Spring Soccer Recap

Heading to his first game

He had a lot of pre-game confidence; then, as soon as the whistle blew, he ran off the field crying.  He made a quick recovery, and played the game. He didn't do stellar at practice participation, but games were fun!

Official Spring 2015 shots!

Go Yellow Lightning!

Go Blue Jets!!

Young Author's Night

The event invite

The event hair :)

Her shirt says - "Every once in a while someone comes along who
can truly be called a hero.  My brother is one of them."

The girls from Miss Steward's class who were in Mel's reading group

The author and her book - "SuperHero Joey vs. Monster Meanster"

Little siblings watching their authors

Reading her book

Mel & Alexa

The Union first graders' Young Authors' Night was held at Barnes & Noble.  Each class had a different night, and Miss Steward's got Monday.  The class split into two, and the kids read their books out loud to the families in attendance.  They had been working on these books for weeks; they wrote and illustrated a topic they chose themselves.  Melanie's was about Super Hero Joey, who flies around the world healing cancer.  He then encounters Monster Meanster, who he eventually makes realize he should change his name (Monster Nicester) and help Joey heal sick kids.  Melanie did an AWESOME job reading out loud to a group of people; it was a great event!

Riley Prom

Prom shopping; they insisted on wearing their clothes home

Melanie with her friend Laura; both Riley siblings

We planned to go to the Riley Prom again this year, and the kids were excited!  We went downtown several weeks ahead of time for "Promingdales," where the kids pick out outfits and accessories.  They wore the outfits home, Joey wore his to school, Mel had worn hers to church, .....

Then the day of prom arrived.  We planned to meet Jeff there, because he had a doctor appointment.  Joey didn't seem amenable to this plan, and decided he didn't want to go.  Melanie, however, had other plans, and wouldn't give up the dream of going.  So.... Girls Night Out to prom!  We had a good time, she got to dance with her friend from school, Laura, eat from the chocolate fountain, see magic tricks, play games, etc.  About 8pm, Joey turned to Jeff and said "I want to go to prom."  Oh, well.

Happy Birthday Joey!

Joey and his buddy Ethan

First round of cake - Friends party

2nd round of cake - Family party

Posing with some of his gifts

We celebrated Joey's FIFTH birthday fairly low-key.  He invited his three friends from our street over in between soccer games; two, Ethan & Luke, were able to make it.  Then we had all of the Indiana Worzalas (plus some of their out-of-town friends) over for round two of celebrations.  He's looking forward to getting his golf clubs broken in this summer!

Happy Easter!

A few highlights from Easter 2015!  Julie & Molly stayed the night Saturday night, and we dyed eggs.  Sunday after church, the 6 of us went to Grandma & Papa Worzala's for Easter dinner.

Spring Break - Cincinnati

We spent two nights over Spring Break in Cincinnati.  It was our first time there, and we had a great time!  We spent Sunday in the pool (twice), at the Newport Levee  -the mall area was fun - massages, train ride, the movie "Home," and out for pizza.  Monday, we went out to breakfast, to the aquarium, lunch at the bowling alley, we walked to dinner, and had two more trips to the pool. Tuesday we swam again, and then went to Jungle Jim's.  I would definitely go back - what an easy road trip!

I apparently created this highlight reel at some point, so let's just use that instead of blowing up the pictures on here.  Melanie is holding her new necklace in the bowling picture.

Always a sucker for the car nap, Joey has a death grip on the hotel key.

$1 for a 3-minute massage.  Best money spent.

As they got on the train for a lap around the mall, Melanie exclaimed "We get to do this AND get a massage??!"

Joey was very excited about his new otter - named "Kiki."

Escalators are a new favorite pasttime.

On Tuesday when we got back, the kids were able to burn a lot of steam outside - what a beautiful day!

 

Losing Teeth

Birthday tooth - bottom left

By April 1, this is what her new smile looked like.  The tooth fairy removed one of her top teeth for her while she slept, and she lost the second one a couple of weeks later.