vegetable phone sillies

we have quite a bit of fun with every visit to the garden with some vegetable telephone sillies.  hello...are ella & bennett there?  hello?

operation rainbow birthday fun

so we were suppose to be up in storyland for ella's 5th birthday. a day spent at the park with the three little bears, humpty dumpty and cinderella.  then we were suppose to camp out lake side and sing happy birthday with the candles shown above stuck into yummy s'mores.  but nope...it rained...alot! so we canceled the special road trip and commenced operation rainbow birthday fun.  and you know what...it was great! a sweet day at home with our birthday girl and her little brother.

thankful tuesday, 8/16

• my baby girl turning 5
• these memories
• turtle hunts at choate
• harvesting the tomatoes with dad
• perfect ice cream outings
• meeting sweet baby paige
• calling a dear friend a mama for the first time
• wrapping presents
• admiring the beluga whale at the aquarium
• sharing god's creation with our kids
• praying for my aunt nancy
• lunching, shopping, relaxing, dining, drinks, laughing and a little bit of luck with good friends
• martini giggles and unfortunate photos ;)
• celebrating my grandmother's 94th birthday
• catching up with all the turchinetz family...it had been too long
• rainy birthday celebrations at home...not storyland, but special all the same
• rainbow fun
• playing classic games from our childhood with our kids (light bright & guess who)
• resting
• tears of thanks
• glimpses of fall...but summer, please don't go!
• neighborhood walks with stacy

celebrating 94

my wonderful grandmother turned 94 years old this week! much of the family - many of whom we haven't seen in years - came out to celebrate at my aunt & uncles. a special day, that i will cherish always. a few photos of the day...

 

 

 

 

i love you grammy!

thankful tuesday, 8/9

• catching raindrops with the kids
• last minute playground gatherings
• a wonderful visit to my fairy godmother's home
• old friend reunions
• kiddo diving board jumps with chuck
• trail mix trades amongst the kids...almonds for raisins
• kiddo wagon rides with anya
• arrival of back to school back packs...and the kids jamming them full with all sorts of treasures for their pretend school. they jammed them so much so that bennett actually fell backwards down a few stairs. not thankful that the poor guy fell...but that the bag broke his fall.  guess the little guy can't quite lug it all quite yet...good thing he's not actually going to school, but has a cute backpack for his treasures.
• sea side - pool side day with the jansons
• beach football with little boys
• dibble fun
• my sweaty softball playing stud being in a good mood even though they lost in the finals
• burgers & beers with friends
• gritty arugula
• surrendering the hunt over a long long overdue library book
• pippi longstocking play with friends
• anna's burritos picnics
• an afternoon with my college roomies and our 5 little ones
• mother-daughter dinner with the reed girls
• new braintree memories
• tomato bounty
• birthday countdowns
• b's "no...don't say dat" and "piddow tackles"
• my friends' sweet encouragement with this blog...it warms my heart!
• creative outlets

a pipi longstocking outing

we enjoyed a fun outing to see a pipi longstocking performance at the tufts children's theatre. little pipi and her sidekick pirate brother had a great time!

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