Firestation #47

I think this is our 3rd fire station tour so far, but it never gets old :) This one was put together by the Moms Club of Viera. I guess things got mixed up and the guys weren't expecting us today, but they put on a good show nonetheless!! We rushed home from preschool, inhaled lunch and high tailed it to the station.

Future Firefighter?!

nope....fire chief!

Ryan and Jaina were paying VERY close attention :)

Ready to ride!

I love this part of the tour....the firemen probably don't since it's about a million degrees in those suits! But they do it so the kids will not be scared if they come in to help them in an emergency.

Jaina's very beautiful, very concerned face. She had a death grip on my leg, and calmly kept saying, "no....no....no" :)

So many buttons to push and knobs to turn!

At one point she picked up one of the firefighters walkies and started pressing buttons, yikes!

Faith Viera Open House

We love, love, love Ryan's preschool. Just cant say enough great things about it!! Tonight we had a super fun time at his open house. The walls were lined with all of the kids art work. It was cool to search for the Ryan original in the art show!! Here's a pic of his featured art piece:

Next we took a tour of his classroom, he was very excited to show us all of the things he does here. This is the library corner with books that go with the theme they are learning about, right now they are discussing Fall. Cute side story about that....when he woke up on the 1st day of Fall Ryan was very excited to look out the window, then he quickly realized he had been jipped because there were no leaves on the ground :)

Jaina is already wanting to start school!! It's not a pretty picture when I have to drag her out of Ryan's class after drop off!! Maybe we'll try the 3 year old program a couple of mornings next year!

Wet&Wild

We were so fortunate to get a hold of SUPER discount tickets to the waterpark. We had never been before, and from 5-9 the place was closed to the public, totally awesome. We of course spent most of our time in the kiddie area, but it was a great time playing with the kids. It was really great to see Ryan being brave and trying out the water slides. He's not a fan of water in his face, but he did really well!!! Alicia took our Ryan and Jaina so we could go on some big people rides, that was nice....not something we get to do very often so we really appreciated it! Our ticket also included free all you can eat BBQ dinner and all day drinks. After dinner we floated around, many times on the lazy river. Jaina hung out with me in my tube, and Ryan played musical tubes with Dad, Alicia, and Dennis. At one point he even got into the river and floated on his own with his life jacket!! LOTS of fun....can't wait to do it again next year :)

*these are the only three pics I managed to get....next year a waterproof camera is on my list!

soccer mom

Well, it started with the minivan....then Ryan made it official, I am now a soccer mom :)

This is the soccer kick off party where the kids met their coaches....Ryan is ready to play!!!

Our first scheduled practice got rained out, so this is take 2.

Jaina's helping him to warm up before practice!

But she has enough time to flash a quick "cheese" at the camera!

GGGOOOAAALLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stretching out before the scrimmage.

Ryan going for victory, and succeeding!!

Ryan with his buddy at the end of practice, it was a great day!!!

preschool

It is really hard to believe that Ryan is off to preschool (VPK). He is the same age as the little guys I used to teach before he was born!! It is so amazing how time flies, people say that all of the time, and it is so true!!

Ryan picked out his backpack....I think we'll make this a tradition!!

It's funny, the bag is almost as big as he is, but the school requires a "full" size backpack!

Okay, I admit it...I cried on the way to school.

Daddy went in late to work so he could be there on his first morning. What a great daddy my kids have!!

"Come on sister, it's time to go go"

All aboard the Faith Viera Express. Every morning they have to stop, hold onto the grey railing, bounce up and down and say "chugga, chugga choo choo" it's their thing!

Downtown Cocoa Village

I love this place, it is so peaceful and beautiful. There are lots of unique shops and eateries. There's a great big open field with and amphitheater for shows, a water fountain that shoots up out of the ground that the kids can run through, and playgrounds. Today we went for ice cream, and magic!

The Cocoa Village Playhouse, absolutely gorgeous

One of the murals!

Ossorio's, the best brick oven pizza, and homemade ice cream!

The kids agree ;)

The Dove Magic Shop has a kids day the first Saturday of the month, free magic shows, popcorn, balloon animals, and face painting!! Pretty cool!

Jainas 2 yr check up

It's hard to believe that our little girl is two years old, time really did fly this time around!!

When we got to her appointment, I was fully prepared for the screaming that would be coming at the end of it all.....SHOTS. Luckily she is all caught up and didn't need a single one!! I got off easy this time, for once :)

The Doctor said that Miss Jaina is perfect in every way....couldn't agree more!!

We did discuss a couple of her challenges, such as taking off her diaper whenever she gets the chance! scratching, scratching, scratching those darn mosquito bites, I'm at my wits end with that one...hopefully her skin will survive without too many "battle" scars.

Apparently there's not much more that I can do about either....this too shall pass :)

Here are her stats :)

weight: 27 pounds--50%

height: 35 inches--90%

head--48.5 inches----75%