Boston Again

A little while ago we went to Boston again. We wanted to go while it was still warm and nice outside so during Sterling's time off we made the trip.
First we went on the swan boats. Griffin almost jumped off a few times. Sounds about right, huh?

Next we let the kids play in the "frog pond" at the Boston Common. This was their favorite part of the day.

After that we went on the "Freedom Trail" which is a walking tour of a bunch of historical sights that have to do with the Nation's independence. At the State House.

Here is Paul Revere's grave.

And his house.

Mesha's new best friend.

What I did most of the time.

Bunker Hill.

There were a bunch of women with babies doing a work out group on the lawn at Bunker Hill. Mesha, being the friendly little thing that she is, when right over to her "friends" and started exercising with them. I thought it was cute and harmless and even had Sterling take a little video.
Then one of the ladies came over and asked if we could keep Mesha away because she could get "injured". Whatever. That's the lamest excuse, if she is bugging you just say so, don't feed me lines about her getting hurt. Boo to you women's work out group of Bunker Hill, boo to you. Sorry for the rant, it just broke my heart when Mesha asked me why she couldn't dance with her friends anymore. Jerks.

Besides that we had a great day. A long but good day.

Irene and Life As Usual

Last Sunday hurricane Irene hit us here in Connecticut. I think it was technically just a tropical storm by the time it got to us. It wasn't too bad, just windy and lots of rain. And of course the power went out. 4 days later it came back on. We had water and nice weather so it wasn't so bad, just annoying. The kids had movie withdrawals. But today we have power and it is back to life as usual. Sterling went back to work after a two week "staycation" so today is my first real day of being a mom of 3. Mesha woke up and then threw up. Hmmm, I can do this right? We'll see if I am still this optimistic in a week. Goodbye sanity. Goodbye naps. See you in a few years or so.

Mesha the Artist

I bought Mesha some water color paints a few weeks ago and she went nuts with them. I have already bought her more because she used them all up. She loves to paint! Her paintings are so cute I had to blog them. These are all her own creations, I didn't suggest any part of them.

This is "Num Nums" the Zhu Zhu pet. This is a train, Percy from Thomas and Friends to be exact.These are sea horses.This is a school of fish. The dark dots are tadpoles and the green 'V's are seaweed of course. These are sea turtles. I think these might be my favorite. Coconut trees.A bowl of fruit. Like I said, she came up with this all on her own. If I only knew what went on inside her brain...All kinds of ocean life. Can you find the crab? Green seaweed? Purple coral? Dolphins? (See the next painting to know what a dolphin looks like to Mesha...) Blue and yellow striped fish? Jellyfish? Tadpoles?Dolphins.What a creative little girl. She makes me proud everyday.

Lovely Lady

My nick name of choice these days for Anya is 'Lady'. She sure is cute. She is a good eater and sleeper too! What a lovely little lady!

Zero, Two, and Four

The two year old gets himself stuck.
The four year old makes turtle families out of orange peels.
The newborn smiles in her sleep.Cute kids if I do say so myself.

Pictures of Anya

Here she is, our chubby bunny.

The Votes Are In: Girls 3 - Boys 2

Last night at 9:20 we got to the hospital. Kierstin got her epidural by 10:30. Baby Anya (Ahn-ya) came out this morning at 1:48 AM on the third push at 9 lbs. 9 oz and 21 1/4" long. I'll post a picture soon. In the meantime, Kierstin and baby are both doing great and I couldn't be happier.
When I got home this morning Mesha demanded that I take her to the hospital so she could see her baby sister. Griffin is already calling her "Ya-Ya" which probably means grandma in some other language, but it's really cute.