Looks like summer is coming to an end...

Although we've had a wonderful fun filled summer, it seems as though it may be coming to an end. The boys still enjoy the pool just about every day, but the sun is getting lower in the sky and daylight hours are starting to lessen. The cool evenings and the cold rain, even for a day, really lowers the pool temperature. Too cold for me. The boys don't seem to mind so they'll get another month out of it.

Matthew completed just about every week at the fun runs at the local park. He did really well and was sad to see it end. Andrew did his first 1/2 mile run a few weeks ago and did a great job! We were so proud of him for completing the whole race and even came in ahead of 2 other children! Talk about so proud it brought tears to our eyes. The same week, Matthew completed his first 1 mile run with a time of 10:40! And that was in 85 degree weather. He'll be competing in the Run For Jon this weekend. He's definitely a natural and wants better running shoes.
Matthew will be starting up Soccer this fall. His first practice is tomorrow. He's so excited since we were unable to register in time last year.
The boys also entered the Sand Sculpture Contest at our beach and came in 2nd place for their age group by building Yankee Stadium! they won $20! They're so creative. here's the link to the photo gallery from the Press-Republican website... CLICK HERE

We've only just begun school shopping this year. Our stores are limited for boy's school clothes and Andrew won't wear anything but dress pants and button down shirts and they have to be wrinkle free. Walmart & Target are just not cutting it.
On another note, our Nanny (Arihanna) that we hired this summer has worked out amazingly! Not only does she entertain the boys all day, but she brings them everywhere they need to go, makes sure they clean their rooms, make their beds, brush their teeth and to top it all off, she does homework time with them to keep them on track for the coming school year! Unfortunately she's leaving us on Thursday to continue her college education and she'll be too far to watch the boys after school. We're going to miss her so much. I've had an extremely reduced stress summer... last year was going to be the death of me. This summer, she was able to bring Andrew to all his therapy appointments, was there on time every time! She had them at the library once a week, brought them to the beach, out to the movies, lunch... I could go on forever at how much less stressful she made our summer. Here's hoping she will be back next summer.
As for Sean & I, busy as usual. We're getting ready to plan our trip to St. Louis for Andrew's Surgery at the end of September. We'll post more details on the surgery when we get all of the information. We've spoken the the neurosurgeon and the Orthopedic surgeon and we're pretty hopeful this will be the answer to Andrew's toe walking! ((Fingers crossed))