Cousins

Another Fun Week of Summer

We are really enjoying the last few weeks of the summer.

Last Sunday, we went to the beach. Wesley's friends, Dominic and Charlie, from school were also there so he had fun seeing them. He also saw another boy who used to go to his school. My friend, Nancy, from work was also there with her kids so we played with them for a little while too.

On Monday, we went to Hurricane Harbor. It was chilly out but Brandon and Wesley still had a lot of fun going on the water slides and lazy river.

Brandon is playing travel soccer this year. His uniforms came in so he tried them on for me. He will be playing on the Ocean Storm black team.

On Tuesday, Brandon had his friend, Brandon's, birthday party. It was in the backyard at his friend's house. They had an above ground pool for the kids to swim in and a trampoline that the kids enjoyed playing in. Wesley tagged along since the party was in the middle of a work day and Stu was not home to watch him. Wesley had a lot of fun at the party too.

Stu and I went to the Counting Crows and Rob Thomas concert that night at PNC Bank Art Center. It was a great concert!

The Italian Festival is going on in town this week. I brought the kids there Friday night and last night. Stu has been working at the beer tent with the fire department. On Friday night, Wesley's friends, Olivia and Kennedy, and their families, came with us. The kids all had a lot of fun going on rides together.

After Kennedy and Olivia left we met up with some of our fire department friends.

Yesterday, Brandon went to his friend, Colin's, birthday party at Seashore. He loved it! He not only conquered his fear of jumping off of a diving board, he jumped off of a high diving board multiple times. There was also a water slide that he loved and an inflatable obstacle course in the water.

Last night, we went back to the Italian Festival. We walked around with Tori and Lexi and went on a few more rides. We also went on the fire truck.

A Lot Going On

We had another busy week with a lot going on.

On Monday, Brandon went to the orthodontist to get his palette expander removed and top braces put on. This is phase 1 of braces. He will have these on for about 8 months and then get them off and most likely get phase 2 in a few years. They should help with his overbite. He does not mind having braces at all so far. He picked out yellow and blue rubber bands (Warriors colors).

Brandon and Wesley helped make pizza for dinner on Monday night. They had fun putting the sauce, cheese, and pepperoni on the pizza crust by themselves.

Wesley was at Silton again this week with Olivia. Their friend, Fiona, from school was there too. He came home so excited to tell me on Monday that he had seen her.

We went to National Night Out on Tuesday. We stopped by both the Deal Police Department National Night Out and the Ocean Township Police Department National Night Out.

Brandon had his last week of rec camp this week. When he was there in the mornings Wesley was at home with me. We went to the library one morning to get some books. They have a really cool kids computer with tons of games on it. Wesley had lots of fun playing on it.

On Wednesday afternoon, Wesley had his first swim race at Silton. The 5 year olds had to swim across the width of the pool. He was so excited about the race before it started but when he was sitting in line waiting he was crying. He said he was crying because he couldn't find his teachers but I think he was overwhelmed. He did pull himself together though and did the race. He came in 4th place.

On Friday, Stu graduated from the CPM class that he has been taking all year. His paper was nominated for the best CPM paper too which was quite an accomplishment since only 9 papers out of 100 students were nominated.

Yesterday Wesley had two birthday parties. The first was for his friend, Ashlyn, from school. It was at Seashore and was a pool party. The lifeguard did make him wear his puddle jumper since he couldn't stand in all parts of the pool. He had a lot of fun. He went off the diving board, down the slide, and across the obstacle course several times.

We left Ashlyn's party and went straight to his friend, Anthony's, party. Anthony's party was at Good Sports. Wesley did a great job playing soccer there with his friends.