Itty Corbitty

June: Strawberry Picking

2010-06-26T08:56:00.001-04:00

Strawberry Picking Fun!

Yummy, sweet local strawberries.

June in Review: Messy Party

2010-06-25T14:43:00.003-04:00

To kick off summer vacation each year, our local MOMS club has a huge Messy Party for all of the kids. It was our turn to host this year. There were tons of kids, and lots to do. Here Sammy and some of his friends decorate cookies with all of the toppings. Sammy spent most of his day here at this table.

Charlotte and a friend explore some squishy Oobleck.

The big bunch of girls mix up some flour, shaving cream, cornstarch, a little grass..... to make a super fun, sticky concoction.

A little painting for Charlotte.

Sand box full of flour. OOOH the kids were sticky like glue when we washed this stuff off of them.

Covering the slide to make a super fast and messy ride. The messy party is one of those get togethers that the kids look forward to every year. This year, like each of the past 5 was amazingly fun for the kids and moms!

Tea Party

2010-05-26T09:17:00.034-04:00

Do you ever have one of those simple, sweet, wonderful days? This post is about one of those days, which happened about two months ago, that I hope will stay in my mind for a long time.

It all started as a visit to a thrift store. We dropped some donations, and poked into the store to have a look around. Almost immediately, Lily came across this little tea pot. "Please Mom, can't we get it?" Lily asks me in her sweetest little girl voice. "It is so pretty, and you and I could go home and have a real tea party," she says in a quite but excited voice. My initial thought is that a glass tea pot is bound to be broken into a million pieces by one of the little hands in this house. But, this little girl is allllmost fiiiiive, as she likes to remind us. So a little responsibility was in order.

So, home we went with the little flowered teapot, and a few tea cups, too. Lily knew that Charlotte would like to have a cup, so she picked a few from the store to go along with the pot. The thrift store was the perfect place to pick this stuff up. It was so much fun for her to browse through all of the delicate china~ gold and silver rims, painted flowers, little animals. So much to choose from.

Once home, and Sammy safely down for a nap, Lily and I unwrapped the set and got to work washing up. I gave her a bin of soapy water and a wash cloth, and she scrubbed that set until it was squeaky clean.

Then a rinse with clean water. She loved scooping and pouring the water over her fingers.

Next she used a cloth to dry them off.

And finally... The tea party begins.

We started with water, and had a few cups of that.

Then Lily thought that it might be good to have some actual tea for our party. She wasn't thrilled with the tea, so we moved onto juice.

Lily was an exceptional tea party hostess. "Would you like more?" she asked over and over, in order to pour that little tea pot again. I am not sure that I have ever drank more liquids in a two hour span before. We were super hydrated for the rest of the day!

Of course, a few cookies were in order for such a special tea party. "How about the fancy plates?" I suggest, and immediately feel insane for suggesting that my four year old use our china plates. But, "OOOH," she jumps in little hops and claps her hands, so it clear that it is too late to change my mind. But, this was special, and she knew it, and cared for all of it perfectly.

A lovely little moment in that I must record, because in the busyness of life, these days can be so easily forgotten.

Ladybug Girl

2010-05-26T08:59:00.004-04:00

There have been lots of fun activities in conjunction with Literacy Month at Charlotte's school. On this day, the children were asked to dress up as a character from a book. Charlotte chose the story Ladybug girl by David Soman and Jacky Davis. It is a story about a little girl who discovers all sorts of backyard wonders of nature.

Since then, Charlotte has been transforming into Ladybug Girl most days. It has brought a smile to many peoples faces, because who can resist a sweet little girl bouncing along in a pair of wiggly antennaes and floppy wings.

Opening Day

2010-05-26T08:45:00.007-04:00

Charlotte and Lily have taken up softball and wiffleball this season. Here they are at the big opening day bash.

Aren't they sweet in their uniforms?

Dad, riding the train with the kiddos.

Getting ready for team pictures. Sam is an assistant coach for Charlotte's team, which has been fun for both of them.

Auntie's Bridal Shower

2010-05-26T08:15:00.014-04:00

Auntie Heather and Greg are getting married in a few weeks! Everyone is thrilled and can't wait for the big day. The children have enjoyed all of the pre-wedding celebration and activities.

Gifts for the couple

Some of the Guests

Great Grammie Elizabeth and Gram

Friend, Kristin and the Guest of Honor

Friends Sue and Deb, with Nana in the middle

Michalea, Lucy, Auntie Carolyn and Great Grammie Sousa

Some game time fun!

Favors. Aren't they pretty?

Congratulations Heather and Greg. Here is wishing you a lovely wedding and life together!

Things I love about my girls...

2010-05-24T08:35:00.018-04:00

My girls... they love fancy dresses and swamps. I think what I love most about these two things is that while they love a pretty dress, they take no issue with scaling trees or tromping through a swamp while wearing them. I LOVE THAT!

They certainly aren't the types to shy away from a snake or frog eggs and we couldn't be happier with that. Although I must note that at times you can find me at the washer cursing the laundry :)

Charlotte's photo of skunk cabbage. She immediately noticed the vibrant green and wanted to photograph it. She has a good eye for color, doesn't she? They really are a good looking plant, if you can get past the smell.

Forget the playground, these fallen trees were the ultimate climber!

At the top

This swamp is swimming with life. As you walk down to it, there is a bit of dark forest, and as the woods clear away to swamp, the bright green of the swamp fills with sunlight. It is really a beautiful place. One more reason we love visits to Western MA.

Easter

2010-05-03T21:10:00.055-04:00

Yes, Easter was a LONG time ago... But I wanted a record of all of the fun.

We spent our Easter with Nana and Rene. It is a nice holiday to spend out there, especially because there are plenty of children for the Great Egg Hunt.

The woods of Western MA are wonderful for the perfect hiding spots!

Baskets ready, everyone is set for the egg hunt.

Little ones get a head start.

Ready, Set, Go... (or as you might hear from Lily: "Setty, Ret, Go")

Maybe one in a crack in the wall...

My girls would follow their cousin Suzanne to the end of the earth.

Checking out all of their loot.

The audience

Happy baby, full of candy!

Pasta

2010-04-29T20:59:00.010-04:00

"Pasta making is fun...It is like play dough that you eat!" Lily

On the bright side..

2010-04-29T20:51:00.008-04:00

About a month ago, we had some flooding in our part of the woods. Roads were closed, basements flooded, school canceled. Most were pretty down about the damage and hassle. But, the kids really make the best out of things.

