Boston in the fall

We had such a great time. Glad to be home to see the d-bear, but it was such a great trip with beautiful weather! Some of the trees had just started to turn so I think we were 2 weeks away from all the colors, but it was still beautiful! Here are some of the highlights!

We got to Boston on Saturday afternoon. We walked around the public park and the Boston commons park and then to Quincy market. We actually saw 3 weddings during that time period!!! 2 in the park and one at the old state house! So fun!

(you might have to zoom in, but here is a couple getting married, waving to the crowd of people on the street! So fun)

The North End/Little Italy.....yes that is Poseidon!

The group!

Newbury street! So pretty!

This was not our favorite place to eat, but it was on the pier and an experience. We LOVED Legal Seafood's and actually ate there twice! We also LOVED little Italy! YUMMY!

We rode the T of course, a lot! Maybe it was all the photos we were taking but we never quite looked like locals!

Don't I look so smart here? I am smarter for just standing here. I am at Harvard of course! Right before the HEAVY rainstorm came and drenched us!

We rode the ducks (DUKW) while we were there, it was fun and Chris thought it was awesome that they let him drive it!

Our hotel.....perfect location in the middle of downtown, close to the park!

We have so many scenery photos, so I am trying just to post a few! Everything was so beautiful~!



We had a great time and it was nice to spend some time just the two of us. Now, back to reality!

My little 2 year old

So hard to believe that 2 years have passed.....
We had such a great day yesterday celebrating.....
Here are some photos.....

September 15, 2008

Oh my! How she is has changed!

September 15th, 2009.....1 year old!

September 15th, 2010....
Cookies for her friends at school...YUMMY!

The BLUE birthday cake daisy wanted!

This is her 'cheese smile' on her birthday, wearing her birthday shirt....

Our own little party with Gracie, Julie, Dave....

Daisy showing us how old she is

Sporting the new birthday gifts, pink boots and a baby of course (she also got a tea set from Gracie, which she says is her favorite!)

We had a great day! I think she did too! Can't wait to celebrate with everyone else. It is like an extended birthday for her because she gets to celebrate again....(the shirt and hats are just a preview of her party decor!)

Happy 2nd Birthday Daisy.....We love you!

Time....

Where does the time go? I cannot believe in a few days my little girl will be 2!!!!! Can that really be possible??? She is talking so much lately and cracking me up constantly! This past weekend she spent Labor day at the Garrison farm and had a blast. She is still talking about feeding the horses carrots with papa D, watching daddy ski and lose his boots, and of course Leslie and baby Jolie. She ask me everyday where they all are? So cute! I will have to find pictures from someone and post them! Don't worry, here are some photos for you!

Daisy and Gracie are getting along better and better. Here they are playing at our house one day:

Nana was in town and the girls wanted to pretend to be 'babies', so here is Gracie holding, "baby Daisy".....

and here is Daisy holding "baby Gracie"....I love the smiles they both have on their faces!

Did I mention that Daisy is cracking me up everyday.....here she is one day ready to go to Walmart with me......two babies, one blanket, one baby bottle, and one sippy cup.....hilarious! Side-note: please check out the adorable shoes that Denise bought Daisy for her birthday last year! Thankfully she finally fits into them just in time for fall!!!!

Well, even though the cooler weather is nice it always makes me sad that summer is coming to an end. Daisy and I have had such a wonderful time outside if it would just stay cool and not get COLD!!!! We have a busy week ahead with D-bears birthday, I am currently working on invites, check your mail soon!

A Month?

Has a month really past since I posted last??? Where does the time go??? We have been staying busy around here and of course that means lots of photos to share!

Yummy Spaghetti! Thankfully Daisy is such a good eater now! Can't wait to find out how much she has grown!

Birthday party! One of our neighbors had a backyard water park birthday party! The kids had a blast! Here are some of the dads with some of the kiddos!

Cousin Lilly came for a visit and Daisy had such a good time with her! (and of course Grandpa and Grammy)

Swimming! This girl loves to swim just like her mommy! What a summer it has been for swimming! We have had such a good time!

Baby Sara of course!

Crazy hair day at school. We went with the three pony-tail look and multi-colored bows. It was a hit! All day Daisy kept saying "crazy hair" and shaking her head back and forth! So cute!

Daisy is into dressing and undressing these days, and it has been so hot, who blames her, so please excuse these pictures. I just had to share, this is one of daisy's favorite activities. She is so serious about it. She has found one of Chris surgical gloves and she puts it on her hand and then changes baby's diaper. If you look behind her on the step you will see baby, wipe and diaper! It took me a long time to figure out where she learned this and then I remembered that at day care the teachers wear gloves when changing diapers! Isn't it amazing how much little ones pick up on?

The LAKE! YEA! We were able to sneak away to the lake a couple weeks ago for the weekend! Our good friends the Bratchers went with us! We had so much fun and the girls LOVED it!

Please note the mommies are not in this yucky lake water! What brave girls we have!

Each with her own baby and pink life jacket of course!

The water bike! Daisy had such a good time. I could not believe it!

Well, sorry for the delay in posting. In other news SAVE THE DATE: Oct 9th.....daisy's b-day party. I know her birthday is in September but we couldn't get a weekend to work with every one's schedule so we are just delaying it a bit! Cant wait!

Some of Daisy's favorite things....

Babies......all babies, baby dolls and real babies. Here she is hugging her favorite baby at the moment, baby Sara! problem is, Sara is about to be bigger than Daisy! So cute!

Pink bicycle helmet! love this picture of her, this is how she is all(most of)the time, my happy, smiling little girl!

Sponge bob shoes......note to self and to all those mom's out there.....never accept a hand-me-down that you don't intend on being their favorite! Cousin Lilly gave us these shoes and I thought, "they will be perfect for the pool, play etc" Pretty sure we wore them to church the other day! Not only are they bright yellow but they have a big sponge bob face on them! Daisy did take the eyes off and she tells me every day "sponge bob shoes broken". I do love that she is showing her preferences, I have always really loved it when you can see children that have dressed themselves, I think it is so cute!

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July. Our neighborhood does a parade, picnic, inflatable games and other games for the kids! Our block decided to participate this year! Here are some pictures!

Daisy and Gracie at the picnic, there was a water slide so the girls are in their suits, but the big kids kinda took over!

Daisy saying Happy 4th!

Here is our float! Perhaps a little explanation? The pine trees around here are all dying and our neighborhood park is being seriously affected. One of our neighbors, his mother is head of the landscaping and she has been very concerned, so we decided to craft our float around this.....

Pine Wilt Attack of the Nematode
Coming to a Pine near you

The kids looked adorable! They had antenna and balloon eyeballs and wings! Some of the kids dressed like trees. We threw candy and waved our flags. We even had a donation bucket for money to go towards replacing the trees. It was fun. However, we had to keep Daisy and Gracie entertained with the M&M's and suckers that we were supposed to be tossing to the onlookers!
We didn't win first place, Tiger Woods Roofing company did......((Our neighborhood was hit hard by the recent storms, thus, roofing companies have invaded and this was popular theme among the floats. However, this block cleverly incorporated Tiger Woods---please zoom in to see the slogan))

Still I am partial to our little nematodes!

Last week Daisy had Hawaiian day at day care. Here she is all dressed up and ready to hula!