Watch Out, Middle School- Here Comes Kyle!

Mastery in Science and Presidential Achievement in Education Awards











Kyle and his Gym teacher, "Mr."
Mr. Stevens is retiring after 36(!!) years at EQ. He was my gym teacher and both my boys' teacher.

Kyle and his friend, Peter


Kyle and Mr. Mehan- his homeroom and Math teacher. Mr. Mehan's been around a long while too. I believe Cindy had him in the 4th grade.

Kyle and Mr. Purkis- his Science teacher.

Wildcat 5K

Kyle participated in his first (and maybe last) 5K run today! He did a great job, finishing up in about 33 minutes. He wasn't really thrilled with the experience. Told me he wasn't doing it ever again and that he almost collapsed twice. We'll see. I hope to run it with him next year.


Kyle and his good buddy, Peter

And they're off!

Smiling and happy- just starting the run

Just let me jump this cone.


Coming in for the last leg of the course


Almost there

Just about to cross the finish line.

Congratulations, Kyle! We're proud of you, Buddy!

WHB St. Pat's Parade

Yesterday Rachael, Jackie and Kyle rode on the Rotary float in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Our High School Interact Club was hosting as many of the other Long Island Exchange students as could come for the weekend. We had our exchange student, Titi, and also Marius from Romania. The kids all marched holding their country's flag and another group of kids held a HUGE American flag. It was pretty cool to see all the different flags and all the kids dressed in their navy blue Rotary blazers which they decorate. Titi's jacket has lots and lots of different pins, some Halloween and Christmas decorations, an "I Love NY" license plate and some Mardi Gras beads that Rachael shared from her jewelry collection. Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of any of the other floats but our float (and the WHB Brownies with Katie marching) had the cutest kids so I guess it's all good! :)


Titi is the one in the back with the St Pat's Hat on and Marius is the one to Titi's left with the black baseball cap.

Winter Fun

Rachael and Kyle have found a very enthusiastic snow friend in Titi. This kid comes from Thailand where it gets to 120 degrees and he loves the snow and cold. He actually is hoping for some -20 degree days! I tell him to give me a break and quit wishing for more snow and cold!





These are a couple from the last snow that I never got around to posting.

Just Playin' in the Snow

Halloween

Here are a few shots from Halloween. We always get together at Grammie and Pa's with Cindy, Brian and the girls, Missy, Cindy's friend Jen and her son, and Kyle's friend Peter. This year we were joined by Tia, Olivia and Grandma, too! As you can see The Little Mermaid was popular with our trick-or-treaters. Not only did we have 2 Ariels, we had Flounder and even an Ursula although somehow I missed getting pictures of that(you can thank me later, Cindy!) :) Matt and Kyle sported some authentic costumes with Kyle wearing Uncle Steve's fatigues and Matt rockin a polyester leisure suit provided by Uncle Brian's great Uncles Joe and Bill. As usual we all had lots of fun trick-or-treating and hanging out at Grammie and Pa's!



Here are the rest of the photos.