First trip to camp

With the heat wave, it was best to get out of dodge and so we headed up to Maine for a few days at the lake.

On the drive up, the girls watched a movie...Emme was using my hat to block the sun...she looked pretty funny!

It was a hot day so we went straight out for a boat ride and swim!

 Emme was not interested in swimming (we tried putting her in and she was not happy about it), but she was more than happy to watch all of us jump off of the boat and thought it was so funny when Daddy did a cannonball.

 Silly Daddy....

 Backwards cannonball

 The next morning, we went out for a boat ride to get some coffee (for Joe and I obviously) and then found another swimming spot where there was a sandbar in the lake.  Joe and Hannah went first and then Emme told me she wanted to go so I swam her out to them.  She had a lot of fun and we were so proud of her for finally wanting to get in the water to swim.  She likes swimming, but it is a bit daunting to go off the side of a boat into a big lake.  Joe took this picture from the boat that he had to swim to catch b/c the anchor must have come out when he dove off the side.

 Later that afternoon...another boat ride, another swimming spot.  We finally remembered to bring the noodles which made hanging out in the water a whole lot easier!  Emme again wanted to swim...and Hannah is getting more and more adventurous with her jumps off the boat. 

 And then on to relaxing at camp.  Emme's sandy hands...even though there is a lake to wash her hands off in, she insisted on going inside to wash them.  OCD? 

 Hannah playing with a noodle.

We had a really nice relaxing time as always and can't wait to spend more time there this Summer!

Father's Day and More

On Father's Day, the girls and I brought Daddy breakfast and presents in bed. 

But the best present for Daddy was the one he bought himself the day before...a big green egg.  And so for his Father's Day dinner he made us dinner on his big green egg.

And then onto this week....Joe is taking a few days off.  Hooray!  So today since we had a meeting in Boston, we took the girls in for a day of fun.  Our annual tradition of a swan boat ride in the public garden.

 We stopped at Quincy Market for lunch.

 before heading to the Children's Museum.  It was an especially hot day (over 90 degrees) so it was nice to head inside with air conditioning!  The girls had lots of fun exploring...

 The girls were playing on chairs that played music when you sat on them.  They thought it was so funny!

 Then on to Peep's section for exploring...

 "Rock Climbing"

 Emme, taking a job as the cashier in the market!

 Hopscotch! on our walk to dinner

 Finally, we ended our day at the Barking Crab for dinner.  Yummy!

Drumlin Farm

 For Hannah's first day of Summer vacation, Joe took the day off and we went to Drumlin Farm. 

Our adorable girls!

Hannah was such a poser the whole time and told me just when she wanted me to take her picture.

 Inside the hen house, we saw all sorts of interesting hens, like this one

 and this one...

Then on to see this year's crop of new piglets....and it's nice to see our oldest one is still our little piglet!

 One of the pigslets.

The poor exhausted mama Hattie.

 Then on to the cow/horse barn where we got to see all of the cows up close because they were inside the barn resting.

 They are huge!!!

 Daddy and Emme looking at the cows.

 The girls riding their horses.

 Are you as strong as a pony?

 Cutie patootie!

Our last stop...ice cream at Dairy Joy. 

What a great first day of Summer vacation!!!

Kindergarten - Then vs. Now



Hannah's first day of Kindergarten



Hannah's last day of kindergarten

Hannah with her teacher, the first day and last day of kindergarten.  They both look like they've grown so much this year!

At line up on the last day of school with her friends, Audrey and Bianca.  While Hannah is not very happy about school ending (and especially about moving on to 1st grade), she did great!

 Hannah and Audrey with Mrs. Azzone, their teacher's assistant. 

 Ms. Pellegrine and a few of them after school.

To celebrate the end of kindergarten, I took Hannah and her friend Audrey (and Emme too) out to Rainforest Cafe for lunch!

 Hannah and Audrey with an elephant.

Can't believe we have a 1st grader!!!

Open House

Monday was the final open house for Hannah's kindergarten class.  The kids turned their classroom into a castle for their final segment on medieval times.

Showing Daddy and Emme her book about medieval times, written and illustrated by herself.  (well maybe a little help from the teachers)

 As room parent, I coordinated the gift for Hannah's teacher.  As this was her first year teaching I made her a very special flower pot with all of the kids pictures on it!