Springtime in Rochester

We have had a beautiful springtime here in Rochester. Notice I am not mentioning the winter, though it was pretty good. Above is a picture of the kids from Mother's Day. Chris actually wanted to wear a shirt and tie, which was a first! Lindsay wore the cute summer dress that Aunt Laurie gave her.

Speaking of Laurie, we had a great visit to NJ for Spring break in April. We drove part way to Scranton for an overnight in a hotel, and then went to Wildwood from Saturday through Thursday. We went to the boardwalk, visited the beach at Cape May, then went to north jersey on Thursday with Laurie to visit Steve and Sherry for a few days. We really enjoyed visiting with everyone. The kids were great little travellers!

The kids have been doing great in Kindergarten, and are now reading and writing. It is amazing how quickly that happened!

We went to Niagara Falls on Memorial Day weekend for 3 days and 2 nights. We stayed at an awesome hotel called the Americana Resort. It has it's own waterpark including a wave pool and water slides, a great outdoor playground, and an arcade. We also visited the Skylon tower and ate at the Rainforest Cafe. It was a great time, and the kids slept really well.

We are looking forward to the Summer! The kids' last day of school is June 23rd, and I am taking that week off to spend with them. Then, they start day camp for 7 weeks on June 30th.

We are going to get a visit from Papa around June 18th for a couple of days. We can't wait to see him and Aunt Sharon and Uncle Murray. We wish Grammy was coming too!

The kids are learning how to sew! Chris expressed interest when I was sewing Bunder (again!) and wanted to learn. So, I found a cute sewing kit at Joann's last night and we worked on it this morning. It was really cute, with a plastic needle and yarn, and 2 projects, a heart and a kitty to sew together and stuff and decorate with sequins and googly eyes. They did pretty well.

I will try to update this more often and post more pictures!

Love,

Gina, Chris, and Lindsay