Verrill Farms

Time for strawberry picking!!!

Looking for a good spot.

Found a good one.Taste testing.

More taste testing.

hmm...did she get any in her basket? (the answer was no)
Mommy managed to get a few in while Hannah's still looking...

Self portrait.

After strawberry picking, we went to Grandpa Katkin's house for lunch and lucky for us, Thelma had made strawberry shortcake for dessert. Yummy.

1st trip to camp of Summer

Oh the fun of Camp! This past weekend we made our first trip to Aunt Connie and Uncle Paul's vacation house ("camp") on Lake Mousam in Maine. As usual, we had a great time. We had great weather (with intermittent lightning and thunderstorms). We're not sure how much Hannah remembers (if any) from last year, but she was very excited when we got there!

First night, shucking corn with Daddy.

Morning boat ride. Last year, she was a little intimidated by the boat (well, the motor when it started up), but this year she just loved it. Always saying "faster, faster".

Driving.

Even Charlie liked the ride.


Checking out the scenery.

On Saturday, Cheri and the kids came up in the afternoon. The kids had a great time playing! Here's Joe pulling Hannah and Addie on "bob". Owen was on too, but Joe was pulling a bit rough and one by one the little ones got off and only Addie stayed on for the fun!

After dinner and a day of swimming, somehow the kids decided to get back into the water (fully clothed).

Whatever...it's camp! Not sure if you can tell, but Hannah's diaper is about to explode (interesting to see all of the silica gel...looks like crushed ice)

All clean after shower playing with Daddy.

Maybe Daddy should wear the towel?

Back home...relaxing. While Joe was watching some sports on t.v., Hannah was doing my hair.

Celtics Rally

As luck would have it, the Celtics' rolling rally to celebrate their NBA Finals championship was today. Since the only plans we had were to do work around the house, we quickly opted for the rally instead. You gotta love Boston!

We took the bus to Harvard Station and then the subway to Park St. (Boston Commons), right where the parade route was rolling through.

Self portrait (because I couldn't ask any of the hundreds of people around us to take our picture?). Hannah doesn't seem to be having much fun at this point.

The crowds before the parade. When you were in it, it didn't feel so bad.

We actually got fairly close and could see the players really well.

Paul Pierce holding the MVP trophy.
Ray Allen enjoying the limelight (a little blurry I know)...

Kevin Garnett holding the trophy (must look closely to actually see KG if at all...he was on the other side of the bus for most of the time.)
Eddie House and Rajon Rondo
The State House.
The Commons after the parade.

Cape Cod

On Tuesday, after our morning in Newport, we drove to Cape Cod. Although we were staying in Provincetown (at the very tip), we stopped for lunch and beach-time in East Falmouth. While the sun was out and the water was nice, the breeze was cool so we didn't stay too long.We stayed in Provincetown at a great bed and breakfast right in the heart of the town. After checking in, we walked around the town and ate lobster for dinner at the Lobster Pot. Yummy.
More ice cream and then bed...

On Wednesday, we climbed up the Pilgrim Monument in town.

We got very nervous as Hannah was whining on the way to the monument (and we forgot to bring the carrier), but luckily once we got into the monument, she was very excited to go up. The monument had 116 stairs and 60 ramps to get to the top and she did both ways by herself. And showed no fear of heights whatsoever at the top.
Going down.

On the drive home, we stopped at the National Seashore for some more beach time. Hannah loves the water and the waves. The water was cold though!
So we opted for kite flying instead. Hannah loved flying her new kite with Daddy. It was in the shape of a parrot and even flapped it's wings when flying...

Newport, RI

We've been very busy these last few days and because of the amount of pictures, I'm going to do a few posts...

Joe took this week off of work and so we did a mini holiday...We started out Monday in Newport, R.I. (only 1 1/2 hrs from us). Newport is a super cute town made famous by the historic mansions that are along the coast.

First things first, lunch and then walking along the cliff walk, a walkway between the mansions and the water. The views of both were beautiful.
Along the walk, there were tunnels to walk through, trees to climb...fun to be had.

After a short nap at the hotel, we went into the main part of town to walk around the shops and along the pier. We ate dinner at The Red Parrot. Joe and Hannah were cracking up at dinner (and the ham that she is made sure she was looking at the camera).

A final stop at the ice cream shop.
The next day we finished the rest of the cliff walk. Here's Hannah navigating the rocks.
Until she tires out, and then it's onto Daddy's back she goes.

Happy Father's Day

Yesterday was Cheri and Frank's annual Father's Day bbq (the day before Father's Day). The day started with all the Dads golfing.

While Joe and Frank were golfing, Cheri and I took the kids to Addie's tee-ball game....the cutest thing ever. Here's Hannah and Owen watching the game.

And our little climber trying to climb the fence. She got a bit higher before I made her get down and little Addie taking a break from her game to help Hannah.

At the bbq, Cheri had hats and frisbees the kids could color for their dads. Hannah chose the frisbee.

And then presented it to her Daddy with a kiss.

And then of course, they played frisbee.

We had a lot of fun. Today we went to visit Grandpa Katkin and will bbq at our house....getting ready for our trip to Newport, RI and the Cape this week.

Family Day

Yesterday was the 2 year anniversary of adopting Hannah hence our "family day"! We started out the day with a few gifts for our little peanut. A book and more importantly (to her at the time anyway) was a sand and water table.

She literally played with the table for an hour while Daddy and Mommy read the paper.

After a yummy breakfast made by Daddy, we watched our adoption video (an annual tradition).

Hannah decorating our cake we had made the day before.

Showing off her handiwork.

Then onto the Dragon Boat Festival in Cambridge along the Charles River.

We ate lunch there and tried some different types of snacks we hadn't seen before. It was something wrapped in a banana leaf and Joe thought it strange when they gave him a packet of sugar to eat with it, but apparently that was to give it taste... (Hannah liked it nonetheless).

We came home after and played more outside with the sand and water table (after a short nap). Notice how the once 1/2 table of sand and 1/2 table of water is 2 sides of sandy water. Nice! Already well loved!
After dinner, enjoying our cake. It was delicious!
A wonderful day!!!