$1800 Closer To The Cure

Wow ~ Wow ~ Wow! I did it! I've raised over $1800 for the Avon walk and the walk is still a month away! Thank you to everyone who has so graciously supported my efforts. I am truly humbled by your generosity.

Dianne and I are gearing up for our trek to the Big Apple to do the walk. We've been doing some training walks to prep for the big day. We have our tents reserved (EGADS) and now we just have to wait for the big day to get here!

Biddeford Has An Airport?

On Saturday, we went to an open house at the Biddeford Airport. Biddeford is the very small town near ours and I recently learned they have an airport. It's not a commercial airport - it's a small airport where private planes fly in and out of. You can take flight lessons there. It was pretty cool. Laina got to climb around in a plane, we watched someone skydive out of a plane which we've never seen in person and we listened to music by the Army Reserves Band which of course our little dancer just loved.

Laina grooving to the military music

Climbing Up To Check Out A Plane

Driving A Jeep

Climbing In The Angel Flight Plane

Sitting In The Plane

Another Cute Shot In The Plane

Another Glimpse Of Laina Dancing

Here's another little shot of Laina dancing at the Airport Open House. She is always drawn to the music. She was much more interested in the music then she was any of the planes!

Creative

Laina decided to make an "I" with blocks today. Then I told her to make and "L". From there, she and Daddy spelled out LAINA with blocks. I thought that was pretty creative!

Playdate With Max

On Thursday, Laina and I headed over to Max's house to visit with Cassie, Max & Asa. I can't believe it but little Asa is already 6 months old! Laina had a great time playing with Max and his toys and then we all took a walk to their playground which was very fun. We stayed for lunch and watching Laina and Max eat Mac-n-cheese together was so precious. Here are a couple of cute pictures.

Wagon Ride To The Playground

Practicing Headstands

Laina Trying To Give Max A Hug

Max Is Not So Sure

Monster Beck

This is Monster Beck. He has lived in our house for a long long time now. At some point, many months ago, Laina decided there was a monster in the house and she started acting scared of it. Joe quickly turned this around and befriended the monster. He and Laina jointly named him Monster Beck. Some times Monster Beck is invited by Laina to join us for car rides and she asks me to open the car door to let him in the car. Last month I asked Laina to draw a picture of him and this is what she drew. I love little kids imaginations.

Auntie Di visited us this weekend. I didn't tell Laina that Di was coming. On Saturday morning Joe took Laina swimming at the Y. By the time that Laina and Joe got home from the Y, Di had arrived at the house. As soon as they pulled into the driveway, Laina recognized Di's car and Joe said she just lit up. The look on her face when I opened the door to the house and she saw Di standing there was just precious.

Di and I did some great planning for the Avon walk which is coming up very soon! We also did a 5 mile training walk. I couldn't believe how quickly the walk went when I was chatting with Di. I've done this walk a few times now and it just flew by with the two of us doing it together. Di and I also made a very fun trip to Gymboree to buy some fall clothes for Laina. Action packed weekend!

Laina's Perspective

A couple of weeks ago, the theme at school for that week was "All About Me" and the kids did different activities to learn about themselves. Some of Laina's work came home and Joe and I cracked up laughing at this stuff.

Here is a page all about Laina. The black smudges are just me digitally blacking out some info that I don't want on the web. I love that it says she loves to sing (so true) and her favorite show is Mickey Mouse Club House. I think it's so cute that her teachers think she is "energetic"...to say the least, right!

These next ones are a riot. The highlights include, "how old is mom - 50 olds" and "how old is dad - 50 olds too" as well as Laina telling her teachers that Mommy & Daddy have grey hair! That is a riot because Joe's hair is obviously brown and as for me, I spend soooo much $ and time every 4 weeks with my hair dresser to assure that I do not have grey hair! I also like "how tall is mom - little" and "how tall is dad - taller". Laina thinks that she and I are both little and daddy is big. That cracks me up. I also like that she thinks we both work at court. These sheets will definitely be going in our memory box!