Jackson-March 2013

Dear Jackson-
Mommy owes you an apology, I got very behind on my letters and let almost 2 months go by without writing one! Sorry! so here you go- here is on in between Feb and March 28. You are getting to be a mature little boys- I know, it doesn't sound right?

You love to read stories before going to bed and during the day with anyone who will read them to you. You even enjoy reading them by yourself and looking at the pictures. Along those lines, you still enjoy school and tell Mrs. Rose a new story every morning at school. You seem to have lots of friends and say hi to everyone when you get to school in the morning and in the parking lot.

Sometimes you are becoming very independent- or should I say for Trish you are becoming very independent. You get dressed all by yourself for Trish- for Mommy, you still want me to help you. But for Mommy you will put your coat and hat on and run down to the car, you and Shane still fight for the spot behind Daddy or who ever is driving. You enjoy your swimming lessons- you are still a Penguin at the Boys and Girls club but I think you will move up to a Dolphin next year since you will get a  lot of time in the water this summer. And this winter you have loved your time outside in the snow- sledding and helping daddy.

Your newest adventure is playing legos with daddy and building things- you seem to love this just as much as you love talking about your cousins in Ohio! Nana still comes over on Friday's to take care of you and today you asked her to "Please make pancakes Nana" and of course she said all right my dear little Jackson. I'm not certain if spring will ever come but when it does you will be playing T ball and taking Karate! I am looking forward to seeing you interact with the other kids on the field.

I love you Jackson Reid. You are mommy's sun, moon and stars! I love all that you are!
Love-
Mommy

Shane March 2013

Dear Shane-
Mommy has been behind with her letters! and I have missed almost two months, sorry! But not to worry you have been writing enough  letters for everyone! You have been writing letters in school- and while the letters don't really have text on them you like to fold the paper and draw pictures and put them in envelopes and staple the envelopes and send to your friends. You seem to be enjoying school quite a bit these days and Mrs. Rose gave you an excellent report at our parent teacher conference; you are progressing nicely at school and have lots of friends. Mrs. Rose reports that you like to play with all of the children and especially like to spend time at the fine motor table doing tasks such as letters, painting, taping etc. I had the opportunity to drop you of at school one day and you had a great time saying good morning to your friends and playing on the playground.

You are still a big fan of superheros- I think spider man is still your favorite but the Ninja Turtles would be a close second. Everything is spidey  this spidey that and Jackson is still into Batman. You also started playing with your legos and those keep you very busy- daddy built you a helicopter and you love the helicopter- you Cary it around with you like it was gold. Trish also likes playing Legos and has built you some cool garages and houses for your cards.

Your cousins remain a big topic of conversation, you talk about them all of the time and still like to talk to them on the telephone. In school you wrote a letter to some friends in Japan and you mentioned your cousins in the letter. You still like to play Baby Lion and I am the Mommy Lion. Aside from that ,you have 2 bags of "stuff" next to your bad that hold all of your things, from snappies to the Presents that you wrapped for yourself, action figures, legos and books- all stuffed next to you bed.

You little Shane are becoming quite the young man, I love you very much and you mommy's sun, moon and sun!
Love-
Mommy

First Weekend of January

Our weekend was pretty uneventful. We tried a music class (again) at Powers music school and Jackson tried to fall asleep while Shane played with the instruments- result- I might sign just Shane up for Music class and leave Jackson at home. We did lots of playing but the interesting part came on Sunday. We did all of our household chores (daddy went to home depot  3 times before 10am) and at around 1pm it was time to do "something" both boys had been inside all morning and were getting a bit antsy. So daddy decided to go to the play gym- usually a big hit with both children, but Shane said that he wanted to stay home with me. I told him that I couldn't really play b/c I was doing paper work in the office and he said that was "o.K. with me". So Shane stayed home with mommy. I worked on the computer while Shane made some books with the stapler and then he played Monkey and I was the zoo keeper in the office. I finished my work right around the time he was done playing monkey so we went downstairs and played with the bat fort and trucks. Boy, having just one child around sure was fun and if I might say, easy to entertain! We'll have to split them up again some time soon.

Jackson woke up this morning and told me that supper last night was delicious! those ravioli's were delicious!

 Cooking dinner with daddy after a "nice bath" (per jackson)

 Shane doing crafts with his treasure box from Auntie.

 Sick little Shane sleeping on the couch.

 TRAINS!!!!!!

Jackson eating a popsicle at Monkey Joe's.

Snow angels

The boys love to make snow angels in the snow. Here is Shane making one.

SNOW FALL in Boston!

We finally got a good bit of snow this weekend and the boys have been excited to play in it!
Yesterday Daddy took them on the sled around the neighborhood and they "sled" down the driveway. This was after making snow forts of course. Jackson decided that he needs his swimming goggles to make the snow fort with, we'll see if we can find them because it is common sense that one would wear swimming goggles to see through the snow!
Here they are sledding- Jackson in front, Shane in Back.

Photos from the cousins visit!

Shane December 2012 letter

Dear Shane-
As 2012 comes to a close, this will be the last letter of the year that I write to you. 2012 has been a good year and you my little guy have grown a lot this past year. I didn't write you a letter last month and I am sorry for that, it was a busy time.

We spent Thanksgiving up in NH at the Mount Washington and I think your favorite part of the trip was swimming and seeing Santa on the Cog Railway. Your cousins came out from Ohio for a visit and I think that was the highlight of your winter holiday celebrations. It wasn't until just the other day that you started talking about Santa Clause- up until that point it was all about your cousins and when your cousins were coming. We had a great time with your cousins! We went to Payson Park and you played football with Zach. Zach was kicking the ball and you continuously tried to told the ball for him to kick- it was very cute to watch!!!!You always wanted your cousin Abby and if she wasnt' playing with you on the slide or something, you were calling her name. We also spent one morning at the Museum of Science and had a great time there- again you just wanted to be with your cousins! We celebrated Christmas early with our family and Auntie and your cousins were there as well as Uncle Adam and Dave, Auntie Val and Uncle Terry. You and your brother had a great time with all of the people around. You and Jackson play well apart and actually at school they tell me that  you play apart very well. But I have noticed that you like to have your brother around and you will ask me "where is my brother?". All in all it was a great visit with your cousins! and I hope we will have the opportunity to visit them soon.

We celebrated Christmas at Nana's church in Stoneham and you were very intrigued by what Nana was doing and when mass was over you ran right up to her and gave her a hug. We had Christmas dinner at home and then the Legor's came over for an afternoon visit. Joan gave you some glow in the dark necklaces that link together and they kept you busy for a long time!!!Now that Christmas is over you have started to ask about Santa but you have also gotten the Christmas flu that is going around and you haven't been feeling well for days now. And you have also refused to take the purple medicine- you only want red. Jackson is running around telling people that Nana gave you a cold and Shane took your cold and he (Jackson) is fine.

Swimming continues to go well you graduated to the next swimming level and are enjoying that. You are also taking a little gym class at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club and enjoying that as well. I love you Shane Kilday! You are mommy's sun, moon and stars.
All my love-
Mommy