Happy 4th Birthday Samantha!

Today is the big day and here's a picture of the birthday girl enjoying her birthday doughnut!

Caught!

Cleo was caught in the act of eating Sam's breakfast today...

Bad Kitty.

"This toy is freaking me out"

Carrie said that she and Sam were on their way home from Wendy's picking up dinner and Sam said to her, "this toy is freaking me out"!

Carrie said, "what did you say"?

Sam replied, "this toy is freaking me out".

Carrie said, "ok well we can throw it in the garbage".

Sam replied, "it's ok, I'll give it to Alex".

Sam is really starting to show signs of being 4!

Ocean city pictures in Slideshow mode:

See below for the link to the full size pictures.

Those waves can really sneak up on you!

Here are some of the pictures from our 2009 Trip to Ocean City, MD.

Enjoy!

If you have trouble clicking on the link above, here is the address: http://picasaweb.google.com/sclevy30/OceanCity0902#

The vlog posting you've all been waiting for:

Alex documents my opening and tasting of the Bud light and Clamato drink called a Chelada!

Sorry for the shaky cam work but she's only 9.

Reenie the budding photographer

Here are a couple of shots Reenie took on our little trip to the 1000 Islands over the weekend. We went to Alexandria Bay on Saturday and then stayed in Kingston overnight. Came back Sunday. It was a quick trip, but Mom and Reenie have never been to Kingston and had never gone into Boldt castle before, so that was nice for them to see.

I cropped the shots and straightened them out a little bit, but other than that, they are "as is". I'll spare you the other 80 shots. I get a little seasick just looking at them.

Is there a decent beach near Rochester?

As shocking as this may sound, we had a great day at the beach about 45 minutes east of Rochester in Sodus, NY! The weather was great, the water was comfortable and it wasn't crowded at all. In fact, there was plenty of room to spread out, play catch or build a sand castle. The other kid in the shot is Alex's pal Alana.

The only down-side was that there was quite a bit of seaweed all over when you got out of the water and the little foot shower wasn't really doing the job. A bit on the yucky side, but not a show stopper.

Here's a link the the rest of the shots.

I Was Wrong!

All this time I thought that there was a NYS law that stated that no child under 12 years old could sit in the front seat of a car... well I did the research and the truth is the following:

Taken from SafeNY.com

Are children required by law to sit in the back seat?

Although New York does not have a law preventing children from sitting in the front seat, it is highly recommended that all children age 12 and under ride properly restrained in the back seat. Researchers estimate that just by putting a child in the back seat instead of the front seat reduces the chance of injury and death by more than 30%.