two sisters

best friends, worst enemies, partners in crime... one fearless and one who is much happier to swim in the shallow end...

the 4th

A perfect summer weekend in just about every way... great food, great weather, great people. And ice cream. Lots of ice cream.

A true New England girl, eating steamers as fast as she could get them out of the shell!

school is out!

let the summer fun begin...

a girl and her teeth

"It is not fair that I am the only one in the family with loose teeth. It HURTS to eat things."

Three teeth gone and two more on their way out. Poor baby.

Less than a week into summer vacation and she is already missing school. I am "school sick"- like home sick but when you are missing school- she told me. She liked Kindergarten that much.

As for me, I still can't believe how fast this year went. Or the fact that she now proudly calls herself a first grader.

family portrait

Big sis in goal in the upper left hand corner, Daddy coaching in the upper right hand corner, my leg, and little sis demanding that I start taking some pictures of her. A real life family moment that makes me smile.

the return of the summer face

A little left over food, a little dirt and a lot of popsicle.

Looking forward to another week of warm sunshine!

three days of celebration

Day one: 20+ kids, a bounce house and a balloon man followed by a family cookout. Claire had a blast and amazingly enough, I also actually got to enjoy the day too. At your next kids party, I highly recommend hiring entertainment and serving wine!

On day two, the actual birthday, Claire wanted to get dressed up fancy and meet Daddy for dinner at "the fancy seafood restaurant with the fish on the door". The girls and I had a great afternoon at the park, rode the swan boats and then meet up with Daddy at the fancy seafood restaurant.

About halfway through our fancy seafood dinner Claire threw up. A lot. We are still not sure why. Especially since half an hour later (following an emergency dress wash and dry in the ladies room) she was begging us for an ice cream cone. Which she got, because it was her birthday after all.

And finally, on day three, the preschool party.

And with that, my girl is officially 4!

4

Tomorrow we celebrate her 4th birthday. Where has the time gone? And how can I make it go just a little slower???

tea time

Mother's day tea. Possibly my favorite preschool event of the year. And a big day in our house that involved Claire and I getting dressed in our fanciest clothes under Abby's supervision.

Claire's favorite thing about mommy, as read to the class by her teacher? "Sometimes Me and Mommy go to McDonald's when Abby is at school"

April Vacation, Day 5

April vacation, Day 5. A day at the zoo with friends. Posted on May 7th.

So much for the idea of posting a picture a day for five measly days to get me back into the swing of updating this blog.

I have been busy sprucing up my photography blog (thank you Rita of CoffeeShop!!) and posting plenty of cute kid pictures over there though!