Beach Babes

My Beautiful Beach Babies

We decided to play in our kiddy pool and I took a few pictures.

Walden Pond

John is teaching Connor how to skip rocks.
Daddy enjoying the sunshine!

On Walden Pond

We went to Walden Pond over Memorial Day weekend. It was a good, flat hike for the kids and they enjoyed playing in the pond at the end. It is a beautiful place and I've always wanted to go there since I studied Thoreau at Keene. Here is a picture of where his cabin stood.

Naughty Girl

I saw Josie coming out of the bathroom with a tissue. She sat down on the kitchen floor and started rubbing her legs with the tissue. I looked down and she had colored her legs with blue marker. This was an hour after she took sunscreen and sprayed herself in the face! I am going to watch her very carefully now.

Spring Chicks

This year the robin nested in our hanging flowerpot. The kids liked seeing the blue eggs and robins cracked out of their eggs. After a few short hours after hatching, two robins disappeared. I was really upset because I was waiting for them to hatch and were gone when I showed John. I think Moe got to them because we saw one in our garage a week later. One bird survived so I continued to check on him until he fledged out of his nest. It only took a few weeks. Last year the birds nested in Connor's fort and in the bushes by the driveway the year before.

T-BALL

Connor played on the Colorado Rockies for T-ball this spring. He had a lot of fun. In the beginning, Connor really did not fully understand the game. At practice the ball came to him and the coach said his name to get his attention. Connor walked by the ball and all the way up to the coach at home plate and said, "What?".
He sure made a lot of progress though. Last weekend, he played really well and earned an MVP card for the game. He fielded many ground balls.
In one of these pictures Connor grabbed the ball from another player and threw it to first base. That was at one of his early games though.

More Texas Pictures

We are the law in this town!

More Texas Pics

Texas

We traveled to Texas for a short vacation this week. We stayed in Grapevine at the Gaylord Hotel and it was magnificent. Beautifully planned gardens and fountains were everywhere. Connor and Josie liked the little steam engines that chugged through the gardens. This was Josie's first flight and both she and Connor were so well behaved. We had lots to keep them busy on the 5 hour flight. On an 80 degree day we went to the Fort Worth Zoo with Mommy, ate out at the Rain Forest Cafe with Mommy and Daddy, and saw our first Cattle Drive with real cowboys. Connor was thrilled. We had a fun trip. Enjoy ALL of the pictures.

Josie's First Haircut

Josie was starting to get a mullet so we took her to Snip Its for her first haircut. She sat right in the chair and let the lady out the smock around her. She asked for a lollipop MANY times and earned a prize at the end. She looks very cute with her new haircut! Love you Josie!

Liam's Party

We had a great time at Liam's 5th birthday party on February 16th. Plenty of great trails to sled on and snowmobiles too! Happy Birthday Liam!

Sesame Street Live

Auntie took us to Sesame Street Live on January 26th. Baby Wyatt and Alicia came with us too. He was starting to smile and we love to play with him! Connor was still sick with something and threw up 5 times on the way out! Poor kid.

New Years Eve 2007

Ma and Grampy Dick came up to watch us so that Mama and Daddy could go out! We put on these funny 2008 glasses and party hats! Don't we look cute?

Christmas in CT

We also traveled to Connecticut and spent time with Ma, Grampy Dick, Aunt Jenny, Anthony, Alexander and Bella. We had a yummy meal and enjoyed opening our presents there too!