Here are some pictures I took during the first week of flooding. About a week later, we got a second record storm that made the water even deeper in our back yard.

On a warm day, the kids even put on their bathing suits and splashed around in our "pond."

We even had ducks visit!

Town Egg Hunt

2010-04-29T20:26:00.019-04:00

Our town has a fun egg hunt. Here are a few photos from it.

Shower Preparations

2010-04-29T20:00:00.015-04:00

On Easter weekend, the girls spent some time helping their Nana prepare for their Auntie Heather's bridal shower.

They love being at the center of all of the preparations and excitement.

Their Nana gathered the wonderful materials for the favors...yummy chocolates in fancy boxes. It was heaven for the girls.

Aren't the covers so very pretty?

Yum!

Lovely!

Spanish Night

2010-04-28T09:01:00.003-04:00

Father- Daughter Dance

2010-04-28T08:49:00.007-04:00

Each year, Charlotte's school has a sweet father- daughter dance.

Charlotte and some of her favorite classmates dancing.

Sweet!

Dad and Charlotte

Pillows

2010-04-28T08:11:00.016-04:00

One Saturday morning, the girls woke up ready to sew. So, much to my delight, out came the sewing machine, needles, thread, fabric...

Both Charlotte and Lily decided that little pillows would be a good project. They rolled up strips of felt to create fabric roses, and stitched them to fabric.

Lily preferred to use the machine, while Charlotte stitched by hand. Lily has become quite comfortable maneuvering the machine. She confidently presses the peddle with her foot, while feeding the fabric through the machine.

Charlotte really surprised us with her sewing skills. She used a real, albeit, sharp needle and thread. Without knotting the thread, she sewed along the edges of the stem in straight lines, and then proceeded to whip stitch the whole pillow together.

Lovely, aren't they?

Maple Sugaring

2010-03-29T07:29:00.016-04:00

This year we are trying our hand at maple sugaring. We received all of the spickets, buckets and instruction from Sam's Dad and Sarah, as a very nice Christmas gift.

As you can see, these photos were taken back in February, as these are our first shots of this adventure. We have been making maple syrup ever since. Here the bucket is hanging on a spicket that has been drilled into the tree. Clear maple sap pours out in the the bucket.

Sam, drilling into one of the trees

While out back, the girls discovered some good stuff to climb on.

Boiling down the maple sugar.

It takes a whole day of boiling to cook it down to the consistency of maple syrup.

The very first batch of syrup. As you can see, it takes ALOT of maple sap to make syrup. You boil off 90% of the water, and the last 10% is a super sweet sugary delight!

Of course we needed to make some waffles to sample with. Delicious!

Full of Love

2010-02-18T08:28:00.023-05:00

Hope your Valentine's Day was full of love...

Last week, our house was a flurry of Valentine's crafts and activities.

Lily creating valentines for the ones that she loves

Some of her sweetest cards

With 24 classmates, I thought that the novelty of homemade cards would wear off after a while. But, Charlotte loved every minute of it.

My favorite Valentine that Charlotte made. It is a picture of clothes hanging in her closet. Can you see the hangers? I would have kept this if I could. It is just so... Charlotte.

Some other favorites

We made some window pane cookies to go along with the lovely cards.

This year, I was set to have the girls buy pre-made valentines. The thought of making nearly 40 cards between the two, just seemed like too much. But then Lily started them all on her own, and Charlotte reminded me of how special homemade gifts are. So, really, how could I resist. Once again, I am glad that I listened to them. It was fun and they loved creating for others. Just the perfect valentine for a mama~kind and thoughtful kids.

Daisy's

2010-02-18T08:15:00.004-05:00

This year, Charlotte became a Daisy Girl Scout, and it has been really great for her. The meetings are filled with art and crafts, nature, and friends. Really, what activity suits Charlotte better? Oh, and the cookies, well, everyone likes the cookies.

On a snowy Saturday, Charlotte and I headed out, to collect her troop's cookie order.

It was very well run. We arrived at the site, and there was a tractor trailer filled with boxes, and people to unload them.

So very many cookies. Hundreds of boxes!

Charlotte and a friend from her troop load up the car. What cookie fun!

cream of asparagus soup

2010-02-05T20:41:00.005-05:00

We have been cooking our way through the Moosewood Cookbook, lately. Of course, Lily likes to help.

For this soup, which happened to be delicious, Lily cut the tips off of 2 lbs of asparagus.

The whole time she was cutting, she kept on saying. "This is great Mama, isn't this so fun?" I think that she was happy to get her hands on those kitchen shears.

Giant Tree

2010-02-05T20:38:00.003-05:00

While out in Western MA, we needed to stop by and visit this tree. It dates back to the Civil War, and is gigantic!

It was magnificent!

butterfly place

2010-02-05T20:26:00.014-05:00

A couple of weeks ago, we all needed a little break from these long, cold winter days. We needed something warm and tropical.

No...we didn't go to a Caribbean Island. We went to the next best thing~The Butterfly Place. Oh, it was warm, and felt bright, and did I mention that it was warm? Really, it was heaven.

We all agreed that these flowers must be Trufflas from the book The Lorax, by Dr. Suess.

Look at those pink cheeks. It was downright balmy in there.

Nana and Lily

Charlotte got to hold a butterfly.

gingerbread sing-a-long

2010-02-05T20:20:00.004-05:00

The day before Christmas vacation, Lily was suppose to have a special sing-a-long at her school. It was canceled due to snow, and Lily was totally bummed. When her teachers rescheduled it, she couldn't wait~ a night time event at school is so exciting! Singing with her classmates

building a gingerbread house

crafting a lovely gingerbread girl

Happy Paintings

2010-02-05T20:15:00.004-05:00

Lily loves to paint. These photos make me happy!

on being neighborly

2010-02-05T20:12:00.004-05:00

Lily noticed our neighbor's recycling had blown over on a windy and chilly day. She ran right outside to clean it up stating that "Poor Lisa, will be sad to have to pick up all of that when she gets home tonight!" Sweet girl!

peanut butter banana scones

2010-02-05T20:06:00.007-05:00

We are working to find tasty and healthy things to have for lunch. We decided to try making peanut butter banana scones.

Lily is talking on the banana phone.

Of course we need to sample
the ingredients to make sure that they are top quality.

batter

A small glass makes a surprisingly perfect scone cutter. Of course it is sweeter when it is in the hand of one of my sweeties.

Of course, I really liked these. The kids, well, found the flavor a bit bland. But, you know, that is kinda the way that scones are.

