5 More Weeks of Summer Vacation

The girls and I realized this week that we only have 5 more weeks left until they go back to school. They were not that happy about that. So we decided to review our "summer list". This is a list of what we wanted to do this summer. We still have quite a few things left to do, but we also have done a lot on the list. One item on the list was to have a lemonade stand. The girls did so this past Friday. It was a success. After two pouring accidents and a slow start, they made $8.55. They charged anywhere from $0.25-$0.50 depending on how much money customers had. They even got a tip from the "package guy" aka FedEx man. The girls are giving their money they made to a ministry one of the church members has started to help people addicted to drugs called "a place of Hope" (see the sign "Lemonaid stand, the money is for Hope").

So you might ask what is left on the list?? Here it is: 1. Go to the Zoo 2. More pool time 3. See a couple of movies-Kung Fu Panda, Wallie, Kit Kiteridge The American Girl Story 4. Nicole wants to learn how to ride a two wheeled bike. Enjoy the next five weeks. We will try.

What color M&M are you?

We visited the M&M's store in Times Square while in NYC this summer. While in the store the girls and I came across a fun game that told you what color M&M you are. You stood on a platform and the screen was interactive. Nicole was the first to go and the computer told her that she is a "PEANUT BUTTER MIX" (see pic) and that "People only say nice things about you. Did you pay them?" Nicole thought being the peanut butter mix was cool. As you can see from the picture, it is a multi-colored M&M. Morgan was patient and waited her turn. Up pops "BROWN"!!!. Now, Morgan's favorite colors are no where near brown, but when the saying popped up I thought it fitting, "You're always full of good ideas and good jokes. Are you full of chocolate?" After she read the saying she was a little more satisfied. So what color would you be? I guess Rachel to be the red, Mike to be cool blue and I would choose Aqua (a real M&M color) a mix of green and blue.

Nicole's summer vacation report

Nicole was challenged to write about her summer vacation by her first grade teacher. Before we left for NY, Nicole wrote about how she was going to go to NYC ("the sity") and see the Statue of Liberty. So being the compliant parents we are, we decided to hit the city (NYC) while we were visiting NY. This is one of my favorite things to do. I really wanted the girls to see the big buildings, ride the subway and see all the different kind of people there are in this world. We visited the World Trade Center site (see pics). You just don't realize how big of a hole these buildings left until you see it up close. We tried to talk to the girls about what happened there, so that when they learn about it in school, they could relate it to this. We then walked about an hour down to Battery Park, where you can see the Statue of Liberty from afar. Morgan was more interested then Nicole when we finally did see Lady Liberty. We then took the subway up to Times Square and ate lunch. Five pieces of pizza and two drinks cost close to $40, but who can complain when Nicole says "this is the best pizza I have ever tasted". I hope so Nic for that price!!!!! Then off to ToysRus we go. We rode on the Ferris wheel inside of the store and got the Nick Jr. car and Little people car. We were on the ride for about 20 minutes. It was great looking at this three story store from a Ferris wheel. I forgot to mention, that Grandma and Papa Nugent got dragged into this trip. I hope they enjoyed it. We finished up our trip to the city by visiting the M&M store. This store has anything and everything M&M and about thirty different colors of the candy that you can buy. Twenty dollars of M&M's later ($10.95/pound) we were off back to the subway to eat our treat. The girls did great walking and riding the subway. Just happy to be able to stand up on some sort of transportation. After finding our parking spot and contributing way more than reasonable to the parking attendant we were stuck in the tunnel traffic for an hour(about 1/2 mile away). All in all, just how we wanted to spend our day in the city, and hopefully exciting enough to make the "what I did this summer" report.

The Great NY Trip of 2008

WOW! What a fun filled week we had in NY. Thanks to all the Nugent/Tepper families. We started the trip with driving through the night to get to NY and this worked out great. We made our best time yet and the girls did really well (we won't tell on Rae this time). It only took us 12 hours and we drove straight through NYC without traffic-this a miracle in itself. The girls had non-stop activity and loved being with the cousins. We swam in Aunt Michelle's pool, fed the ducks at the Wading River Duck pond, jumped on the trampoline, went in Grandma and Papa's hot tub, Nicole and Morgan improved their swimming skills and played many different games all day and night long with (in age order) Lexi, Sierra, Amanda, Nicole, Heather, Alissa, Morgan Kyle and Rachel.

We went to Smith's Point Beach on the south shore of LI to the Atlantic Ocean. The waves were the biggest I had ever seen. The kids and Mike had a blast. I on the other hand was a little concerned about all the people the lifeguards were pulling out of the ocean on rescues. Mike
was obviously used to these types of waves as he was cool as a cucumber, I on the other hand would jump out of my beach chair every time I saw a big wave coming towards the kids. We had a great time, after I settled down. Aunt Michelle and Uncle Steve threw a LUAU party and what a "memory maker" as Grandma N. put it. We celebrated with costumes, dancing, water balloons, coconut tasting and great food. Sunday we went to see the new building at Grandma's church, great job North Shore! The guys got a boat day to themselves and then Papa and Mike took Nicole and Morgan out for a fishing trip. The girls loved it. Morgan caught a fish that got away, and Nicole a blue fish (in the pic). We cooked up the bluefish for dinner and Nicole liked it. We also celebrated Uncle John's birthday and cousin Britini's graduation from high school. We finished up our trip by going into NYC for the day. I will blog about that separately. We again drove straight throw the night on the way home and pulled into Macomb Township about 4:00am. The girls were wiped out by all of the activity and mom and dad from driving. I am going to post some additional pictures in the sidebars and will have a couple of other posts from the trip. That's it for now. June was crazy busy, hoping for a slow JULY and AUGUST.