Fun in Pittsburgh

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Cliff is working late, I am not hungry, the kids are enjoying their favorite dinner (pasta, meat sticks, fresh tomato from our garden) in front of TV watchin Dora the Explorer. Why not?:)

Mama, tell me a story...

Today, Aaron asked me:

-Mama, tell me a story where a boy was crying "Wolf! Wolf" and people ran to help him, but he was just kidding. And the second time he was crying "Wolf!  Wolf!", and people ran again to help him but he was kidding again. And the thrid time he was crying "Wolf! Wolf!" and there was a wolf but nobody came to rescue and then he took a stick and made a bow and arrow with it and chased the wolf away.
-I don't know what else to add, you just told me the whole story:)

Story time with Aaron

I was doing the dishes when I witnessed a very precious moment between my kids, so I grabbed a camera and took a video of it. Aaron is speaking English here so most of you will be able to join him for the story time:) At the end Aaron mentions cousin Sarah liking knights and horses.

Tennis Camp

Today was the last day of Aaron's tennis camp. It was a week long class that lasted 1 h 15 mins each day. Need to say that we signed him up for a tennis class for 4-5 year olds 4 days a week 30 mins each day. However, two days before the class I got a call from the instructor informing me that he was the only person signed up and therefore they were moving him to a different class which turned out to be a class for 6+ year old, 5 days/week 1 h 15mins each. Considering these circumstances Aaron did pretty well. Here is a short video from Aaron's very first tennis class. He didn't quite know what to do or even how to hold a raquet.


And here is a video from his last class, today.He progressed quite a bit. The teachers(highschoolers) were great,so patient and kind to him, giving him more tries than other kids. And though 1 hour of class was a lot for him, he still liked playing tennis and is looking forward to his next class which we plan to start in fall.

To celebrate his last day of tennis camp, we treated ourselves to some frozen yogurt afterwards.

Mackinac Pictures. Part 2

From this post on I'll post all other pictures into a Mackinac Island Trip album that I'll create on the left.

Kira and Granddaddy being silly on the porch of Grand Hotel before dinner. One of my favorite pictures.

And my other favorite photo of Aaron and Grammy at West Bluff on an evening promenade.

Mackinac Island Family Vacation 2012

We had a wonderful time at MI with Greg, Cathy and the Tresizes. It was sad to leave but great to be finally home after nearly 10 hours of traveling. We took lots of pictures most of which turned really well. I'll post them as I edit them a bit within the next few days but here are a few. Enjoy!

 Thanks to Grammy for the cute coordinating outfits!

 Beautiful shot of Mary and Thomas that Cliff took. Mary and I got lots of compliments on the bike dresses that Cathy got for us. Thank you!

The porch of Iroquois Hotel. Some ideas for my next year landscaping.