Pottery

As the summer is coming to an end (I start teaching next week!) Seth and I took advantage of our last morning by ourselves. Thanks Nana for having Justin in the morning and Seth in the afternoon! We are so lucky to have you!!!

Closed!!!

We closed on our new house today. We are so excited and a bit overwhelmed at what is to come. Over the next couple of months we will be doing work on the new house, still showing our old house (please buy it!), working, playing, moving and having a baby!!! We are VERY blessed and busy :-)

Snuggle

2010 Apple Picking

Apple Picking

With our very hot summer apples are ready for picking. We left early this morning to drive to Tougas Farms. We picked and ate a lot of apples (I have a lot of work to sauce and bake all the apples). We even saw wild turkeys, goats, roosters and a pig. Justin was quite scared of the turkeys and made Jerald carry him through most of the orchard. Because we went so early this year - there were even peaches left to pick. Yummy! We finished the morning off with apple cider donuts and apple cider to drink. Wonderful morning!!!

26 Weeks!!!

Week of friends...

I kept the boys busy this week with lots of trips to indoor playspaces, playgrounds, errands and lots of playdates! One day we even had two of Seth's friends over for a double drop-off playdate. I was a little worried about how it would go - me alone with three 4 year olds and a not yet 2 year old. No need to fear - it went really well! We hosted our weekly pizza party playgroup here (maybe for the last time in this house...). We were so happy to have some old friends join us - Mae, Carrie-Ann, Monica and Ella - so great seeing you all!!!

The packing begins...

We are making ourselves very busy this coming fall - Seth is starting school soon, I am starting teaching in two weeks, the holidays are fast approaching, the new baby due around thanksgiving... to make things even more fun we are moving!!! When we found out we were pregnant our first thought was to stay in our current place until next spring and then look for a single family house. When thinking about it further we realized while not easy, it would be easier to move while I was pregnant rather than with a 3 month old - and mortgage rates were unbeatable. Long story short - we are closing on our new 5 bedroom house on tuesday! We haven't been able to sell our current place yet (any takers???) so we have the challenge of packing, moving, while still keeping our house clean for showings. We are overwhelmed at times - but really excited for this next step for our family.

Week at Grandma & Pa's

We had a wonderful extended visit at Grandma & Pa's house. We started by stopping off at my friend Debbie's house to see her 2 year old Dylan and meet his new 7 week old sister Nora. We got to see them the next day on Long Island - we had a play date at our elementary school - how crazy!!!
My friend Vicky and her adorable daughter Lucy drove out from NJ to spend the morning with us. How cute are Lucy and Justin together?
My friend Stefanie (we met in nursery school!?!) came for a visit (no picture) with her adorable little girl Samantha. Thank you to Debbie, Vicky and Stefanie!!! It was so amazing to spend time with such good friends and to get to see your adorable kids :-)
When we weren't entertaining - we had such an amazing time with Grandma. Grandma was a rock star - cooking, cleaning, reading, playing and making us all giggle! THANK YOU!!!
Pa was at work during the week - but on Saturday Pa was ready to go and the boys had so much fun!

Bath time is always fun!

Jerald took the train to NY friday to spend the weekend with us. When Pa and Jerald arrived at the house - Seth ran as fast as I have ever seen him run, out of the house, down the driveway and straight into Jerald's arms. It was too cute for words!
On our way out of town we made one last stop at Danny & Rebecca's for brunch in Queens. It was so great to see Danny, Rebecca, their son Ben, Brian, Ben, Marci and her daughter Jordana. The biggest hit was Rebecca's brother's dog - Jabba. Seth and Justin are in love! Thanks for the yummy food and spending time with great friends!

Happy 7th Anniversary!!!

Happy Anniversary to the best husband in the world...I love you with all my heart!!!

Week with the boys

Another week with the boys with no big trips or camp - we kept ourselves busy with lots of trips to the playground and play dates. Lots of fun!

24 Weeks!!!

To the zoo....

Back in Boston - we were thrilled to have our law school friends Michael and Sarah come for a visit with their adorable kids Sam and Mabel. We had so much fun exploring the zoo with them. Fingers crossed that they will be back in Boston for good one day!!!

Cape Cod Vacation - Day #7

Today was our last full day of vacation - tomorrow we will spend time packing and cleaning up and after one more dip in the pool on our way home. So we took the time to enjoy our favorite parts of vacation - the pool and the beach. We spent the morning at the pool and the afternoon at the beach.

Our big beach activity was digging a giant hole that the boys could jump in and out of. As the tide came in - we were all so interested in watching how fast it disappeared under the water.



It was a wonderful vacation. Thank you to Uncle Joshy and Shir for coming up to the Cape for so long and having so much fun with us. Thank you to Jerald who really took a vacation (i.e. very little blackberry checking) - we had so much fun having you around all the time! And thank you is not sufficient for Grandma and Pa for making this such a wonderful vacation. Each year we make memories for the boys and the whole family that will last a lifetime. We love you!!!

Cape Cod Vacation - Day #6

Two words describe our morning activity... PIRATE SHOW!!! For those of you keeping track, Seth is pirate crazy (thank you Pa!). When we saw the signs advertising a kids Pirate musical based on a book that we own (thank you Pa!) we knew we had to go.
As you can tell from the pictures - Seth loved every minute of it. He even got all the actors autographs after! Justin even sat still for the hour and seemed happy.

How can you top the excitement of a pirate musical? An arcade afternoon!