The End Of Soccer And The Beginning Of The Beach

This week was Claire's last soccer practice.  She really enjoyed playing with Mark and she really did learn some great things about the game.  

Claire had fun every week playing soccer but I think that she really enjoyed playing her Daddy even more.

Even when there was downtime Claire could be found right 

next to her Daddy's side.

Here is Claire receiving her first soccer award :)  It was hard to get a good picture because there were other crazy Moms like me trying to get a picture and I had the disadvantage of having an infant to hold me back :)

It was sad that soccer has ended BUT now it is BEACH TIME!!!!!  Mark's parents get a cottage at the beach every year for two weeks.  We go up pretty much every day and we have a BLAST!!!  They "moved in" last Saturday so here is just the beginning of the party :)

The first night up there Claire made a new friend (of course).  Mr. Larry.  Mr. Larry and Claire chatted the night away around the campfire.  It was really sweet.  

Claire's big thing this year was that she really wanted to find shells on the beach.  So her and I went for a walk and searched for shells.

The only thing was, Claire was more interested in the rocks than in the shells.  

You would have thought that every rock she found was a diamond the way she reacted!

Here is Claire trying to figure out how she was going to pick up her bucket full of rocks.

 

It was the perfect day to bring Oliver to the beach because it wasn't too hot and it was cloudy.  He is getting sooo big.

Here he is again.  Look at that mug! 

Auntie Jacqie stopped up at the beach to have a little Claire time.  Claire had a blast swimming with Aunt Jacqie and taking her for walks and finding dead fish :)

Mark and I took a little walk up to the beach bar with Uncle Kevin, Aunt Sara, and Uncle Bryan last night (thanks again Grandma and Grandpa) and this was how we found Claire when we got back :)

OLIVER UPDATE!! 

Oliver has his 8 week appointment this week.  The poor baby got his shots :(  He recovered from the actual shots pretty quickly but he had a rough evening.  On a good note, he is perfect!  He weighs 

11 lbs. 2 oz.  and is 23 and 1/2 inches long!  That is a big baby!!  Claire wasn't 11 pounds until she was 4 and a half months old so for us this baby is HUGE!  Oh yeah and his head circumference is 16 inches.  Our doctor is thrilled with his progress and said he is doing great!