Updated car seat recommendations

I've always been a stickler about car seat guidelines, so I was really interested to read the new guidelines.  

excerpt from New car seat guidelines:  Will you put your tween in a booster seat?

So much for one of the greatest perks of moving on from the baby years -- the liberation from gear. Just when you thought you were rid of the sippy cups, strollers and crowded backseat, the American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its recommendations on car seats, lengthening the time kids should use them.

Among the changes in AAP guidelines:

• Children should ride rear-facing to age 2, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat. (The old policy from 2002 cited age 12 months and 20 pounds as a minimum for when to turn a seat around.) 
• Children should use a booster seat until they have reached 4 feet 9 inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years old.
• Children should ride in the rear of a vehicle until they are 13 years old.
• Entire article here:  http://moms.today.com/_news/2011/03/21/6302625-new-car-seat-guidelines-will-you-put-your-tween-in-a-booster-seat

Mercedes Kids Marathon 2011

This was Emma's 5th year, Abby's 4th year, and John Brady's first year to participate in the Mercedes Kids Marathon.

Good luck hugs before the marathon

Emma was a very serious runner this year!  Go Emma!

Abby, on the other hand, took this time to chit-chat with her friend, Gretchen.  Abby did say they ran some, too.  :)

Getting John Brady ready for his first marathon.

Go John Brady and Daddy!

They loved getting their medals!

And they love having their grandparents there to watch them!

John Brady's Kindergarten Field Trip to the McWane Center

John Brady went on a kindergarten field trip to the McWane Center with MeMe.  I think they both had a terrific time!

Great start to our spring break! (dripping with sarcasm)

Well, spring break is here.......finally!  The kids are so excited!  Saturday morning at the breakfast table Emma announced that she had turned her alarm clock off the night before because it's spring break and there's no need for an alarm clock.  She is exactly right!  By the time spring break rolls around the kids are really in need of some down time!  Unfortunately, this down time has become an absolute must for two out of three of my kiddos.  Abby was diagnosed with an ear infection yesterday and John Brady was diagnosed with the flu today.  :(  On the brighter side, I am glad they didn't have to miss any school for their illnesses and hopefully in a couple of days they will be feeling much better.

Somebody please pull these teeth!!

Can you do this with your two front teeth??

and yes, he still has the teeth on either side of these two!