Halloween 2014

Happy Halloween! Declan loves superheroes and his cousin Dan gave him an Incredible Hulk costume that he fit into this year. Declan had been showing off his muscles lately so it worked out perfectly and he was so psyched to have green hair! Rory was a pirate, Arrrrgh! The Cutest Pirate out there! We went to a pumpkin patch at a local church, the Harvest Fest and Trick or Treating! It was a great week with all the festivities!

blowing it up!

fun at Harvest Fest

Score!

Trick or Treating with friends Filip and Noyan

Here's to Halloween 2014

Fresh popcorn treats at this house!

walking on roots

20 minutes later....

We love Ireland

Ireland was amazing, we had so much fun spending time with family. It was Rory's first time over and happy to say he's invited back! We met two new cousins, Caiomhe and Sive. We celebrated Donal's parents 50th Wedding Anniversary!  Rory was christened. Donal and I got to spend a night in Castle Durrow without kids! I went canoeing. Spent some time in the pubs. And Rory tasted his first Guinness.....It was a packed two weeks and it flew by as always. Can't wait to be back!

Rory, Aoife, Declan, Dan, and Senan

Padraic, Declan and Rory

Rory and Aoife

Happy 50th Rita and Donnacha

Granny and Grandad with the grandkids

A perfect day

Love

Rory with God parents- Nick and Caroline

Sive and Rory

Rory, Caoimhe, and Declan

Granny and Gandad with the boys

Grandad with the boys

is that straw or hay?

Declan and Rory days

Declan and Rory had a well visit at the doctor last week. Rory was almost 17 mos old and Declan is just shy of 3 1/2 years old. When the pediatrician walked in, she took one look at Rory and said you have a rugby player on your hands! Declan weighs 34 lbs (54 percentile) and is 41 1/2 inches (95 percentile) and Rory weighs 32 lbs 12 oz (95 percentile) and is 33 1/2 inches (99 percentile). They are two years and two pounds apart- oh my! Both are thriving and enjoying each other. Rory is saying lots of words and Declan is in the "asking why" stage. He "whys" everything lately!

 a little yoga...

building towers....

Wagon rides...

the annoying little brother...

The next few videos are of Rory playing nothing exciting but a few I wanted to be able to look back on and remember how he played a this age....

Best place for a Florida Summer

Declan at swim practice

Declan with his friends in the pool......

Charlie, Declan and Haylyn

At home practicing swimming the length of the pool...

Rory and Declan.....

Taking a break, shooting the breeze

watch out Baywatch!

Fun with Kiera

Kiera is Donal's friend Mark's daughter, and she is visiting from NY. We got to spend a few afternoons with her and enjoyed every minute of it (She is a half blood like Declan! Mark is from Roscommon).