Trik - A - Thon

Last week at Damon's pre-school they had their annual Trike (bike for Damon) - a Thon! It is a fundraiser, and money is donated for how many laps the kids can go around the track. There is a little bike wash, little restaurant, little repair shop...etc...it's a lot of fun.

This is Damon and his awesome little friend Jack. When they are together they are...well....insane. To put it nicely. Just ask the poor lobster that they mutilated when we went to dinner with Jack's parents....Although they are nuts, they have so much fun together. Here they are getting ready to run out the door.....watch out!

Awesome pictures, provided by Jack's sweet mom, Dina. Thanks!!!!

This one cracks me up....he is sooo serious. Jack is cruising in the background

Soccer (last Fall)

I forgot to do a post about Damon's little soccer class that he took at Pre-school last Fall. It's nothing too serious, just practicing skills, playing around...etc.. Not the typical team setting where you actually play against other teams...but either way, he loved it. These are some pics that my good friend Colleen took.

I really just wanted to post these because she has the most awesome camera

love this one

Damon with Colleen's son Brendan

PhotoBooth

PHOTOBOOTH = a new random favorite family activity, that makes us laugh harder than I have laughed in a long time. Damon gets laughing so hard he is out of control. I'm sure we'll be posting more soon....

I think the boys were about to take a shower

It is also sometimes the only way I get pics of myself with my kids!

The Jumps

A couple of Saturdays ago Mike and Damon went for a bike ride down our favorite Capital Crescent Trail. They found a little side trail, and Damon was in his little "biking heaven". Damon demanded that I see this place so we went back that evening as a little family. Just imagine my anxiety as I watched him go down this trail over, and over, and over....

For some reason part of the video kind of gets cut off when I put it on my blog, so you can also go here to view it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9r0Z1UR7ls

Three Things....

MY KIDS

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SPRINGTIME

We love these kids so much

Damon- Daddy Day!

So for the past year or so Saturdays have been referred to around here as "Damon Daddy Days". Mike works very hard for our little family, which results in us not seeing him as often as we would like to during the week....so the weekends are a big deal, especially for Damon now that he is able to join Mike in most of his hobbies....skiing, golfing, biking, and just playing like a kid (or big kid) does! Mike always prefers to do these hobbies with Damon right along side him.

Last Saturday Mike, Damon, and a group of close friends rode their bikes down to DC to enjoy the AMAZING weather, and see the cherry blossoms.

(Damon, Sienna, Dana, Heather, Gavin)

Mike and Damon downtown, Washington Monument

Damon, Lincoln Memorial

Damon & Sienna, ice cream break!

This was about mile 4 for Damon, and he loved getting a little push on the neck from his Dad

I just love this picture

Our good friends....Mike, Richard, Damon, Dana, Heather, and Gavin and Sienna in the comfy trailer.

Yes, we all think Mike and Richard look so cute in this picture!

Everyone had so much fun...and I sat home with my Brixton...I couldn't complain much about that!

National Kite Festival!

Some friends of ours told us that the National Kite Festival was going on last weekend, so we actually decided to be head down. We have been really bad about taking advantage of all the fun things that go on in DC, so we were happy to join the crowds down at the National Mall. We left early in the morning to take Damon to a skate park in Arlington to ride his bike....then drove to the city.

This must have been a good gust of wind for there to be that many kites in the air. It was NOT a very windy day....

but still fun to be out together

Mike and Damon setting up their kite

Damon and sweet little Hannah. It was great to meet up with such a big group of friends....(no pictures to prove it...but we had 5 or 6 families in our group)

Unfortunately, this was what the sky looked like for most of the day....notice...2 kites in the air.