Aoife's Field Hockey Game vs McLean

Aoife had a field hockey game this morning - bright and early! - against McLean and they won! The score may have been something like 20-1. I think they stopped keeping score at some point. The girls are really starting to gel as a team and are playing well together! It's fun watching them improve daily!

Declan's birthday

Today was Declan's birthday!!  He is in First grade at Jamestown elementary school and has Mrs. K for a teacher. He loves playing with legos, anything Ninjago, cats and all sorts of birds! Good thing that we were able to get awesome presents to fill in all of those blanks!!

Potomac 51 - George Mason 0

 After getting rained out last week, Aidan's team had another great game and another big win this week! Aidan had a great catch for a big run and a touchdown while playing defense!  The game was great and a perfect night for football. Unfortunately the game ended with a terrible leg injury to one of our players and he had to be taken to the hospital for surgery. Every single freshman student at Potomac wore blue to school today to honor their classmate. We are hoping that he will be back to school quickly!!

Two cute photos of Declan - so many years of watching other people play sports! You'll get there buddy!!

Aoife's Field Hockey Game

Aoife had her field hockey game today! It was her second game and they really improved throughout the game. They ended up tying and everyone played really hard. It's a fun sport to watch - surprisingly different than lacrosse!

Emmy's Field Hockey Game

Emmy had her first field hockey game today! They played against a really good travel team and definitely held their own - even though they are all new to the sport! It's so much fun watching her play and learn something different! I think she likes being out of the goal - although she did migrate back that way during the game! 

Potomac vs John Paul the Great

Aidan completed his first week at his new school and his team had their first game and their first win! They beat John Paul the Great 66-0 and Aidan had a beautiful catch which he ran out for a touch down! The team looked good and the boys had fun winning their first game!

Orientation at The Potomac School

Aidan had orientation this afternoon at his new school this afternoon! He got his schedule and met with his Senior Buddy and his advisor. Classes start tomorrow! 

First Day of School - 2019

The end of summer always comes too quickly and this year was no exception. It was a great summer - we went to the beach, had LOTS of backyard firepits, went to museums, hosted a block party and the kids went to lots of camps! Somehow - even with all that fun, it never feels like quite enough. I'm constantly wondering if I can do more and missing out on opportunities to do fun things because I'm working. It's a really tough balancing act and I hope that they had enough fun and spent enough time relaxing and enjoying the summer.

This year Aidan will be starting High School at The Potomac School in McLean, Emmy will be entering 7th grade at WMS, Aoife will be starting 5th grade and Declan will be in 1st grade.  As Declan told me tonight, this is the last year that he will be in school with any of his siblings - so sad!  This is an exciting time - so many changes and fun on the horizon.

Annual Shark Tooth Hunting

We made our annual pilgrimage to go shark tooth hunting again this year!. Last year's trip to Flag Ponds Nature Park was so much fun that we decided to go again. There aren't as many fossils on the beach but the beach is WAY better. The girls and Declan spent most of the day swimming and everyone else had plenty of sand to run and play and plenty of shoreline to find fossils. We found a few good sized ones which is always fun!

There is one more day of summer vacation tomorrow. Big changes this year with Aidan in High School, Emmy in 7th grade and Aoife and Declan at Jamestown.  We are all looking forward to a great year!