So, the search continues for something good to put in the lunch box!

Sesame Street Live

2010-02-05T19:58:00.011-05:00

A couple of weeks ago we took a trip up to the DCU Center in Worcester to see Sesame Street Live. This was our third year in a row.

Lily

Elmo and friends on stage

Lily's favorite, Abby Cadabby

A little cotton candy at intermission. For the past two years, Charlotte has missed the show. She has never been a big fan of Sesame Street. We brought her home some cotton candy, and that made missing the show no big deal.

We were seated on the floor, so we got close

to many of the characters.

Lily even got a little pat on the head from Grover.

Visit from Mr. Bear

2010-01-11T10:39:00.038-05:00

Recently, we had a special visit from Charlotte's class mascot, Mr. Bear. Mr. Bear came home in Charlotte's backpack, along with a journal to document all of his adventures with our family. On Friday, Mr. Bear met Lily's favorite bear Tickle Tickle. Good fun was had building with blocks.

Onto dot painting. Notice that Sammy is painting, too. He has been pretty vocal about letting us know that he is ready for art projects,lately.

On Saturday morning, Mr. Bear wanted donuts. Luckily, Auntie Kris gave us an apple cider donut kit for Christmas, so we were prepared.

Mr. Bear getting down to business, when no one was looking.

After some convincing, he decided to share with the kids.

Mr. Bear decided to start Sunday off with some board games. He has to stay sharp. After all, he needs to keep up with all of Charlotte's Kindergarten classmates.

After lunch, Mr. Bear suggested we go on an outing. We decided to head to the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

Mr. Bear felt pretty small compared to this life sized whale model.

There were several whale skeletons to check out. The museum was really interesting. Sam, Charlotte and I would have loved to get a closer look at alot of the displays, but sometimes, little ones are not that interested in the details:)

There was a model of a whaling ship built right into the museum. Everyone loved this part! Lily loved being on the deck, while Charlotte was fascinated with the bunks underneath.

Sammy is playing a whale matching game.

We sure had a fun weekend with Mr. Bear!

Snowmen

2010-01-04T07:51:00.001-05:00

It was good weather for snowmen, this weekend!

The snowmen got a little chilly, so Charlotte and Lily let them get toasty in their coats.

Little Gymnast

2010-01-02T19:37:00.005-05:00

Lily takes a gymnastics class once a week at a local gym, and she loves it!

The week before Christmas, her teachers allowed the parents to come in to take pictures and tape the kids while they were doing the obstacle course. It was so cute! I really can't watch it enough, so I decided that everyone might get a kick out of it!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T08:56:00.027-05:00

Christmas is such a fun time of year with the kids! Here are some highlights from our Christmas celebrations.

Christmas Eve at Home We celebrated Christmas Eve at home.

We had plenty of loved ones to share the fun evening with. Here are Nana and Rene.

Uncle Dan and Lily

Grandma and Poppie

Auntie Kris and Unkie Bri Bri

Charlotte and Lily

Danielle and Charlotte snuggled up to a good book.

Angela, Randy, Baby Rocky and Amanda

Charlotte and Lily setting out cookies and a carrot for Santa and the reindeer

Christmas Morning

Santa left some pretty fun stuff.

Charlotte and Lily waking up in the morning

Sammy checks out all of those gifts under the tree. There were no presents under the tree until Christmas eve (we wanted them to stay wrapped until Christmas morning)...so it was a big surprise.

What's inside here?

Polly Pocket Roller Coaster was the most requested toy from the girls, and Santa came through for them. Those elves sure are good at putting together tons of tiny plastic parts.

Christmas Day at Grandad and Gram's

After opening gifts in the morning, we headed over to Grandad and Gram's house for Christmas dinner. Here are the girls with Great Grammie Elizabeth.

Charlotte, Auntie Heather, and Greg

Gram and her boys, Nick and Simon

After coming home from Grandad Corbitt's house, we headed out for the weekend with Nana and Rene. Unfortunately, I didn't seem to take any pictures out there. But, we still had a great time visiting with everyone!

Celebrating with Great Grandad Corbitt at Auntie Lisa's

After two snow cancellations, we finally had the annual celebration with Great Grandad Corbitt, at Auntie Lisa's house. Here are Lily, Lindsay and Alden.

Four generations of Samuel Corbitts

There really is nothing quite like Christmas with kids. Every part of it is so very magical.

Visit with Santa

2009-12-31T08:41:00.002-05:00

Our MOMS club had a wonderful Christmas party this year. There were lots of friends, great crafts, and of course... treats.

Then the big man made a surprise visit.

Gingerbread Houses with Auntie Cherie

2009-12-31T08:29:00.000-05:00

About a week before Christmas, Auntie Cherie came over armed with LOADS of candy and all of the necessities to make delicious gingerbread houses. The kids were so excited!

Nice house, Charlotte!

Yummy!

The kids loved spending some extra special time with Cherie.

Tangerines

2009-12-23T07:57:00.000-05:00

Apparently, Sammy doesn't really care for tangerines. I have to wonder why he asked for more several times, only for it to end this same way.

Nutcracker Ballet

2009-12-22T09:13:00.000-05:00

Last weekend marked the girls Second Annual trip to see the Nutcracker in Boston with Nana. This year, I was lucky enough to join them. Last year Sammy was too little to be left for very long, and we thought that at 5 months, he wouldn't appreciate the wonder of the nutcracker:)

The girls at home getting ready to go.

Charlotte and Lily with their Sugar Plum Fairy crowns waiting to be seated at the Opera

House.

Lily and Nana enjoying a treat during intermission

Mama and her wonderful girls

I had forgotten just how magical it was. The girls were completely enthralled by the performance. As each character came on the stage they were delighted with ooh it is Mama Ginger, or the Sugar Plum Fairy, or the little sheep. They have been requesting the Nutcracker as their bedtime story for the past couple of weeks. We were lucky that there was a very nice group of young women seated behind us, who instead of being irritate by the constant chatter, where actually quite taken by the girls and how much they knew about the story.

Winter celebration

2009-12-17T16:35:00.000-05:00

Charlotte's school had a family winter celebration a few weekends ago. They were thrilled to meet Santa and tell them all about their very interesting wish lists. Both girls include the typical toys and crafts to their list, but once again request farm animals... Isn't our house wild enough for them? Apparently not.

Sammy liked Santa so much, that he went back to visit several times.

Of course, no celebration is complete with out tons of sugar. Here they are decorating tasty gingerbread cookies.

Yummy!

