All the benefits of a real playdate…, with only half the mess! :-)

Good thing Grandma got the pool ready in time for the beautiful Memorial Day weekend!

We took an inpromptu trip to Springfield, MA and visited several museums situated around a Dr. Seuss sculpture garden. It was great – pay one price for all of them and they’re all within walking distance. Highly recommended.

Sorry blog, but Facebook seems to have replaced you as a place where I share stories and videos about my family. I’m not sure what to do about our relationship at the moment. I just wanted you to know that I haven’t forgotten about you.

My mother-in-law and I spent half a day at Take the Cake – a great little bakery in Guilford, CT. This was a silent auction prize my wife won for me at last year’s Taste of the Nation. We both had a great time – the staff was great to work with. Oh…, and you’re all invited to my house for dessert. :-)

As part of her 8th birthday, my daughter and a friend went to the mall to get their ears pierced. She did awesome! Nervous, at first, but wait ’till you see the smile when she looks in the mirror.

Another family tradition is to go apple picking every year, and we had an absolutely gorgeous day to do it!

School starts on Monday, so we had our last hurrah of the summer on the waterslide to cap off a great season.

As the photographer in the family, I’m usually the one holding the camera and taking the pictures. This would explain when there are very few pictures with me actually in them. I’m also responsible for moving all the digital photos from our cameras to our computers, so I’m pretty much aware of every image being produced in our household.

It’s rare that I come across a picture that my wife took while I was out, but I stumbled upon this gem the other day while offloading some pictures I took at a wedding over the weekend. Now…, I remember a day when I came home from work and the girls told me they had been playing in some mud in the backyard – and I remember grumbling to myself when I saw the size of the mud pit they had created knowing how hard it was going to be to regrow the grass – but I had no idea there was photographic evidence of the day’s activities. It’s hard to stay mad about some mud when you look at these two…

Dirty Girls

This one isn’t for the faint-hearted. Even Mommy and Daddy jumped out of their chairs a few times. But never fear, this circus act by our crazy daughters ends with a big “TA-DAAAA!”

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