FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 2011

Harley lost her first TOP tooth last week. The other one is barely hanging on. I call her Nanny McPhee now. It grosses me out.

Harley on the first day of SECOND GRADE. Her hair had a mind of its own... But she likes it "BIG!"

Vanessa on her first day of THIRD GRADE. 3rd grade.....where has the time gone?

Harley isn't big on touchy-feely affection. Especially from her older sister. Can you tell?

So I said told Harley to stop it and let me take a nice picture of the two of them. Now Vanessa has a "Ha! Mama yelled at you." look on her face and Harley is still creeped out by the half-hug.

Ah, siblings.

Summer 2011

A lot has happened since my last post. We went on our first official family vacation. The girls saw Red, White and Boom in person. Tony spent part of July in the hospital. I entered my last year in my 30's. We checked out the new Scioto Mile.

We started off with a 5-day cruise out of Tampa, FL. We had 2 ports, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico. There was a town on Grand Cayman called Hell. Let me tell you, it felt as hot as that!

These are Mayan Indian dancers in Cozumel.

After the cruise we headed to Orlando. We stayed at a fabulous Sheraton resort for 5 days. We went to Disney one day. We ate at Planet Hollywood - I got to see "The Jenny" from my all-time favorite movie Forrest Gump!

Our last stop was back in Tampa/St. Petersburg. We went swimming before getting back on the plane to Ohio. We saw dolphins swimming!!

No pictures of Tony in the hospital. He has cellulitis in his lower leg. I could post a picture of his leg, but I don't want to gross everyone out! (you're welcome)

Yesterday was my 39th birthday. "Not 40 yet!" was the pharse repeated all day. The girls and I went down to the new Scioto Mile. It is SO nice!! I want to live downtown.

School will be starting soon. It's been an action-packed summer!