Mommy's week off

So mommy had this week off from work because our Nanny Trish (who we love) was on vacation. We did lots of things this week and spent time with Mommy and Daddy, Grandma and Nana as well. One day we went to the Children's museum with Nana and one night we went to the spray park with Nana. Here are some photos- Jackson on the slide at Beaver Brooke. Shane in the green shirt at Beaver Brooke. We love the spray park and would go every day if mommy and daddy would take us. On Friday Grandma came over with donut holes and we played at the water table all day- it was great!

This weekend we went to Drumlin Farm during the day, came home and had a nap then we went to the Ocean! This was our second trip to the ocean, last year we went to essex and to Woodmans for supper, this year we went to Revere and Kelly's for supper (with the seagulls of course). Drumlin farm was lots of fun, the boys ran all over the place and loved the wooden egg exhibit in the chicken house, they liked talking to the sheep and what visit would be complete without a hay ride?

Our trip to the ocean was great. We had Kelly's for supper and had lots of sand to eat as well, and Shane and Jackson loved the ocean water- it was low tide and the water was kind of warm so they had no problem getting wet! They both got a taste of the ocean water and loved to run back up to the sidewalk every 10 minutes, only to be carried back down to the ocean by daddy.

visiting a. ru

Every sunday (well almost) we go to visit A. Ru. Last week she was in especially high spirits and we had a great time. If we are lucky, we can sit in the library on the first floor with the birds and visit and Shane and Jackson can run around and tear the place a part- they especially like taking all of the books off the books shelves and throwing them- Jackson has picked out some good books this way. Of course snowball comes with us. Snowball can come up to the floor to get A. Ru and everyone loves to see him but the boys wait in the library. Here are some photos of A. Ru with the boys.

Introducing our twin baby boys

remember the days

Remember the days when
Going to bed meant that my two little baby boys would crawl around the chair in their bedroom chasing each other, laughing and laughing?
When you started to crawl you couldn't make it over the door threshold in the kitchen because it was too big.
The two of you would look out the window and yell at the cars going by.
You liked to brush your teeth.
You first held your bottle.
You used to take naps in the swing. (Shane with the yellow blanket and yellow duck, Jackson with the green blanket and frog.)
You wore little helmets to help shape your head.
You were so small you could squirm out of your onsies.
Now you are climbing up and down the stairs, playing at water tables and jumping off furniture!

July 14 I love my boys

Dear Shane and Jackson-
Today was a crazy day at work and you two were being little monsters- you continued to climb on the window sill and jump onto the chair and you just discovered how to climb onto your kids table to turn the light switch on and off- you were definitely busy. Oh, did I mention biting each other for a spot at the window?

But going to bed tonight you were little angels- literally. We were, well I was trying to get you to brush your teeth and you got under the sink- that was fun but you found some paper towels- i gave you each one and you pretended to CLEAN! You walked around the hall and your room wiping everything down- this kept you busy for a good 10 minutes. Then Shane thought it would be fun to wipe the dirty cloth all over mommy's face and then Jackson joined in and then you decided to eat the cloth and you thought it was the funniest thing- you both had the deepest laughs! We read books and you each patiently waited a turn for mommy's lap- Jackson wanted to read the big truck book and Shane had goodnight moon. Jackson played with the orange ball trying to find it in my hands and Shane just laughed.

When i put you to bed (almost 8pm because we were having so much fun) you didn't want to go but you each took a book and off you went. Jackson tried to throw a stuffed animal into the crib- throw 1- the monkey, didn't make it in. Throw 2-Shane's yellow duck, didn't make it in. After looking around for a while he found his green frog and that didn't make it in- but it was cute how you tried each animal once. Jackson, when you were going into the crib I was holding you and you got in real close and put the book over our heads and just smiled and gave me a kiss.

Thank you both for a fun night. I love you. Love mommy.

Uncle jay and auntie Kate visit

Uncle Jay and Auntie Kate came to Boston to plan their wedding and stayed with us. It was great because we got to see Uncle Jay and Auntie Kate every day!

Uncle Jay played with us outside in our very own water park (haha) and it was great! Even snowball had fun. Here is Jackson with Uncle Jay playing Playdo.

Poppers

We love our poppers that auntie Kristen gave us for Christmas. The funny thing is we no longer use them as walking poppers- we use them as magic wands that get thrown around and banged off everything! It is crazy loud and we have a blast but i don't think mommy and daddy like it too much!