"Martha's House"

Yesterday we had a great day with Mimi, Auntie Ann, Tori, Lindsay and Allison. Michelle thought we were taking the boat to "Martha's House". She started out with tons of energy on the boat but after some shopping and lunch she ran out. Poor kid, not only did her hair lose all control and become a mop but her neck must not have felt good either.







Charlie lasted the entire trip but did quickly fall asleep when we got into the car. He had fun though.

Zoe would like to thank Nani for my lounge chair, we both love it!!


Charlie tried to go for a nice quiet Zebra ride yesterday but Michelle couldn't hold in her hugs and kisses for him. She then had to take a ride on the Zebra herself and Charlie thought it was only right to be right there with her.

Dog Days of Summer

We have some new favorite activities around our household. If I forget to lock Zoe's kennel it quickly because a play room....





I also hit a great yard sale and got some sneakers for the kids. Now the sneakers won't fit Charlie for a year if not more but for the price we couldn't turn them down. Unfortunately, he has decided he wants to wear them now.

Max's vote is in....

Zoe is going to stay!! Max is a new dog with Zoe around. We know lots of you thought we were insane for getting a puppy, and we were in some regards, but Zoe is so awesome. Max needs to play ALOT and Zoe fullfills that need for him. He no longer stands around barking at me to play and if anything he tries to sneak away from the pounching puppy coming at him from all directions quite frequently. Mike taught Zoe to sit in literally 2 minutes. She is certainly motivated by food, maybe that is why Charlie likes her so much??? The kids simply adore her. Charlie still prefers to call her "puppy" rather than Zoe but that is fine. Michelle gets a kick out of putting her in her cabinet (AKA crate) and actually does it rather easily. I have coerce Zoe in but not Michelle, I'll often come around the corner to Michelle giving Zoe treats through the closed crate. I should learn from her I suppose.

We have also started potty training Michelle. Once again, I'm not sure what motivated me to start but I think it was that she was telling Zoe not to go on the floor so I thought this would be a good training opportunity. She woke up from her nap today dry and went on the potty. She was so proud of herself!! I'm not sure if this was progress or a one time thing only time will tell.

Here are some new photos for kicks:

Happy Birthday to Me!!

For my birthday I got a very cute puppy named Zoe!!! Isn't she adorable???

The kids think she is really fun too. Michelle doesn't quite get why she doesn't sit when she tells her but she thinks she is great. Charlie is more of a distant "puppy" lover. Max's vote however is not yet determined. She keeps following him around and sometimes thinks his tail is a great chew toy.

Edaville Railroad

We have had quite the week this week with the Zooquarium and then Edaville today. It is a bit hard to get pictures of moving children in a crowded area but we tried. Edaville was so great today!!! We were a bit worried as Michelle can be afraid of a lot of things and although she was not a huge fan of the merry-go-round she went on it. She ended up loving the train rides, big and small, and especially enjoyed the Barney show. She was dancing in the aisle as you can see. Charlie loved it to. He sat in the stroller during the Barney show and clapped his little hands nonstop. It was so great to see both of them having such a great time.

Dancing and clapping to Barney.



Standard photo ops with Grace.





Do you hear it? It's Thomas!!!

A bunch of nothing

It seems as though we have been super busy lately although I am not exactly sure what that has been. A glance through the camera doesn't reveal too much either but here a few pictures that I thought were worth sharing.

Although everyone was still under the weather we made our scheduled trip to Wellfleet specifically the Beachcomber. We didn't make it long but now I can finally say we have been.


Although I didn't have my camera with me we recently attended a craft day in Cotuit center. It was fun for the kids, until that clown popped a balloon and freaked Michelle out. We did purchase books from the library book sale and Michelle has been reading them since, she has even deciding reading to her brother is fun.



We can't forget a quick post about 4th of July. We had a fun day starting with breakfast at WYLC, a parade and then a cookout at Mimi and Grampys. Charlie was a walking fool and had a great time with his cousins.