Sammy enjoyed the inflatable presents. Penguins and snowmen popped out of some of the gifts, which offered endless entertainment for him.

Lily and Lauren.

Lauren is one of Charlotte's classmates, that Lily has become tight with on the playground after school.

Thanksgiving

2009-12-17T16:16:00.000-05:00

This year, as all years, we have had lots to be thankful for. Wonderful family, Healthy minds and bodies, and lots of love! We celebrated a nice Thanksgiving at the Donohoe residence, and there was lot of family, delicious food, and good conversation to enjoy. The college kids...my niece and nephew, Danielle and Sean.

Samuel Charles and Charles, of course it is Poppie to the kids!

Yummy Dinner! Charlotte has been a very outspoken vegetarian since last Thanksgiving when she made the turkey/animal and the turkey/food connection. This year her dedication waned, when she gave it a try...and loved it!

We got to meet my brand new great nephew, Rockwell. (Seriously...I can't be so old that I am a Great Aunt!) Here he is with my niece, and wonderful new mama Angela. Many generations gathered together gave us much to be thankful for this year!

Thanksgiving Feast

2009-12-14T07:45:00.000-05:00

Each year, Lily's school has a very sweet Thanksgiving Feast.

The children gathered on the stage to perform a song about being thankful! You can see Lily in the center between some of the moms.

After the song, the children joined the parents at the table to feast on some home made bread and butter. Lily loved the cinnamon bread that she made with her classmates.

On an earlier date, she made a place mat with hand print turkeys on it.

Lily and some of her classmates! I sure am going to miss these sweet performances next year when Lily goes off to Kindergarten at the big school!

Disney with Dad

2009-12-04T08:55:00.000-05:00

Sam and the girls took a special long weekend to Disney over Halloween. The girls missed out on trick or treating on our street, but they didn't seem to mind!

On the first day, they were up and ready to go see Mickey...at 5 am.

When they got to the park, they headed right to the It's a Small World ride.

It's a Small World is one of Charlotte's favorite rides.

On to the teacups

Next was the Winnie the Pooh ride. Sam said that the day after Halloween, there was hardly anyone in the park. He said that they didn't wait any more than 5 minutes in every line! They were pretty lucky, and hit all of the rides that they wanted to, on the first day!

All wet after Splash Mountain

The girls were dare devils and loved Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain and Goofy's Barn Stormer!

Aladin

River Boat

Carousel

Tasty cotton candy

Two princesses in front of Cinderella's Castle

Spinning Teacups

Minnie's House

This was one of the girls favorites last year, and Sam said that they spent a lot of time in there again.

Minnie's sewing machine

Cool treats

It was pretty hot the second day that they were there.

Pooh Bear Playground

Lily with the Sword in the Stone

Charlotte with the sword and the stone.

They can't stop talking about how much fun they had. It was a really special time with their Dad.

Jump!

2009-12-04T08:00:00.000-05:00

I just love watching Sammy jump. It is so funny how his feet don't really leave the ground.

Halloween

2009-12-01T08:31:00.001-05:00

I have been meaning to post some of our Halloween happenings. While the girls didn't get to go out trick or treating on Halloween night, there was still plenty of fun!

Each year, our little friend Ellie celebrates her birthday with a huge Halloween party. It is always a blast full of all the old fashioned Halloween games. The girls bobbed for apples, went on a hayride, and as you can see, ate donuts on a string. Charlotte took out this donut in one bite. I wouldn't have believed it, if I hadn't seen it myself!

Monster Bash

Charlotte and Dad went to the "Monster Bash" at her school. Here she is getting some witchy face painting.

Monster mini golf!

Halloween Gymnastics

Lily's gymnastics class had a Halloween party, too. She wore her Tinkerbell costume. She said that she flew a little higher on the trampoline with her wings!

Our local mall had some Halloween festivities, so the girls got to fit in a little trick or treating before jet setting off, with their dad, to Florida.

"Pat" the patriot was there. Someone asked the girls if they like to watch the Patriots on t.v. Charlotte: "My dad loves to watch you play baseball on t.v. " Then Lily chimed in "and I like to turn it off when Dad is watching." Way to totally insult the guy who is giving you candy.

Candy!

Fall Fun

2009-11-23T16:44:00.001-05:00

In the past few weeks we have taken some great trips. Here is a mishmash of some of the things that we have been doing.

Our town recently opened a biscotti bakery and store. Here is Lily and her buddy Callie checking out some of the ingredients. Lily is surprised to see the massive hunks of butter that go into each batch of cookies.

Here is Sammy out exploring the first snow of the season. He was so curious about how it crunched under his feet. I wish that I were video taping this so you could hear he and Lily's squeals of delight. Seriously...snow in October.

On a beautiful warm day, we took a trip to a fall festival with Nana and Rene. Here are Sam and the girls taking a Carousel ride.

The girls really like this moose, which happened to be with the fire department. We weren't exactly sure what the moose/fire dept. connection was, but the girls enjoyed him anyway.

Sammy and Nana

On another day, we took a nature walk at our local Audubon sanctuary. It was a special visit that was focused on salamanders. Now, every time we are in the woods, Lily flips over rocks and logs to look for salamanders. There is one in the bowl that she is looking at.

Here is a goofy picture of the girls with our indoor cherry tomato plant. Late in the summer, Lily planted some tomato seeds in Nana's sand box, and surprising to all, it actually grew. Once the weather got too cool, Nana transplanted it and sent it home with us. This is our third year of having tomatoes in the kitchen through the winter. Lily has taken complete ownership of this one and waters and cares for it. The strangest part about it is that there are quite a few earth worms living in the pot. When she waters it, they come up to the top. It is a little creepy, but it makes her happy.

Ecotarium

2009-10-09T13:48:00.000-04:00

A couple of weeks ago we decided to take the kids up to the Ecotarium to check out what it was like. It was a really fun museum, with lots of relevant science activities indoor and out.

Can you spot the Bald Eagle in the right side of the photo? Charlotte loves eagles, so she was pretty excited.

After looking at a few animal exhibits, we headed into the museum. Here, Charlotte and Dad are looking through a microscope.

They were amazed at how this ball was suspended in air.

Charlotte, my dare devil, puts her hand into a tornado!

The girls fed the plants with their breath in this terrarium. As you can see, there are holes in the bottom, where the children can pop their heads up and look around.

After some inside fun, the kids really wanted to get outside and explore!

Everyone really enjoyed being inside the giant bubbles.

Next, we went on a train tour of the park.

