night at the Circus on Sunday.  We went full throttle and I completely SPOILED them!  I didnt care.  It was our girls night and I was going to make it a memorable one at that!  Layla was so hyped up on sugar (a full bag of cotton candy) that she had Hannah and I in belly laughs most of the evening with her craziness.  She was even attempting to do acrobatics in her seat!  It was beyond hilarious!

Needless to say, they were exhausted by the time we got home Sunday night!

I went to open the curtains yesterday and found this on the bow window.  Apparently, Hannah was trying to revive a Dandelion... it was the CUTEST thing!

Nonnie and Layla playing "Ghosts" yesterday, although Layla looked more like Cartman! LOL

This was Joseph and Layla playing after school yesterday.  I thought it was so precious!

And this was my gorgeous girl this morning before school.  She needed to dress up for a Mother's Day surprise and delighted I was, that she looked so beautifully dressed.  So much so, that I offerred to buy her some new dresses after school today.. and she took me up on it!  THANK YOU HEAVEN!  How nice it will be to see her in some dresses!!!!