Vacation in Maine

We went on a mini-vacation to Maine. It was cold and drizzly, but that didn't stop our fun.

Lunch and candy at the Goldenrod:




Fun-o-Rama:


Beach:

Happy Father's Day

Dan and girls at the last baseball game of the season, a photo by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

Happy Father's Day to Dan, who is a wonderful father and husband, and to Grandpa and Bob-Bob, who are the best dads and grandfathers we could ask for. We love you all very much!

Jobs

Dan: where does Daddy work?
Helena: The lab.
Dan: Where does Mommy work?
Helena: At the office.
Dan: What does she do there?
Helena: Check.
Dan: Check what?
Helena: She check on it!

Swinging Song

Swinging a video by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

Helena's Song:

Swinging along the way
Swinging up high
Up to the sky
And see the world!

Congratulations!

Sadie has graduated from kindergarten. We are so proud of our wonderful, smart, kind, beautiful and loving daughter.

You're on your way, darling girl!

Busy Day

Ann: Sadie, did you realize you did three sports today? Baseball, gymnastics and swimming?
Helena: And another thing, we eat ice cream!!

Also, farmer's market:


And gardening:

Baby Henry!

We were so excited to spend time with Baby Henry, Lolly and James' new son, over the weekend. He is so sweet and the girls were thrilled to meet their new cousin.







Congratulations, Lolly and James! He is perfect!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to the most amazing woman I know!

Lebanon Youth Baseball Rookie Intro League

Sadie and Red Team Coach Dan, a photo by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

Sadie is playing Intro Teeball this season. She is on the red team and Dan is one of the coaches. They have been having a great time playing together.

Fashion?

It's rare for me to appear on the blog...but here I am, in photos taken by Sadie!
(Dress: Kenzie, jacket: Apt 9 at Kohls (hand me down from my sister), tights: George at Walmart, boots: Dansko)





Now that the girls are growing up, I'm making (a little) more effort to look nice and enjoy clothes again. It's been fun to find clothes that are cute and work with being a mom. I am really enjoying Ain't No Mom Jeans for great ideas. I was actually featured there a few weeks ago in a weekend outfit.

For more mom style ideas, see Ain't No Mom Jeans' Mom Street Syle Linkup!

Hint of Spring

Finally, we had a seasonably warm day. We celebrated by going to Ice Cream Fore U.



Sadie: "Why did they want to spell their name wrong?"
Ann: "It's kind of a pun, because fore is a golf word and it's near the golf."
Sadie: "And then just the letter U, to make it easier for kids."

Friday Evening Dance Party

Friday Evening Dance Party a video by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

Time to party and have fun on Friday! Sadie and Helena love all kinds of dance music and had a great time dancing to Love Shack tonight.

Learn About Pluto

Sadie's report on Pluto:

Pluto!

Pluto!, a photo by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

Sadie did a wonderful job in her class play about the Solar System. She was Pluto and she was terrific!

More pictures and video to follow.

Bacon

Bacon a video by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

I had cooked some bacon to make a quiche and Helena saw it and wanted some.

We bribed Sadie to try the bacon. She admitted it was "ok" but still strongly prefers sausage.

Sweet Fun

On Sunday, we took a little daytrip to North Woodstock, NH to visit Fadden's Sugarhouse. The girls had a fun time seeing the sap coming out of a tree, watching the syrup boil, and going on a horse and wagon ride.



The best part was that this sugarhouse gives out sugar on snow instead of offering little cups of syrup like our local sugarhouse does. Sugar on snow is heated maple syrup that cools to a thick caramel when it's poured over snow (or shaved ice). Then, the caramel is twisted onto a popsicle stick. Delicious!

Bedroom Changes

Sisters a photo by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

Within the last few months, Helena has moved into the toddler bed that was Sadie's and Sadie decided she was ready for a "real" bed, instead of her mattress and box spring on the floor.

So, Nana and Bob Bob brought us the bed that Dan slept in when he was a boy and set it up for Sadie. She loves it, especially the headboard with built in shelves. Since this picture was taken Sadie also got new bedding, featuring her new favorite color, "teal turquoise blue".

Sadie has been reading Helena a bedtime story almost every night, which they both really enjoy.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Leprechaun girls a photo by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

Happy St. Patrick's Day from our 1/4 Irish girls. Thank you Nana for the funny leprechaun girl headbands!

DisneyWorld

Snow White, Cinderella and Rapunzel a photo by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

We had a great vacation in DisneyWorld with Grandma, Grandpa, Jenny and Andy! The girls had a terrific time. One of the highlights was the princess breakfast, where we got to meet Cinderella, among others.

Thank you Grandpa and Grandma for the wonderful time! (More pics on Flickr)

See you soon!

We're going to Florida to see Tinkerbell!