Now that the kids are sharing a room, we put a tent over Maggie’s crib, lest she find herself rudely awakened in the morning by a basketball or toy piano landing on her head. The net, however, does not extend down the sides of the crib, and Sam has discovered that his foam letter tiles [...]
More photos from Grandma’s visit: a trolley tour on a rainy day, and a walk along the Charles on a very sunny day.
Sam just got his first tricycle! It’s sort of a very late birthday present since the original birthday plan fell through in the form of the toy store going out of business. We found a trike that has a removable parent handle on the back so as he’s learning we can help him out and [...]
Sam is getting to be big stuff now (in this picture he’s hamming it up for Wade and Jessica). He loves that he can take part in conversations and therefore tries to take part in every conversation. He does a lot of copycatting and often reminds us of our own rules. It goes about like [...]
We took the kids to the Newton fireworks show, which was a shorter walk, smaller crowds and much earlier start time than the Boston show. It was great - much bigger than I’d expected! Next year we’ll go early enough to enjoy the little carnival they have set up beforehand. Sam wasn’t too scared of [...]
Benny guards the flower shop, threatening tail wags and slobbery kisses to any who dare to cross the threshhold. Sam just loves him.
So I found out yesterday that my cousin Jess (longtime readers have seen her comment here) was hit by a pickup truck earlier this week. She had some bad injuries, but is healing and will be ok. Her ever-ready sense of humor is still intact. She told her mom she couldn’t wait ’till the next [...]