My two handsome guys riding together on the train.

The Girls

There was a great playground that everyone enjoyed. Here Charlotte is climbing a rope ladder.

Lily on the twirling slide

Sammy gives the slide a go

It was a really fun place to go. It was a huge museum, and we spent all day there. We saw lots of animals in nice habitats, and even a polar bear!

Little Rascal

2009-10-07T22:15:00.000-04:00

Look at how pleased Sammy is with himself...Picture this...We run out to get some orange juice for playgroup, and decide to pick up some donut holes as a special treat for the bigger kids. We walk in the door, and I throw the munchkins down on the table. I head to the fridge to put away the juice and take out a quick bread to put on the counter. All the while, Sammy has swipped the box off of the edge of the table and booked to the living room, with out me noticing. I close the fridge and hear a muffled laugh in the living room. I walk in to find Sammy on the floor. Munchkins mashed into the rug and his hair and his clothes...and his mouth. He sure was happy to finally get his hands on this treat.

Lily and her playgroup friends before we headed off to school. It was red day.

Gymnastics

2009-10-07T21:58:00.000-04:00

The girls started gymnastics classes recently and they love it.

Charlotte did backward rolls down this mat. But her favorite, she says, is the uneven bars. (Sorry for the blur...I was taking picture through a window in the waiting room)

Here is Lily before we went to class. She said that she loves the trampoline.

Visit from Auntie Kris

2009-10-07T21:20:00.000-04:00

Auntie Kris was down from Vermont and stopped by for a visit. It was a day full of hugs and lots of doggy kisses from Kris' puppy Ruby.

Kris surprised me with a homemade lemon blueberry pound cake. It was so delicious!

Apple Picking

2009-09-16T22:20:00.000-04:00

This time of the year is so much fun! On Tuesday we went on our annual apple picking trip with the MOMS Club. This is our 5th season apple picking with this same group. There has been alot of fun over the years. And more and more kids.

Lily, Callie, Luke and Anna on the hayride

Sammy is never quite sure what to make of these hayrides...Bumpy, noisy and scratchy. I bet that this time next year he will hold the pure joy and appreciation that all small children have for the rickety wagon pulled by a giant tractor!

Callie, Lily and Luke in the orchard comparing their haul.

If nobody is looking, I think that I will snatch this apple off of the ground, and...

gobble it up!

While the apple picking and hay riding is delightful, I think that the main reason that the moms keep coming back to this farm, is the concluding treat: the most delicious apple fritters, paired with fresh apple cider. My mouth is watering just remembering them.

Lily's First Day of Preschool

2009-09-16T21:48:00.001-04:00

Lily started back to school on Monday. With both girls back in school, I ask myself... where did Summer go? It went by way to fast, and I loved having them home with me. Luckily, though, both Lily and Charlotte are so happy to be back at school. Here Lily is before we left for school. Lily continues to have the ability to create endless expressions for the camera. She is so kooky!
Ready...Set...Go!

Getting ready to go into school

Lily with her teacher Miss Monica. Monica was also Charlotte's preschool teacher, so Lily has known her since she was 1.

Hanging her backpack up in her cubby. Remember having a cubby? I loved my cubby in elementary school. Our cubbies were in a coat room...so appealing for all kinds of mischief. Not that I was mischievous as a child...Nope-not me! Pure Angel. Hehe

Lily and Callie after school

The old gang...Lily, Callie, Sienna, Lauren, and Luke.

Lily's School Orientation

2009-09-16T21:38:00.000-04:00

Lily had her preschool orientation day last Friday. At her preschool, the children spend two years with the same teacher and classmates. So she was quite at ease, this being her second year. She was thrilled to go back to school to see her old teachers and friends.

Drawing a picture
Playing in the dress up area

Classmates Sienna, Molly, and Lauren

Sammy's First Shoes

2009-09-16T21:23:00.001-04:00

Now that Sammy is walking, it was time to get him some shoes. I finally broke down and got him some, when I noticed those concerned looks that my poor boy was walking around... bare footed...in September. Gasp! :)

Here he is trying out a pair.

And he is off!
It was, as if he were saying: Yup Mama, these will do.

Ward's

2009-09-11T19:43:00.000-04:00

This past weekend, I took the kids to try some blueberry picking at Ward's Berry Farm. We were too late for blueberries... bushes were empty when we got there, but we really lucked out anyway. When we got there, we went to the U-Pick counter and the cashier said we could pick Raspberries, peaches or grape. The girls LOVE raspberries, so we chose them. After we chose, the cashier told us, that we should we should go and pick them all. So off we went...for raspberries, peaches AND grapes! It was the first time any of us have ever pick grapes right off of the vine. What fun!

Here are a few pictures that I took of Sammy while I carried him in the sling.

Sammy had the right idea in the raspberry patch. Every time I picked a berry, he growled like a wild animal, until I gave it to him to eat. Needless to say, I had an empty basket leaving the raspberry patch.

Lily picking raspberries.

Here are the kids among the grape vines.

Check out how Sammy is reaching for Lily's basket. Just after this picture, he snatched a bunch of grapes out of the basket...and stuffed them in his mouth!

On to the peach orchard.

I love this picture. The girls look so young and sweet.

Sammy finds a peach.

Yum!

It was fun day on the farm. After all of the fruit, we spent the time listening to a folk music band, and then the girls climbed up on the gigantic pile of hay bails.

Charlotte's First Day of School!

2009-09-11T19:20:00.000-04:00

Charlotte started back to school on Tuesday! Here she is before leaving for school.

Charlotte had a great first day. She has been extremely happy each day when she has come home. Her teacher says that she is showing great leadership in the classroom.

On Charlotte's first day of school, Lily was lost without her. She told me how she missed her so much, and midday, disappeared upstairs for a nap. She was lonely without Charlotte. By the second day, though, she started to enjoy some special one on one attention from Mom.

After school joy!

Sammy takes his first steps!

2009-09-02T19:48:00.000-04:00

Sammy is officially walking. He took his very first steps with out holding on to anything on August 22, and now he is getting steady enough to take several steps in a row. This stage is always so much fun.

Goin' on a Bear Hunt

2009-09-02T19:38:00.001-04:00

We are lucky enough to have many acres of conservation land just across the street from our house, with paths, caves and overgrown cranberry bogs to explore. The girls love to go on adventures up there. We go looking for bears in the rock formations that look like caves. While no bears actually live there, the idea of catching one while it is taking a snooze is downright exhillerating to them.

