Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Welcome Baby Bo!

My sister, Rachel, had her baby! We are very excited to welcome our new nephew/cousin into the family. Bo Austin was born on Monday at 12:17 a.m. He was 9 lb, 13 oz, and 21 inches long. Can you imagine how big he might have been, had she not been induced?! We are excited to meet and hold Bo in a few weeks!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

School's out

School is finally out here in New England. Benjamin's last day was Thursday, a week ago. He started out his summer vacation with a sore throat/high fever virus that Paul had passed on to him. Paul had it the middle of the week, and Benjamin came down with it on Friday. Benjamin slept for 17 hours in a 24-hour period! Paul, however, decided to continue his routine of getting up at 5:30, and also thought one 45-minute nap would suffice. Consequently, Benjamin got better much faster than Paul!

Thankfully, both boys are better this week. We've enjoyed a trip to the beach, the park, and the bike trail, between the rainy weather. We also made the decision to finally re-do the kitchen. I say finally, because we've been talking about it since we moved in five years ago. So, we've made the first of many trips (I'm sure) to Home Depot. We got a great deal on kitchen cabinets and a new fridge. There are several people from church who are going to help us out with the project. Thank goodness for their generosity!

Benjamin with his preschool teachers on graduation day. He's not going to kindergarten next year, (I am so not ready! I'm glad he's only four!) but his class sang at graduation.



Father's Day gift to Dad and Grandpas. Paul colored the paper that went around the pencil holder. Benjamin put the letters on--they spell out "Pencils." And I put together a notepad with different pictures for each Dad.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I hear myself...

I can hear myself in my little boy...

When Benjamin didn't want to go somewhere: "I wish my appointment was yesterday. Then it would already be done."

When I tried to do something out of the routine: "Why do things have to be different? I just like them to stay the same!"

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Grandma visits

Grandma came up from Florida for a week-long visit. We kept busy taking a trip to Rhode Island, a children's museum, the beach, the Memorial Day parade. We had fun playing outside, playing games, and just hanging out. (Paul must have been worn out--he took two long naps today!)

Reading bedtime stories.


Digging a hole...

...for Paul.


New Jersey visit

Last week, Jonathan had a conference in NYC, so we all packed up and headed to Aunt Mary and Uncle Ken's house for a few days. It was the longest visit we've had with them in awhile, so it was nice to spend some time with them. One of the days, Aunt Mary brought the boys and me to a little zoo and park. Here are some pictures:

Paul looking at the bison from the train.

Paul and Aunt Mary looking at a porcupine.

Paul and Benjamin loved the train. Paul kept saying, "Ride choo-choo train!" the whole ride.

Playing at the park


And, of course, we had to end our visit with a carousel ride.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

More water fun

We had weather warm enough the other day to try out our new sprinkler. Paul wasn't too sure about the whole thing. (The water is freezing, since we have well water.)




After I got out the buckets and toys, though, Paul got into it!



Paul loves to wear this hat, even though it's too little. He puts it on backwards by himself.