August

Summer went by too quickly. In July, the boys and I visited Canobie Lake Park in NH where the boys' dislike of rides was fully confirmed. We had fun watching everyone else ride the rides and it was a lovely day.
In August, we celebrated Mimi's birthday at Southwick Zoo. A great day, beautiful weather, yummy cake and much fun.

Summer wound down with lots of playground fun, ice cream, trips to CJ's for ice cream, trips to Dairy Queen for ice cream, Friendly's ice cream (are you seeing a pattern?).

Summer was completely wrapped up by Hurricane Irene. We had power until 3 days later. Go figure. We lost the top of a tree at the back of the property. All in all, we fared very well. So long Summer, we barely knew ye.

Newest Member of the family

Roughly a month ago,we increased our family by 1. He's small, ginger and ornery. For a day and a half he was called "Pencil". That was later replaced with "Corn on the Cob". A week later his name was amended to "O'Toodles". Half of our house called him Corn on the Cob and the other half called him "O'Toodles". He's been to the vet and he's officially "Corn on the Cob O'Toodles".

DTV

DTV like MTV but better. Enjoy!




It's the Doherty band version of "Funkytown".

First Day of School

September 2nd, 2011
Jason and Kevin attended their first day of preschool. As they attend just one day a week, we call it playgroup or playschool. Day 1 - Kevin jumps right in while Jason cries off and on for 3 hours. At the end of the day, he's loving it.

I met the boys at the car at home and when I asked the boys how they liked their first day of playgroup, Jason answered, "It was great. I cried." Kevin said, "I liked it." They each had an after school snack: a chocolate chunk cookie and milk. Kevin's comment, "This is the best cookie I've ever had."



Here are some pictures of the boys with their Mario backpacks and Mario lunch boxes. Jason has Mario vines while Kevin has Go-Kart Mario. Below, Jason is playing on the school slide while Kevin drives Roary the race car.

Happy Grandparents Day!

Happy Grandparents Day!

Kicky and Jumpy hope Oma, Mimi, Papa and Opa had a nice Grandparents day.

Love to all,

K + J

July

We kicked off the long July weekend with the Kickster and Jumpster spending the day with Mimi and Papa while Mom and Dad had an afternoon luncheon and a nice day of wandering around the House of Seven Gables and Ye Olde Pepper Company candy store. A lovely day for everyone.

The next day we visited the Franklin 4th of July festivities which were much fun. There was a children's parade, rides (Kevin rode, Jason cheered him on), food, slushies, and an afternoon of fun with their good buddy, Drew. Drew, Beve (Drew's grandma) , Kicky, Jumpy, Mom and Dad all went for ice cream at the really yummy, Rick's ice cream shop. The boys had a great time. Kicky and Jumpy jus tlove Drew to piece and haven't hit it off with anyone else the way they have with him.

The boys fell asleep on the way home and good thing too as the night brought no rest thank to neighbor's fireworks. Pretty to Mom and Dad, fearsome and scary to Kickster and Jumpster. Poor wee guys - they do NOT like fireworks. Odd given their parents love of them, but there it is.

On Sunday we drove to the Buzzard's Bay 4th of July parade where we saw Kicky and Jumpy's Uncle Barry take home yet another trophy for his amazing Pirate Ship float. The boys were beat from teh drive and the heat and weren't their sparkling selves but later insisted that they had a great time. The actually did have a great time playing on Uncle Barry's pirate ship that he has in his side yard. Later we caught the end of an old fashioned baseball game with the Mudhens and then home for more colorful yet stressful fireworks from the neighbors. Teh boys watched some of the Boston Pops and enjoyed the music and watching the musicians.

July has been a hot one. Really hot. So there's been a lot of ice cream, popsicles, and eating out at various family friendly restaurants tha thave kid's nights. We have a pretty solid list and know what works for the boys.

We've been amping up the boys' adventures in order to help with some of their shyness and reluctance to try new things. We attended the Barnstable County Fair. What a great day. Lots of animals - blue ribbion winning rabbits, llamas, hogs, horses, lambs, cows, etc. The petting zoo had all kinds of interesting and exotic animals.

We watched a puppet show, the rides, met Ronald McDonald, at ice cream and fried dough. Kevin watched a very neat train set for 45 minutes. Yes, 45 minutes. Jason and Joe bailed after 15.

Hope ya'll are staying cool!

Love,

Kathy

May (still catching up)

Oma, Opa and Auntie Diane came for a visit in May and played with the boys, taking them on numerous adventures and planting an herb garden. Everyone had a great time.

June kicked off with an early Father's Day and birthday celebration for Opa. We visited the zoo a few times and did some fun day trips and visits to the library. There was an aborted attempt at potty traning where I was more motivated than the 2 people that it required the most involvement from. Oh well. The month was rounded out by Joe starting his new job. Again, the boys have adapted amazingly well to an evolving schedule at our house. June flew by and before we knew it...JULY!