Randomness in June 2015

Here's some photos from almost everything else we did in June.

The kids have been very active at working in their summer workbooks.  It's a joy to watch them do some pages with ease and learn new things on other pages.

Wahoo- We've got a grill!

Master Lego Builder!

We took Jack and Maddie shopping with us so their mom could get some moving boxes unpacked.  They are friends of ours that moved from the city to a neighboring town.

 We took the kids to the Sibling Class held at Greenwich Hospital.  The instructor seemed very impressed with how much my kids knew.  Of course Mikey being himself, asked a million questions and had an answer for almost all questions the instructor asked.  He knew what an umbilical cord was and also knew that the babies get a Vitamin K shot in their foot....all things that the instructor was impressed with.  We also saw the babies in the nursery and got a tour of the maternity ward.  Below the kids are getting their Sibling Class Completion Certificate.  I can't wait to see how these two will react to the newest addition.




Morning sibling love.



Awwww.  If only they were this loving all the time!

 I've been trying my hardest to tire these kids out.  Especially on very hot days; I try to get them out of the door early in the am.  This particular day we took them to the enormous playground at Stillwater School.  They have everything there!

Sweat beading off her face.  It was a scorcher.

Stop growing up!  She can do most things now at the playgrounds we visit.

He's always the first one to make a new friend.  Typically it goes something like this "Hi, my name is Michael.  What's your name?  Want to be friends?"

Such a big helper.  He's helping me sterilize all the pumping materials.

He was so focused and very careful. 

Fearless!



Success- He's tuckered out.

And so is she!

We celebrated our anniversary earlier this month, but that doesn't stop us from doing things for each other on a regular basis.  Like tonight - I made some lobster but took that extra step to de-shell it for Scott.

More sibling love.  Usually it's Mikey that gives Katie hugs.

Dance time.

Oh yeah.

His dance moves usually include some karate in it too!

Our patio set arrived and the kids enjoy doing their crafts outside on it.

We found this awesome website that teaches kids how to draw in a fun way.  Here's Anger from the movie Inside Out.

Hugs for Bailey.

We got rained out the first time we tried to have people for a BBQ and the following weekend was a washout too.  Here are the kids watching a movie.

My girlfriend took the kids for a few hours so I could be lazy and sit on my butt.  She did a good job of keeping them busy because Katie and Maddie passed out on the bed.



We are outside every chance we can get!

Swimming time at Jack and Maddie's pool.



Post swimming snuggles with Mommy.

First Day of Camp!

I signed up Michael again for summer camp at the Stamford Nature Center and the best part was that Katie is now old enough for summer camp too!  Wahoo!!  They both will be going 4 out of the 6 weeks.  Each week is a different theme and includes walks in the woods, trips to the farm to learn about all sorts of animals, crafts, playground, snack and story time as well as some free play time. 
They will attend M-F for 3 hours in the morning which will give me some much needed time to keep up with the housework, grocery shopping, cooking, nesting and resting!

She's excited!

Ready for the 1st day of camp!

Okay, enough.  Let's go inside!

Okay, one more photo!

Happy Father's Day

We celebrated Scott and all the special and important Dad's in our lives today!  We started our day by praising God at church, then it was off to the movie theater to see "Inside Out"  which we all enjoyed.  Followed by a walk in downtown Stamford to enjoy lunch outside in the warm and sunny weather.  After that we went next door to 16 Handles where the kids and Scott gobbled up some frozen ice cream with toppings.  In the afternoon the kids played in the sprinkler in the backyard and sprayed each other with the hose.  Overall it was a great day filled with quality family time. 

We love you Scott and are so proud of you.  Thank you for being so loving and compassionate and pretending to be a playground for the kids to climb all over you, for giving the kids tushy crabs that make them wiggle like crazy, for pretending to cry like a baby that makes the kids hoot and laugh without a care in the world, for being patient while we teach them how to read, for being the most efficient Dad to shower the kids in the evenings when we are pressed for time and for giving me three precious individuals that will always be my babies.  I love you!

I'm glad I remembered to pack snacks and drinks. These kids are starving any time they watch a movie.

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

These are all over downtown Stamford. 

Sometimes they just have to go into the water right this second.  No time to take off clothes.

She likes to pose now whenever I take a picture.

Post No. 2

They tried to lay down flat so the sprinkler wouldn't get them before going back in the other direction but they couldn't sit quite still enough and it would get them every time.

Turning the slide into a water slide.  That's mud on her butt, not something else!

She looked down and realized how dirty she was and started to cry....

.....I mean sobbing.

Getting hosed off before allowed back in the house.

Hope you all had a wonderful Father's Day.

Just another Saturday

I've been trying to keep the kids busy on the weekends, since Scott has been so consumed with work lately.  We do lots of playing outside and doing the kids cooking classes at Williams-Sonoma just to cool off a bit when it's hot outside.

Here's a typical Saturday!

The kids love their playground at our new home.

Swinging away!  Mikey likes to go as high as possible.

We consume a lot of watermelon during the summer months.

We met our good friends who just moved here from the city at the cooking class.

Pizza making time.

Listening to instructions.

Telling the cooking instructor what kind of toppings he wants to put on his pizza.

Eating the pie he made.

Here's Katie's pie!

Yum.  She can't help but get pizza all over her face.

Snuggles from Daddy.  If I leave these two alone for longer than 15 minutes, she always ends up falling asleep on her Daddy.  Ugh.  Screws up the rest of the day and mean while Scott has a smirk on his face saying, oops.  Yeah, right!