Saturday, September 8, 2012

Kaitlyn’s Dance Class

This morning Kaitlyn started dance class.  She is taking a combination tap/ballet class.  The first half of class they spend doing tap and the second half is ballet.  She is using the bag Great Grammy gave her for Christmas as a dance bag for her tap and ballet shoes.  During tap today Kaitlyn’s teacher, Miss Miranda, taught the girls how to do “shuffle step”.  Then they practiced walking and doing the shuffle step.  During ballet they learned how to walk on their toes.  She came home chanting “tippy toes, tippy toes”.  After class was over, I didn’t have to ask if she liked it.  She ran right up to me and told me she had fun! 

The hardest part was getting her hair into that ballet bun.  The YouTube videos made it look so easy!

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Monday, September 3, 2012

Labor Day Weekend

Saturday we didn’t do much since Kevin had to work.  Kaitlyn got to watch a movie at home while I cleaned the house, but the rest of the weekend was nothing but fun!

Sunday we went to our last Sea Dogs game of the season.  It was fan appreciation day at Hadlock and the theme was “If You Build It, They Will Come” .

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The cornfield installed at center field…

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Greeting the fans and giving a brief history of the team and ballpark…   Imported Photos 03420

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Before the game started the players came up into the stands to greet the fans and thank them for their support.  Each player got a section of the stands.  This is #22, Chris Balcolm-Miller.  He is one of our pitchers.  #22, Chris Balcom-Miller

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They lost, but we still had a lot of fun!  We are definitely looking forward to next season, but the end of baseball season means it’s almost time for hockey!

Monday we drove down to York.  We went to the zoo and amusement park down there.

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Kevin also won’t be winning father of the year today.  While visiting the alligator Kevin was reading the information sign to Kaitlyn…  “he eats small mammals.  Kaitlyn, you’re a small mammal”.  I now understand why Kaitlyn told Mammy “Daddy goes to jail.  He’s dangerous.” 

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The weekend seemed way to short, but we do have a bunch of fun stuff coming up including apple picking and the corn maze.  Fall is upon us!

Kaitlyn’s First Trip to Fenway

Kaitlyn has been telling us for awhile that she wanted to go see the Red Sox.  So last weekend we surprised her with a trip to Boston and didn’t tell her what we were doing until we showed up at the ballpark.

First though we had to stop at Jacob Wirth for lunch so Kevin and I could have Weiner Schnitzel and spaetzle.  Yummy!

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Maine Day at Fenway!!!  The Sox were celebrating all the Red Sox fans in Maine.  They flew the Maine state flag.  There was an entire section of fans from Maine.  The people who sang The National Anthem and God Bless America were from Maine.  L.L. Bean employees came down and were doing giveaways.  Several of the mascots from Maine teams were there.  And lots of other stuff…Imported Photos 03402Imported Photos 03398   Imported Photos 03399   Imported Photos 03396Imported Photos 03404 Kaitlyn’s First Fenway Frank :)   Imported Photos 03410 Imported Photos 03411 Imported Photos 03412 Imported Photos 03413

Saturday, September 1, 2012

St. Peter’s Street Festival

This year Grammy and Aunt Cassandra came to St. Peter’s Street Festival with us.  Kaitlyn had fun dancing, eating pizza, and spending time in the bounce house.Imported Photos 03383 Imported Photos 03382  Imported Photos 03384 Imported Photos 03385  Imported Photos 03387

Girls Night Out

Kevin had to work, so Kaitlyn and I went to a Sea Dogs game together.  The team was giving out free jerseys to the first 1,000 kids through the gate.  Here’s Kaitlyn with hers…

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My Little Tiger

During summer camp at Kaitlyn’s day care, one of the teachers did face painting for the kids.  One of the kids picked Spiderman, one picked Hello Kitty, and Kaitlyn picked a tiger…

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