What I want to be when I am grown up -

Luke - has wanted to be the same thing for about 9 months now.  When he grows up, Luke is going to be a firefighter who ONLY saves the animals.  Don't compare this job to a fire/park ranger.  He has made it clear that this is not what he is going to be.  He will have a spotted dog (dalmatian).  I have stopped short of asking if he will step over people in an effort to rescue animals because I'm worried at the answer I might get.












Paige - has been fairly consistent too but throws a new profession out there once in a while.  The majority of the time you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, she will tell you that she is going to be a doctor that ONLY helps princesses.  She has recently opened that up to fairies but that is where she draws the line.  Again, we are left to assume that a commoner who may wonder into her clinic would be abruptly turned away.  Paige is also considering professions in modeling - so she can wear make-up and becoming a princess ballerina.





Jay and I are still not sure what we want to be when we grow up.

Happy Mother's Day -

Just getting back from our trip, Sunday was a low key day for us.  The kids slept in since they were so tired from traveling...best gift.  We spent the day getting stuff done around the house and outside.  We had lunch outside on the deck.  The kids reflected on their favorite things about mommy.  I love mommy because she:

makes really good cheese sandwiches

makes carrots for us

gives us cheese sticks

makes yummy lemonade (clearly we should have asked these questions outside of feeding time because the list went on...)

There may have been a few non-food related ones thrown in there but I won't lie, I was having a hard time differentiating myself from a hired cook/cleaner/maid.

Love you guys too!  I couldn't ask for a better family!

Paige made me some special gifts from school.  She was quick to point out that you "CAN NOT put lip gloss in this purse.  It is not that kind of purse. This one is for decoration" Thanks for the heads up Paige.



Isle of Palms, SC

Another great vacation with the Hazard family.  We had a great week....relaxed, forgot about work for a bit, hung out, played, slept in and ate a lot of ice cream!  The kids were lovin' every minute of it too!  They kept asking "how many more days until we have to go back to the little yellow house (aka our house in Dartmouth).  No matter the answer, they would said "that's not enough more days!"  As we were leaving they also devised a plan by which we would take a plane to Cooper and Brandt's house instead of coming home and spend more time with them.  It is safe to say all the kids got along great.  They are all good buddies! 

Our week consisted of the following activities in a do loop:

Beach

Lunch (usually outside at the picnic tables by the beach pavilion, pool, or anywhere but inside)

Pool

Ride bikes

Baseball in the yard (also knuckle face ball - created by Luke and Brandt)

Ice Cream

Playground

We also went to the aquarium in Charleston on the one rainy day.  We hit Charleston another day to do the carriage ride, lunch and walked around old Charleston.



Day 1 -So excited to be on vacation

Walk like a wild googled surfer girl?

Both kids LOVED the boogie boards

The 4 amigos

 Lots of creating things on the beach.  Caught lots of crabs and fish.  Made sand castles, etc...

 Family

 More boogie boarding

 Aquarium pictures

 Dinner at Poe's on Sullivan's Island.  Great food.  Ate outside, loved it

 Equally great for the kids was cheese sammies at the pool the next day.

 Best buddies

Luke was LOVIN' the bike. We all rented them. He especially loved riding on the beach.

 Superman ice cream. 

 Our handsome boy.

 The last night.  Too tired....

Happy Birthday Mimi -

We were lucky enough for Mimi to come and visit for her birthday.  In addition to dinner and cake it was extra fun because she got to go to St. Phils and meet Luke's teachers. 

Happy Birthday Mimi!!!

Deep Thoughts by Paige Peabody...

I could also have named this post "Proof our daughter probably won't be going to Harvard" :)  but I'll be nice....

"When I grow up, I'm going to be all grown up"


"Mommy, only the bad guys in Scooby Doo are bad"

"First the food goes in my belly, then it goes in my tummy"

"Mommy, my gum is tinier than me"


After playing a video game for 5 minutes, "I WON!  Wait, how do you play this game?"

Paige, no one can ever say you aren't living up to your blonde hair!

Bonaparte!

For Halloween last year, we took the kids to Nana's place for some trick-r-treating. Added bonus was the magic show starring Bonaparte! Bonaparte was this great magician that the kids loved. They still talk about Bonaparte from time to time. Paige will say "remember bonaparte did the bunny rabbit trick". Bonaparte is full blown celebrity in our house. So it was not at all odd when one day, while the news was on, the kids said "hey mommy, Bonaparte is on the TV show?!"

Honest mistake kids!!

Real Bonaparte -

TV Show Bonaparte-

This is what we do when we want to suck our thumb but don't want anyone to see.  Yes, he is in there...

Paige was playing with one of her play rings the other day.  She lost it.  She said (with her hand on her hip I'm sure), "Mommy, you find it because I lost it!"  Apparently, she likes to keep things very even!

Whenever we get Luke dressed up to go somewhere nice, he says "Mommy, why do I have to look handsome today?"

Happy Earth Day!

We are trying to do our part this year by starting our very own garden.  The kids are really into it!  Luke and Daddy have been hard at work getting it started.  We've had such warm weather but I'm worried about the frost warning the next few nights.  Hope our little plants can survive! 
If all goes well, we'll be munching on tomatoes, peas, 3 types of lettuce, squash, broccoli and basil.

Vacation Week

We all had quite a vacation week!  Lots of fun things going on...
Monday, we got t spend the WHOLE day with daddy since he was off work and mommy was not  He took us to the Lexington patriots day parade and a visit with Mimi and Nana too!

Angie took us to the zoo one day...

And the ocean explorium the next...

And on Friday, we got to sleepover Angie's house!!  She took us to Chuck-E-Cheese and Trio for dinner. Yeah, we had so much fun!!

Signs of Spring...

Two great things about this weekend:
1) The weather was fantastic! mid 70s and sunny! Couldn't ask for more on a mid April weekend.
2) We had NO plans. We savor these weekends because we are usually running around all weekend long. Looking at the calendar and seeing two empty days is heavenly!

Lunch outside BOTH DAYS! YEAH!!!

Then it was off to work putting up the new fence in the back. This is the "keep Marley away from the arborvitaes" fence.

Then it was time for some playtime!

Stay tuned for more on our new garden. Stage one, get the structure and soil in...