Drumlin Farm

Last Wednesday we headed out to Drumlin Farm for a picnic lunch and to see some of the animals.



Joe and Emme eating lunch.



Hannah hanging out with the sheep. She was trying to get them to baaa...some did.

While in the goat/sheep barn, there was a chicken that came to visit.

2 hours before we arrived, a new calf was born. We were lucky because when we were watching the mama, the calf got up and started walking around. Hannah was impressed the calf could walk within hours of being born. The mama was very protective of her baby.

In the pony/cow barn, Hannah rode a "pony".

It was a super hot day, temps reaching the 90s, so after Drumlin we went to Kimball Farm....ice cream!

Emme was very into the ice cream, but then quickly reached her limit and wanted nothing to do with it. We did find out that ice cream makes a great hair product!

Hannah, on the other hand, enjoys every last drop of her ice cream!

Do you think Hannah has a sugar high?

We ended the day with a bbq back at our house....it really feels like Summer now!

Children's Museum

Joe has been off of work for the last week so instead of going away, we did another "staycation"...doing fun things all around town and mostly just enjoying family time!

Aside from many playground visits, planting the garden, etc. we went to the Children's Museum in Boston. As always, it was lots of fun! And this year, Emme got to join in on the fun!

She loved the ball room!

"Another one Daddy"

There were a few new exhibits since our last visit (which was probably a year ago) including Peep's Wide World and a Curious George one.

Emme just chilling! (I have more pictures like this...she loves little chairs!)

Construction time!

There's Curious George!

The climbing structure that Hannah can spend hours in (well, we give her about a half hour or so)...the little girl in green is her new friend she made while climbing in there.

After the museum, we enjoyed the view and went for a bite to eat before heading home for bedtime!

Got Teeth?

Drool much? The seemingly never ending teething process...

Garden Girl

Hannah was "helping" Joe in one of our vegetable gardens the other day. While he planted tomatoes, bell peppers, etc., she was playing in the dirt by his side (she's actually in our neighbors' side of the garden while he was planting in ours).

Huh? You're tkaing a picture of me?

After she played for quite some time, she was literally covered in dried mud all over. She went straight to the bath.

After Hannah's bath and Emme woke up, we all went to the playground. It was quite a hot day and Emme was literally just too hot to play. She just sat with Joe lounging while Hannah played.

Lobsterfest

Sadly, our friends, John and Meredith, are moving to Virginia next week and so we had a little goodbye get-together for them on Saturday. We are very sad to see them go as we have had lots of fun with them over the last few years!

Hannah, Caroline, and Emory checking out the lobster.

Hannah always loves to pick them up.

All cooked and ready to eat!

Bike show. All the kids brought their own bikes (although in this picture they are all on someone else's) and our neighbor was kind enough to let us use her driveway for the kids to ride (it is easier to see from our patio than our own driveway)

Amelie and Emory. They were so cute together all day...chatting/playing together.

Cai, too good for my pictures.

Emory, Hannah, Amelie, and Cai (very happy about this picture). Caroline wasn't feeling picture time and Emme was already in bed sleeping.

Caroline joined the group.

Mere, Kerry, and I....

We will miss them....

Town Day

Time for our Town Day, a small fair with vendors, etc. put on by the merchants of our town....once again it was a beautiful day (they've had some pretty good luck the last few years) so we walked over for some fun.

Emme hanging out in her stroller while Hannah got to ride the rides.

Hannah's first choice - the rockets.

And then onto a bouncy obstacle type course which she loved so much, she did it twice.

Last year, Joe had to go with her...this year, she did it all by herself! She's getting so big! At the end, there a big slide that Hannah was bouncing on before she went down.

Finally we stopped for a bite to eat and Emme got to stretch her little legs! How cute are her pigtails?

After lunch, Daddy got Hannah some cotton candy. I think it was actually her first time. She liked it, of course.

Our town's finest?!

And as always our last stop is at the pony rides on the walk back to our house.

Toothless

We had quite a day yesterday! What was supposed to be a beautiful day gardening, going to the playground turned into a 5 hr ordeal that ended with an impromptu visit from the tooth fairy.

To start....while playing on the parallel bars at our local playground, Hannah fell and hit one of the bars squarely with her mouth (namely her front teeth and gums). There was a lot of blood and we could quickly tell she needed to see the dentist.

After she stopped the initial crying, she was even kind enough to smile for a picture before she left to go to our local dentist with her Daddy.

Our dentist quickly referred her to Children's Hospital in Boston. So off they went, but first they had to stop and pick up Mommy and Emme. Hannah was first seen in triage. Both Joe and Hannah were such a mess. They had been out gardening all morning and were covered in dirt and then blood from the accident, but leave it to Hannah to accessorize with a lovely necklace and dont' forget the red cape that stayed on the entire time!

After triage, the waiting room, and a bed in the hallway of the ER, we were finally moved to a room with a t.v. as it was going to be a long wait for the on-call dentist. We were told by the ER doctor that she was busy doing "dental stuff" (very technical and obviously a field he knew nothing about).

Mommy and Hannah hanging out.

Little Emme was such a trooper too. Mommy woke her up from her nap so that we could all go with Hannah. Plus, she had taken a small tumble at the playground as well and hurt her lip...all teeth in tact.

We finally made it in to see the dentist! As suspected, teeth were definitely loose and the roots of the front two were not in tact (both from the fall and her thumb sucking habit) so the best option was to take them out. Hannah was a bit nervous when we explained that her teeth were coming out but the dentist did a great job explaining everything to her and was ingenious when she told Hannah she had to shine the light right on her face and into her eyes so she should close them when she took out the needle. Hannah never even knew a needle was involved. The dentist told Hannah that she forgot to cut her nails and she might feel her sharp nails as she lifted her upper lip. Hannah told her she should probably cut them when she got home. Too cute! The actual extraction wasn't pleasant for Hannah or us to watch although the dentist said Hannah was terrific and was actually a very easy patient. So brave!

All done! Treasure chest with her 2 front teeth...all ready for the tooth fairy.

All smiles again and ready for dinner....ice cream!

and here's from today...still all smiles. She kind of likes not having her 2 front teeth....especially since the tooth fairy came while she was sleeping and left her some money!

She looks so much more grown up than her 4 1/2 yrs. and now we wait the 2 (ish) years until her adult teeth come in.