Lots of Fun.....

With the warmer weather comes lots of activity.  We've been enjoying the outdoors as much as possible.  Co-op ended for the semester.  We went on a field trip to Fort Trumbell with RAISE.  It was lots of fun and very interesting.  It was also very beautiful there.

At Fort Trumbell

Hannah and Avery have been using Kevin's golf clubs to hit balls in the yard.  It's something new for them and they enjoy it, so we decided to take them to the driving range.

Hannah had her very first sleepover at a friend's house and Avery had a friend sleep at our house the same night.  Both girls had a lot of fun.  We began the sleepovers by meeting at Mrs. Bridges Tea Pantry in Woodstock.  We had a little tea party of sorts.

 Avery enjoyed the sugar cubes more than the 

drinking chocolate that she had.

Pictures from Avery and Grace's sleepover

After the sleepover we all met at The Boxcar Museum in Putnam CT.  If you ever read The Boxcar Children; it is a must go to.  It was very interesting and was packed with local history.  

I brought the girls to Hopeville Pond one afternoon.  It was our first time this year.

The girls having a water gun fight with Daddy

We had dinner at Mimi & Pop-Pop's one of the night's that

we had to leave our house for a showing.  Some cute pictures

that we took.

Our Bunny

The girls in the hot tub

they use it like a pool.

A beautiful sign of the approaching summer.

We had our COOP field day today.  The kids had a blast.  They played games, swam, and just enjoyed the warm weather.  

Every year I take a picture of my rhododendron bush

It blooms in time for our anniversary.  

 When we got married we took tons of pictures of

Me and my Bridesmaids in front of it.  This year 

it's even more special because we just sold

our house and we won't be here next year.

Just a beautiful flower from my flower garden

Snow White Video Link

Here is the link for our Snow White Play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqf8J867FOY

New York, New York.....

We spent Mother's Day weekend in New York.  It was the first time in the city for the girls.  They were so excited.  We had a full weekend of firsts.  The train ride, subway, and even a taxi.  They were in awe of the tall buildings, how many businesses there were (Penn Station had more stores than our entire town), the revolving doors, and of course all of the people and the odd sights.  It was a blast!

We did a lot of shopping.  The first night we went to the American Girl Store.  We had dinner there and the girls dolls had their hair done at the Doll Hair Salon.  The girls used their birthday money to buy more American Girl stuff.

We spent the next day in Central Park.  It was so beautiful!!  Flowers were in bloom everywhere and the landscaping was breathtaking.  We went to the zoo and the children's zoo.  Then the girls went on the Carousel.  We really wanted to go to Belvedere Castle but we didn't have time.

Mother's Day happened to also be Kevin's birthday, so we ate at an Irish Pub.  The food was delicious.  We visited Time Square and did some more shopping.  The girls went in their First Disney Store.  They were so excited that they couldn't stand still.  They ran from display to display.  We also visited Toys R Us and went on the indoor ferris wheel.  So many new experiences.

The city was a lot of fun and people were so friendly.  I'm glad to be home though.  I'm definitely a country girl at heart

Here are some pictures of our trip:

At the train station...

On the train...

Hannah and Avery spent a lot of time looking

out of the window.  They were so excited, they didn't

even sit down.

At the hotel, getting ready for the American Girl Store

The American Girl Doll Store

Just Browsing

We had dinner at the store with the dolls

They had really good food, cute dessert and they even 

gave the girls birthday cupcakes and sang to them.  It wasn't their

birthday yet but they new we were there celebrating early.

Hannah & Avery's dolls had their hair done at the salon.

This was part of their birthday present.

At the hotel after the AG experience.  The girls

with their new birthday dolls.

Central Park and the zoo

The girls at The Plaza

1. Outside the Irish Pub where we had Kevin's 
2. Birthday dinner

Outside our Hotel - NYC 50

Kevin with his birthday cake

St Patrick's Cathedral

The following pictures are not of NY but of some of the activities that

we have done since.

These pictures are of a play date we had at Webster Lake

The girls and I went to the beach in RI

At Rotary Park in RI

We just participated in a Book Fair with our COOP

Hannah and Avery did Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

They had to do a project, dress in costume and present the book

to the other participants.  It was a lot of fun.

Sorry for the blurry picture, I could not get my camera to work

right for some reason.  I included it to show Hannah's costume.