Sage at the Beach

Sage spent the better part of the evening lugging water from the puddle of water and pouring it into a hole nearby.

Avery at the Beach

Avery built, climbed, rested and then played some baseball too.

Tristan at the Beach

September 25th and it was absolutely beautiful, in the high 80's. It was my weekend to work and I was fortunate to be opted off from work all weekend. When I found out I didn't have to work, we took off and headed to the beach before the hospital could change my mind. The water was warm and we played until well past dinner time. This is why I need to live near the ocean, it is my favorite place!!

1st Day of School

It's the most wonderful day of the year!! Only half joking :) First day of school and the kids were super excited and headed in without looking back. Tristan is in the rainbow room and goes 4 mornings a week while Avery is in the orange room 3 days per week. We are all looking forward to a great year.

Ballet Begins

The girls started ballet class. Avery is taking a combo class which is 30 minutes of ballet, tap and hip-hop. She loves the hip-hop part and still doesn't understand why she can't wear her tap shoes to school. Sage is taking a baby ballet class and to date, she still isn't loving it. She spends most of her time clinging to my leg or crying. Hopefully she'll warm up soon.

Tristan turns 5!!

Can't believe another year has gone by. Tristan turned 5 on September 22nd at 12:10pm. We had a great birthday party at our local park again this year. Tristan loves all things sports and was very happy to have his friends play a soccer game. Tristan seems to be developing into a sensitive, independent, creative, athletic and all-around great kid. (still a little on the wild side). He adores his sisters, and loves his friends and school and hockey and soccer and animals and the list goes on.

Cambridge Common

I have posted about this park before, but anyone in the area should really check it out. One of my favorite parks by far. It has a great wooden boat and blocks that the kids can use to build, or slide on. All of the slides are built into the sides of hills, and there is a merry go round that is flush with the ground. Super cool and the kids love it too :)

Franklin Park Zoo

One of our favorite places- the Franklin Park Zoo. Every year we re-up our membership and every year it proves to be a great deal.

Canoe Trip

This was a big year for Tristan, his first canoe trip on the Saco. He learned to cast his own fishing rod, ate fish for breakfast and sat up by the campfire. Of course, the girls and I were cozy in our beds at home.

Cousin Picnic 2

Just a few action pics of the picnic.

Cousin Picnic

Every year we go to Lynch park for the Cousin Picnic. We went even before we had children and it's funny to see how it's evolved. When Shane and I first started going, there were only 2 kids. Now we have always have at least 8 kids and this year we had even more. The flowers were beautiful and the kids loved finding sea creatures on the rocks.