Friends Cal, Collin and Ellie are also nature lovers, so when they visit, they are eager to go exploring.

Monkey

2009-09-02T16:46:00.000-04:00

One day a week, all summer, we have been getting together with friends for our "drop off playgroup," where some of the moms stay with a great big bunch of kids, and the others go off to run errands. It has been a great way for the girls to stay in touch with some of their oldest friends, that they won't see as much once school starts.

Charlotte and her buddy Sarah

Lily, Lauren, Callie and Ellie getting silly on the home made water slide.

Lily and Ellie

Here, you can watch as Charlotte conquers the monkey bars, and goes all of the way across for the first time! She has been practicing all year at school, so she was really proud to make it. After, she repeated it until she had blisters.

We are back!

2009-09-02T16:45:00.001-04:00

It has been a busy past couple of weeks, and I haven't posted in a while. The next few posts will be looking back on the last two weeks.

Lily is 4!

2009-08-12T19:35:00.000-04:00

Lily had a great fourth birthday! She started her day with a strawberry frosted donut, with a candle, in bed. The night before her birthday, she confessed that she didn't really like cupcakes, so we surprised her with a donut. She was thrilled.

Birthday Gifts

Lily requested a unicorn, which was easy to grant. But she also gave me a five minute, extremely detailed, description of the life sized "strawberry tree house" that she was hoping for. This girl dreams BIG. Charlotte found her a Strawberry Shortcake house that she though might be suitable. Lily loved it, and the girls played with it all morning.

Lily decided that it would be fun to go to the Easton Children's Museum on her birthday. Here they are doing a science experiment with water, oil and food coloring with one of the museum volunteers.

Lily in the firehouse fort

Charlotte couldn't wait to get to the woodworking room, her favorite part of the museum.

Lily is a natural fisherwoman. Here she is pulling up a basket of lobsters and crabs. Eat your heart out Rene.

Sammy enjoyed admiring that adorable baby in the mirror.

One of the favorite areas of the museum is the face painting area. The girls spent some serious time doing themselves up.

Lily's finished masterpiece. Notice Sammy in the background checking himself out with a cowboy hat on.

After some indoor fun, we went out to the amazing museum park. It is wonderful park full of natural structures and activities. Here is Sammy the paleontologist. He takes his work very seriously. In this area, the children use brushes and tools to reveal " fossils" buried beneath the sand.

Lily uses garden tools in the sand table.

After a fun day at the museum, Lily decided that she wanted to go to Friendly's for her birthday dinner. Yummy Monster Sundae!

Lily and Dad at dinner.

Happy Birthday, Lily!

2009-08-10T19:48:00.000-04:00

It is so wild that Lily is now 4. We have noticed that her baby voice has recently started to change and sound more grown up. Our "Little Sweetie" is growing up.

One of the first photos of Lily. Lily was a wonderful, sweet, joyful baby!

She weighed in at 8 lbs 15 oz. So tiny to us:)

Charlotte meets Lily for the first time.

Happy Birthday, Lillian Summer!

Birthday Party Fun!

2009-08-09T20:42:00.000-04:00

This weekend, we had a triple birthday party for the kids. Everyone had a great time, and we were happy to have so many people that we love there to share the day. We rented a water slide for all of the "kids" to play on.

Above, watch the video as Sam takes Sammy down the slide for the first time. Sammy loves water and excitement, so he thought it was pretty fun. Check the next couple post below for more pictures of the festivities.

More Birthday Party Fun!

2009-08-09T20:35:00.000-04:00

Early on Saturday morning, 7:30 am to be precise, the water slide was delivered and set up. Naturally, the girls wanted to try it out as soon as it arrived. So, they were outside at the crack of dawn, waking the neighbors with screams of delight! The slide was pretty fast, so Lily liked to hang onto the side as she slid down.

The pool at the end was full of COLD water, but that didn't stop Charlotte. Her lips were blue at the end of the day.

The girls friend, Calvin, catches some air when jumping off of the side and into the pool.

After some water sliding, the kids decided to have some fun with the unicorn pinata. Check out the video...it is always fun to see kids scrambling for candy.

Check the post below for more party fun!

Even More Birthday Party Fun!

2009-08-09T20:22:00.000-04:00

Cake and Ice Cream

After some pizza for lunch, it was time to sing "Happy Birthday" to the guests of honor. Charlotte and Lily blowing out the candles

Callie, Lauren and Lily dig in to some cupcakes and ice cream

Partying is exhausting!

Little Sammy was so tired from all of the excitement, that he slept through most of his first birthday party.

Friends and Family

Charlotte, Isabella, and Sarah

Grandma, Gram, and Great Grammie Elizabeth

Sammy's buddy Jack

Little Ellie on the swing

Charlotte and Grandad

Birthday Gifts

The children received so many thoughtful gifts.

Charlotte gets ready to open some of her birthday presents

Lily was very excited to open up some birthday presents. After all, her birthday wasn't until Monday.

Sammy woke up in time to open up some presents in front of an adoring crowd.

Thanks to all that were able to share this special day with our family. The day was great!

Charlotte's Golden Birthday

2009-08-06T19:56:00.000-04:00

Today Charlotte started her special "golden birthday" with a cupcake in bed! A fun tradition that we did when she was four and continued this year.

Charlotte opened her birthday gift to find two books on how to care for a pet turtle. She was very excited when she found out that she is going to pick out a turtle as her sixth birthday present.

During the day, Charlotte chose to go to Chucky Cheese. Isabella, Sienna, and Elijah met us there for the fun.

Sienna and Lily eating pizza.

Sammy driving the truck.

Elijah on the tractor.

Charlotte and Isabella

There were tons of games that the kids could play. They loved it. Here they are picking out the prizes with the tickets that they won.

We took Charlotte out for dinner for her favorite "cheesy pasta." During the day, Charlotte whispered in my ear "I think that this is the best birthday ever!"

It really was a great birthday!

(Thanks to Liz, who taught us about "golden birthdays." Charlotte turned 6 on the 6th. A once in a life time event.)

Six Years Old?!?!?!?

2009-08-06T08:23:00.000-04:00

It is so hard to believe that Charlotte is six today! When I look at these pictures, I feel like she was born yesterday. And then I think of how I can hardly remember what life was like before her.

Charlotte and Dad

Brand new!

Baby Charlotte and Mama in the neonatal nursery. Even though she was so tiny to us, she looked so big at 8 lbs 14 oz next to all of the preemies.

Happy Birthday, Charlotte!

Happy Birthday, Sammy!

