Backyard Fun!!!

Getting the plants in!

BIG helpers

A little for the plant, a little for me.

Begin Avery's giggle photo shoot.

Phew, that was a lot of laughing!

Get Mommy!

TA-DA!

Sarina and Nana Sleepover Party

While Auntie Beth and Uncle Bryan were traveling the world, Sarina, Avery, and Quinn lived it up! Matt took Avery and Sarina hiking at Sleeping Giant :)

Stamford Museum and Nature Center

Dad and Quinn going down the giant slide. Quinn was brave enough to go down by herself!

Fun entrance to the natural playground.

Quinn's favorite animal...to chase.

And of course, Avery's favorite "the really big horse!"

Avery and Sarina checking out the sheep.

Cousins on top of a giant mulch pile after a picnic lunch :)

The girls.

Been a while

If you haven't noticed, I'm struggling to keep up with this blog. To catch you up to speed, I went back to work this past fall and since then this is what we do: wake up, get ready, go to work/school, come home, eat dinner, bedtime wars, get ready for tomorrow. Repeat. While it must sound boring, boring is the farthest thing from the word I would use to describe this phenomena. It is magical and beautiful and the best times of our life:

Most recent snow fall- we finally got to build a snowman!!!

Snow day princess dress dance party.

One of the rare actual snow storms this winter- sledding down the driveway.

Pizza Party Fridays- the girls have perfected their pies.

Princess cousins cooking away at Avery's 3rd bday party.

Nana and Quinn bonding over apps and cocktails.

First present of the big day.

What our living room generally looks like. Some games played here include Tunnel, Bird's Nest, Baby Stroller, Restaurant, Horseland, and Feed Me, I'm a Duck.

It's never too cold for the pool!

Quinn vs. The Sprinkler

New York Vacation- Chestertown

Our view from the condo!

Swimming out to the raft at Schroon Lake. Followed by deliciously scrumptious crepes in town!

Taking a paddle ride on Tripp Lake.

I hear what you're saying, Grampa, but I think this is a fine place for me.

Umm, our low point of the trip- heat wave!

Nope, not chocolate- mud.

Happy Birthday, Matt- date night to Friends Lake Inn. While Gigi and Grampa babysat in the heat wave, we enjoyed some fine wine in the air conditioning!

Couldn't keep this one out of the water!

"Quinn's toy"

Hiking with Sarina at Pack Forest.

A wild game of ring-around-the-rosie with Sarina.

Okay, listen up guys...

Reading time with Auntie Beth and Sarina.

There really ARE fish!!!!! Not to pat my own back, but I was the only one to catch a bass!!!

Magic Forest - not quite sure how to put it into words. How about another picture to explain:

Still not clear? This should do it:

You got it, right?

Saratoga races! Daddy was the only big winner all day!

Saratoga pretzels!

So Poppy, there are horses, gates, and jockeys. Try to keep up.

food = happy baby = happy parents = happy big sister

I'M facing the wrong way?! YOU are facing the wrong way- all the people are this way!

After the races Avery was all about a pony ride but got cold feet!

"I'm floating!"

Action shot of Poppy the crocodile!

On our way home we visited Uncle David in Burlington, VT for the weekend!