7th Birthday!

I've been very bad about posting here (obviously) as of late.  Party it is because my camera broke and partly it is just being busy all the time.  We had a fabulous summer with tennis, bowling, skating, beach trips with friends, visits to Mimi & Buppy's house, swim lessons with Sam, trips to RI and down the cape, trips into Boston, visits with cousins and just lots of fun in general.  We kept very busy and it flew by! 

The transition to school has been a good one and with the new school year comes Maddie & Aidan's birthday.  This year they are seven - I can't believe it!!  It was more of a birthday season really with multiple celebrations with various family members and just last weekend a friend party at their karate studio.  Their Sensei created such a fun party for them and their friends and they had a blast (even came home with their own nunchucks - but that is a different story). 

All in all we are very blessed and cannot complain!!!

Blowing out the candles with their buddies looking on...

Even got to cut their cake with a real live Samurai sword!!



Even though it was a karate party, Maddie insisted on getting all dolled up!