Back to School 2017

At the end of August, the girls went back to school! They were all excited about the new year. Caroline went into 3rd grade with Mrs. Katie Taylor and the twins went to Kindergarten with Mrs. Shelly (Margaret) and Mrs. O'Neill (Julia).

Caroline started off the year right with a delicious breakfast after a pancake making lesson from Daddy.

Meet the teacher day...the girls were nervous, but excited!

First day of school: Julia!

First day of school: Margaret!

First day of school: Caroline!

All three, ready to go!

Julia and Margaret, back from their first day and happy! 

A rainy first day of school didn't get us down!

Julia after walking home for the first time on the 2nd day of school. She was thrilled to be a walker!

July and August Picture Post

July and August included lots of playing, swimming, and fun!

Paul and I celebrated our 12th anniversary

Julia swam in her first swim meet...

...and won her heat!

Caroline had many swimming accomplishments of her own.

She went to the Champs swim meet and swam in 3 events.

We went blueberry picking at Swift Creek Farm

Margaret wasn't a fan of the bug there.

The girls played together A LOT this summer. They had countless hours of imaginary play schemes that involved all kinds of toys, props, and costumes.

All this play made a lot of messes!

Spotted at Kroger in July...what the heck?!

We visited Busch Gardens with the Benjamin kids.

Margaret had a blast, despite this picture.

We closed out the summer with a family dinner at the James River Clubhouse.

It was a great summer!

Ocean City, NJ 2017

We had a fun and busy week in Ocean City! We spent time at the beach, the boardwalk, the water park and putt putt. We also visited with the Whites and hit all our local food favorites: Dot's Donuts, Kessel's Korner, Ove's Restaurant and Scrivner's Taffy!