2009-07-30T23:15:00.001-04:00

Today was Sammy's first birthday!Sammy spend his special day enjoying all of the one on one attention from Mom and Dad, a rarity for a third born. Charlotte and Lily are out visiting with Nana, so it was a win- win for everyone!

Sammy's first birthday "cupcake."

(Don't worry, the candle isn't lit!!!)

Sammy gave it his best shot to fit the whole cupcake into his mouth!

He seemed pretty pleased with the frosting made out of cream cheese on top of a zucchini muffin.

Who doesn't love to see a baby smear cake all over himself? Too cute!

Yum!
Happy 1st Birthday!

One year ago today...

2009-07-30T21:16:00.000-04:00

our wonderful baby Samuel came into this world. It is hard to believe that an entire year has gone by. We are so blessed to have such a happy, sweet boy to complete our family.

Sammy and Mom

Charlotte gets to know her new baby brother

How could he have been so tiny?!?!?!

Samuel Charles Corbitt

July 30, 2008

5:16 pm

8lbs 14 oz, 20 3/4 inches long

Sundae School

2009-07-24T09:16:00.001-04:00

A trip to the Cape would not be complete without a visit to the Sundae School.

The girls love the chocolate dipped cones. I can't resist the hot fudge sundaes. They are the very best sundaes that I have had in my entire life... and I have alot of experience in this area.

Vacation visit

2009-07-24T08:15:00.000-04:00

While we were down on the Cape, Uncle Doug and his family was vacationing at Bay Berry. We spent a couple of days visiting them. The kids loved all of the extra attention. And we enjoyed spending time with such a happy and loving family.

Aunt Renee taught Lily to play scrabble.

Doug and Dougie hanging with Sammy

Uncle Doug loves babies. Sammy practically fell asleep right on Doug's lap.

We spent most of our vacation at the beach. It was the first string of sunny days in weeks. We felt so lucky to have nice weather.

It turns out that Sammy is pretty fearless in the water. He crawls straight for the wave, and laughs as the water splashes into his face.

Lily likes to chase the waves

Charlotte has been swimming in much deeper water, and lifting her feet off of the ground to swim. Sometimes she gets a mouth full of water.

Dougie and Jaqui dug a big hole in the sand for the girls to play in. They had fun jump and sliding in. This entertained them for a long time.

Dougie and Jaqui flying a kite with Charlotte. Who knew you could fly a kite using a fishing rod?

Before we came to visit, Dougie and Jaqui wrote and composed a song especially for the girls. They loved hearing it and were singing it for days after.

They also let the girls try strumming the guitar.

Here is the sweet song:

Lily and Charlotte by Dougie and Jaqui

Lily and Charlotte playing on the beach

Lily and Charlotte with a pail and shovel each

Lily and Charlotte

Lily and Charlotte climbing on the rocks

Lily and Charlotte hear a seagull squawk

Lily and Charlotte

Lily and Charlotte have a little brother

Baby Sammy is like no other

Lily and Charlotte

Lily and Charlotte at Cape Cod

Lily and Charlotte smile and nod

Lily and Charlotte

Lily and Charlotte are so cool

Lily and Charlotte, Baby Sammy, too

Lily and Charlotte

Yo ho, yo ho, it's a pirate's life for me...

2009-07-23T08:53:00.000-04:00

Last week, we took a vacation down the Cape at Nana and Rene's new beach house. We were prepared for a vacation filled with wet, gray, rainy weather. But it turned out to be an absolutely gorgeous week. During the weekends Nana and Rene came down, which is always fun for everyone. One of the days, during Sammy's nap, we took the girls to Pirate's Cove mini golf. They loved it, and were surprisingly good at golfing for their first trip out.

Lily takes a shot at hitting the ball. Her favorite part of the course was the holes that lead the ball to different parts of the golf course.

For the most part, Lily would hit the ball with her club, and then "lead" it into the hole- by dropping it in with her hand.

Dad, Charlotte and Lily watching the cannons "shoot" out of the pirate ship. Put Put has come a long way since Sam and I were kids.

It was pretty crowded, so we had to wait for our turn at some of the holes. Sam challenged the girls to a silly face contest. They came up with some pretty good ones. Unfortunately, I was not speedy enough with the camera to catch them all.

Charlotte took mini golfing pretty serious, and tried really hard. She had quite a few good shots with many ending up in the hole. Dad helped Charlotte hold the club correctly, and learn how to aim for the ball. It was so funny to watch as she walked around still holding on to the club, so as not to loose the proper grip.

Playground Fun!

2009-07-10T10:41:00.000-04:00

A few days before we went on vacation, we spent the day at an awesome park in the town next to us. There is so much to do there, you can spend all day and still have more to do. The playground is situated on top of a hill, with a variety of activities positioned on each of the slopes.

The playground area was fun for everyone. Sammy was so happy to participate in some of the fun. Look at what a pro Lily is wrapping her arms around Sammy while she rocked the T-Rex.

The climbing area has plenty of challenging equipment for the girls. They slept well after this visit!

Charlotte and Sammy had a blast together at the swings. As Sammy would swing towards her, Charlotte would make silly faces or do a little dance, and Sammy laughed a big belly laugh while kicking his legs like crazy.

This kid loves a good thrill!

On the way down the hill, there is a long tube slide that the girls loved! I was surprised that they were so daring to try it. It is really tall. Here is Lily at the platform where the slide begins.

Here she is at the end. It is so long and fast, it gives a decent sized weggie at the end. We got a good laugh over that one!

A little further on, there is a beautiful butterfly garden filled with all sorts of fragrant flowers. I thought that this pretty butterfly bench would be the perfect spot for a picture of the kids all together. As you can see, Lily just wasn't into it. And when Lily doesn't want to do something, no amount of coaxing will get her to change her mind.

Charlotte and Lily are getting ready to make a wish in a wishing well. Wonder what they wished? Lily- her birthday. (We have been to alot of birthday parties lately, and it has been hard for the girls to wait for theirs). Charlotte- pet turtle.

There is a small petting zoo at the park, as well. For the most part, this area is the bleak part of the trip. Generally, I think that looking at and feeding animals through chain link fences is a pretty sad state of affairs.

But the kids can't resist those fuzzy horse noses and giant tongues.

While we were walking back up to the car, we ran into a little brook with this unicorn statue next to it. The girls love unicorns, so they were thrilled!

Charlotte found a butterfly bush in bloom and couldn't resist its' sweet smell. We have been enjoying all of the fun of summer vacation.

