Ok........so why a picture of running water? The plumbers are done in our addition, that's why! I am so excited.....we now have two working bathrooms. I still have some tiling to do.....but I have water..........
The heat/AC is rady to go too!
And MORE exciting news..........Cassidy comes home today! This was her "seashore" field trip week - I can't wait to hear about the adventures her and the class had!
Jadzia was in a no picture mood this day........too bad it was the first day back to school. This is her last year of preschool, she is in the "kindergarten readiness room" this year. She was very happy to see all of her friends from last year and her favorite teacher, Miss Judy.
Savannah playing field hockey.....she loves this sport. She is number 18, back to the camera. This was their first game and they won 2-1.
This weekend we did something I never thought I could do, never mind Savannah and Cassidy! We participated in the swim for life, an event that raises money for organizations in Provincetown. It is a 1.4 mile swim from long point to a beach across the harbor. Here is Cassidy getting ready at Papa's house.
Waiting for the swim to start.......we got these really cool swim caps when we registered. They write the swimmers number on the cap and on each persons arm for check in purposes - they want to make sure everyone is accounted for at the end of the swim.
Savannah is ready to start. Her and Christopher finished in just over an hour.
Here we all are after the swim........still standing up. Savannah , Cassidy (hiding), Christopher, and me!
Cassidy was cold.......so they made her come in on a Kayak. She made it more than half way though! What a great job. I thought she would be frightened because the water is so deep, but she did fine, not scared a bit. After she was brought in, I was left out in last place all by myself.......well, with the kayak and stand up paddle board people staying with me for safety. It was kind of peaceful floating around all by myself! Definitely something I am looking foward to doing again.
Here is a random picture for you. Jadzia likes to involve the dogs when she is playing. Althoug Buddy would rather be napping, he doesn't seem to mind having a blue skarf around his head.
We saw these turkeys crossing the road on the way home from the swim. I was taking Cassidy to see the house she will be staying in for a week this month with her classmates (seashore trip).
We have been trying to get some work done on the addition. Here I am working on the new bathroom........it will be upstairs in our new bedroom. 
Trying to line them up just right.....
This is Rhino our new bunny. The girls wanted a small pet so we adopted this one from the shelter. He is good.......litter box trained and he will let us hold him. His favorite place to hide is the toy box.....he blends in well and can be difficult to find.
Let's celebrate the second day of school. I couldn't find my camera for the first day (yesterday) so I snapped a few pictures of the kids at the bus stop today. Cassidy really likes her new teacher.......she says 5th grade is "fun" so far. Her class will be the first of the year to go to the seashore. For those of you that don't know what that means......many 5th grade classes on the cape spend a week sleeping in an old coast guard station. They have nature themed lessons and activities for the week. When Savannah was in 5th grade she loved it.............I have not heard of a kid that didn't like it. During one of the hikes when Savannah went the naturalist had just made a comment about the fact that people usually walk their dogs on the seashore land.....and out of nowhere came a black dog........and then my brother. It was totally a coincidence.....we never could have planned that. Savannah was very excited to see her uncle.
Getting on the bus...........soon she will not want me taking pictures of her.
Here is a picture of most of the guests........it was hard to get them in one place at one time. We started the party with games and a cookout. By 9:30 all of the boys and the girls that were not sleeping over had gone home, but the rest of the girls were still awake at 4:00 am! I woke them all up at 9:15 for breakfast and they were picked up at 10:00ish. There were a few squabbles but for the most part it was a great birthday party.
This is a favorite birthday game..........we play it every year. Two teams, two kids on the ground holding 2 liter bottles on their face......the rest of the team takes turns filling a small cup with water and running up the yard to put the water into the bottle. The kid on the ground ends up soaking wet............and laughs the whole time they are on the ground!
This is Cassidy with her friend Kiley. Kiley and her family live out of state and come to the Cape for a couple of weeks every summer. They met at the sailing club that Cassidy and Savannah go to in the summer. Kiley and her sister came to our house for the party.......it was great having them. They are really nice girls.
Savannah and Kiley's sister, Avery.................wearing goofy glasses.
The "ha" game. Everyone gets on the ground and puts their head on the stomach of the person before them. The first person says "ha", the second person "haha", third "hahaha" and so on......the game stops when someone busts out laughing..........which doesn't take long. I called this game "the laugh chain" when I was a kid.
