The Gang

While home in MD I was able to get together with some of my best and oldest girlfriends and their little ones! These friends date back to middle school (and Jessica to pre-school). Our kids get along so great, which is so much fun to watch.

The group pic. 4.5 kids now between the 4 of us.

And the aftermath of the group pic. It's never easy to get 4 kids in a picture together and we were laughing about it.

Our kids were so good. Here they were coloring at the table, giving us girls a chance to catch up. I mean it would be normal for little girls to sit nicely and color for a long time but our two two year old boys?! Those taser guns sure do the trick ;)

Playground Fun

Playing catch up, its been a busy couple of weeks. Connor and I took a quick field trip down to MD two weekends ago to visit my Mom. They have a really nice playground close to my Mom's house where C took his first turn on the big boy swing. More pics from the visit to come.

St. Marks Fair

On Saturday after Connor's swim class we all headed over to a fair held at one of the churches here in town. Apparently its the biggest one day fair in CT. There were lots of Connor sized rides which he loved and the fair was also a strawberry festival so I got my fix of amazingly yummy strawberry shortcake too. It was a win win for all.

C told us later that this was his favorite ride.


The big super slide. Andrew tried to convince me that C could go down this on his own but I said no.

A close up of C's face- pure terror! They were going really, really fast.

But as soon as they got to the bottom Connor jumped up and said "Again Daddy PLEASE!!" while racing back up the steps. That's how he rolls!

Andrew once again showcasing Connor's baseball skills. C won a little stuffed dolphin and was very proud. We try to encourage baseball at every opportunity since we've learned that lacrosse is very popular here and we hate lacrosse.

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day to all the special Moms and Mommies-to-be in my life!!

Had a wonderful visit with my Dad this weekend, more pictures to come. Connor really enjoyed hanging out with his Grandpa Steve! This morning Andrew took all of us out for a wonderful mothers day brunch, it was a super nice time with the special men in my life ;)


In posting pictures I realized that apparently this is my "Mothers Day brunch sweater." Here's a picture from two years ago- Mothers Day brunch at the Tokyo American Club. Only difference is that I could fully button it then :)

Connor's First School Picture

This one tugs at the heart strings a little because as cute as it is, he just looks so grown up! I was not prepared for my little baby to grow up this fast!!

Our Weekend

C and I have fun during the week and all but we really love the weekends when Andrew is around too! Especially after he's been away all week traveling for work.

Andrew returned from Tokyo late Thursday night. On Friday he dove right back in to working on stuff around the house. I swear he always finds something that needs to be done, and he's so handy! On Friday (massively jet lagged mind you), after we put Connor down for his nap Andrew nonchalantly told me that he was going out to the back yard to climb a tree. I didn't really think he was serious but after going out to look for him a half hour later, apparently he was! Apparently he thought there were some dead branches that needed to be cut down. Note where the ladder stops, yet how high up he is. And he climbed that holding a handsaw in one hand. Special guy I have here ;)

On Friday night our friends Erin and Dan took the train in from the city to stay with us for the night. Here are the boys playing football on Sat. morning- Dan vs. Andrew and Connor.

Later on Saturday, after we took Erin and Dan back to the train, it was time for more sports, this time baseball. With the exception that occasionally Connor insists on wearing the glove on one hand and holding the bat in the other at the same time, he's a really good hitter!!

Family walk time. I insist on us taking really long family walks together every weekend. I go for exercise, Andrew always brings beer. Whatever, it gets him out there with us :) Here Connor is crying because he wants me to push the stroller (he's going through a phase where he wants me to be the one to do everything for him- hopefully its only a phase!)

After church on Sunday we hit the "Touch a Truck" event at the local elementary school. Basically they brought in all sorts of big trucks and emergency vehicles that all the kids could climb in, pretend to drive, honk the horn, etc. C had a great time, although I think he was a little overwhelmed by all the big trucks since he hardly took his thumb out of his mouth while we were there (he sucks his thumb when he's feeling a little scared or intimidated). Here he is heading for the firetruck first (of course).

Here's Andrew trying to talk the director of summer baseball camp into letting C sign up this summer even though its for kids 6 and older. Andrew swore that even though he's only 2.5 he has "advanced ball skills."

Headed for a big rig.

My little stinker's fave truck of the day? The big septic tanker. Andrew said it smelled really bad in there. So gross.

Riding in the choo choo- it's all he wanted to do!


Waving to Daddy. PS- I was so hot I thought I would literally melt. It just might be a long summer for me.

Love our weekends in the burbs!