Charlotte lost a tooth!

2009-06-29T14:56:00.000-04:00

After much wiggling around, Charlotte's tooth fell out today. She is pretty excited! Charlotte can't wait to put the tooth under her pillow for the tooth fairy! I wonder what she will leave behind?

Charlotte was lucky enough to have friends over to share the exciting event. Nick, who has been friends with Charlotte since they were 6 months old, is an old pro at loosing teeth. Callie and Lily were very envious of the whole event.

Charlotte is growing up!!!! Sniff...

Messy Party

2009-06-29T14:25:00.000-04:00

On Friday, we went to an awesome Messy Party, sponsored by our local MOMS Club. The kids had a great time getting ridiculously messy with their friends.

Sammy spent most of his time playing on the clean grass with his buddy Elijah.

Here, Charlotte and a friend are all clean, but just a few minutes later they were into shaving cream and cookie decorating!

Lily loved using flour to dig and play in. Flour gets very gooey when you go in the sprinkler afterwards. Lily had seriously sticky hair in the bathtub that night!

Charlotte is growing up!

2009-06-26T20:25:00.000-04:00

You wouldn't believe what I found in Charlotte's mouth last night when I was brushing her teeth... A loose tooth!!! Her bottom left wiggles around a bit. Boy, they sure do grow up fast.

Strawberry Picking

2009-06-25T21:49:00.000-04:00

Today, after so many days of rain, the sun came out!!! We headed over to Ward's to go strawberry picking with friends. There is nothing quite like the taste of fresh picked strawberries right out of the field.

Charlotte is thrilled that now that she is on vacation, she can spend tons of time with her good friend Isabella. Charlotte and Isabella no longer attend the same schools, so they didn't see each other as much as they would have liked this year.

Lily loves strawberries!!! She was so happy to be eating her way through the patch.

Charlotte filled her container until it was spilling over.

It was fun to have Grandma come along for the picking trip.

Lily and her buddy Sienna, riding on the hayride.

This was Sammy's first trip to Ward's Berry Farm. He loved the bumpy hayride, but was still too little to try some of those yummy strawberries. Maybe next time, Sammy.

Fun down at the beach

2009-06-25T21:44:00.000-04:00

We had a fun visit with Great Grammie, Great Grandad, Nana and Rene on Saturday. It was cloudy, but the kids still had fun on the beach!

Butterflies and Praying Mantises

2009-06-25T21:04:00.000-04:00

Charlotte and Lily got insect kits for Christmas this year, and a couple of weeks ago the actual critters got delivered by mail.

Lily received caterpillars in the mail, and watched as the caterpillars spun into chrysalis, and emerged as butterflies.

A few days after the butterflies emerged, we got to see the complete circle of life. We released the four butterflies into the yard. Needless to say, the birds were very interested... Three gracefully floated off, only after landing on both Charlotte and Lily, which was thrilling for the two.

Sammy found the hose to be far more interesting than the butterflies.

Charlotte received an egg sac filled with praying mantises nearly six weeks ago. The kids waited and watched patiently for so long. I was sure that the mantises hadn't survived, and then finally, hundreds of tiny insects came out of a sac the size of a walnut. It was amazing! We immediately let go all but five, and separated them into jars. Apparently, a hungry newborn mantis will eat everything and anything that it shares space with... We will keep the mantises for a few weeks for the girls to observe and then release them into the garden.

Lily's Last Day of School

2009-06-20T21:54:00.000-04:00

Lily attended pre-school three mornings a week this year. She was lucky enough to have the same teachers that Charlotte had, and a class with many friends that she has known since she was a baby. Lily loved going to school, and can't wait to return in the fall. On the last day of school, her class had a "Hello Summer" party. I volunteered to help out, so I got to be part of the fun.

Lily loves to play in the sand table with her friends!

Parachute fun!

Lily has been singing the song "Come under my umbrella" ever since.

Lily created some "groovy glasses".

A party wouldn't be complete without popsicles! Yum!

Early Birthday Celebrations!

2009-06-20T21:47:00.000-04:00

Because Charlotte and Lily were both born in August, they get to celebrate their birthdays early with their classmates at school. They loved being able to wear the birthday crowns that their teachers created for them two months before the actual date.

Monkeys

2009-06-19T10:38:00.000-04:00

Charlotte loves to climb trees. Her Nana once said that if you want to get a happy picture of Charlotte, get her to climb a tree. This was her first time climbing our cherry tree in the front yard. She was so happy to make it up to the first branch, and now she spends all of her time in it. It is really tall.

Lily loves to hang from the branches!

This little guy is very, very busy!

2009-06-18T15:10:00.000-04:00

These days, Sammy is keeping us all very busy. He is just so curious about everything.

Wonder what it is like under the chair? It is hard to get out!

Sammy has recently figured out how to climb the stairs.

He worked so hard to get to that bear.

Being a baby is alot of work. It sure tires all of us out!

Visit to Great Grammie and Great Grandad's Beach house

2009-06-18T14:41:00.000-04:00

The kids love visiting Great Grammie and Great Grandad's Beach house. This was Sammy's first visit to Bayberry for the Season! At first he wasn't so sure about the sand, but after a while, he was his usual busy self. He crawled all over the place, and even tried eating some tasty seashells.

The girls enjoy the beach because there is so much to do! During this trip they spent some serious time climbing the tall rock sea wall.

On a rainy morning, we decided to get out of the house for a little walk. Naturally, the kids don't care what the weather is, they just want to be outside!

We decided to plant some flowers in Great Grammie and Great Grandad's planters. Charlotte and Lily loved choosing all of the colorful flowers at the nursery!

Mother's Day Flowers

2009-06-18T14:18:00.000-04:00

Lily and I have been busy in the yard on her days off. As a Mother's Day gift, Lily planted marigolds for me at school. Soon after, we transplanted them into the garden. She visits them everyday, and they are beautiful!

Lily is collecting a bouquet of buttercups. One of the many reason that we are happy to have a yard full of weeds!

2009-06-18T13:53:00.000-04:00

We have been busy with lots of fun activities this spring! We took a trip on of our favorite nature preserve farm with friends a couple of weeks ago.

We usually go to visit the sheep, which are my favorite. Lily was thrilled to find that the farm got some new miniature horses.

Sammy had fun visiting the animals, too!

2009-06-18T13:17:00.000-04:00

Well, we are finally joining the blogging community. I have been thinking about it for about 5 months, now. I hope that you enjoy hearing about the crazy stuff that our three itty bitty's are up to!