Posts Tagged ‘boston’
Monday, August 17th, 2015
Can you believe I’ve done this nonsense for 250 weeks? Caroline wasn’t even BORN when I did the first one. So I suppose I can’t even think about quitting, despite the fact that I can barely remember to do them. This one is late and I had to check my dates three times because it’s so hard to believe a week ago we were still on vacation. Real life happens SO FAST.
Sunday:
Evan is doubtful that 3 people in a one person kayak is wise.
Linc loves vacation
Caroline is ALWAYS ready for more pictures
Monday:
If you look hard enough, you can almost see New York down the river
I liked the reflection in the back of that tanker
Linc is happy to see all his stuff again
Tuesday:
Caroline is writing a song
Grumpy pants needed a walk to get ready for bed
I really, really love this front porch.
Wednesday:
The zoo was so fun.
I will never get tired of these photos.
I had three ladies tell me they liked my hair and none of them even notice I was nursing a baby.
Thursday:
Lunch at Quincy Market should always involve a lobster roll
Boston Children’s Museum
Linc was over Boston (and I was over my poor choice of shirt on a 90 degree day)
Friday:
SUPER COOL PRESS EVENT POST COMING SOON
I was really good at juggling, if my really good you mean terrible
Red Lantern at Foxwoods = ORDER ALL THE SUSHI
Saturday:
They must have bought those water bottles at Target. Poor confused children.
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaap
What? I’m hungry.
I forgot I had Virginia vacation photos to post, plus I have the post about our fun date at Foxwoods, so as long as I don’t die of heatstroke (we’re on day 5 or 6 of 90 degrees plus) I’ll have more new blog stuff up soon.
Tags: amos lake, babywearing, boston, Caroline, cirque eloize id, davis family, E, evan, family, food, fun, lincoln, naps, road trip, southwicks zoo, travel, tula, zoo
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Monday, March 23rd, 2015
I am suffering from a severe case of OMFG WHY ISN’T IT WARMER OUTSIDE YET. It’s making me hate everything.
Sunday:
We bought a children’s museum membership basically JUST for this thing
Caroline says this hat is totally her style
Evan takes checkers very seriously
Monday:
I bought a new rug
Go away Mommy
LASHES
Tuesday:
Baby in a cage with a sister to entertain him = I can get stuff done
Meeting the fishes
Caroline said he needed to be more stylish
Wednesday:
I had to put the baby in a stroller, so I put a wrap over him.
Giant boxes are the best part of childhood
Possibly regretting the demo he just did in the dining room because now he HAS to build that bench I asked for (stay tuned…)
Thursday:
Reading her horse book to her horses
Attitude for days
Officially the cutest Tula
Friday:
THERE IS A SKUNK IN THIS PICTURE
She wanted to participate in our babywearing meetup
It snows for TWO DAYS
Saturday:
Helping with the bench
Pizza picnic
Then THIS happened and decided I needed more babies immediately
I am seriously having a hard time caring about anything right now because I’m so done with winter. If I could open the front door and let the kids play on the porch I would be SO READY to do some spring cleaning but since it’s 28 degrees out I just want to go take a nap. And I don’t want to cook anything. Or go anywhere. Or talk to anyone. Or blog about anything.
The kids and I are all playing hooky tomorrow because half day + appointments + cranky baby = too much of a mess to handle. I’m hoping it resets everyone’s attitude because we ALL need it.
Tags: aquarium, babywearing, books, boston, Caroline, children's museum, evan, friends, fun, home, home improvement, iphone photos, lincoln, my week in iphone photos, mystic, shopping, tula, wraps
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
This post is late and I got less than 3 hours of sleep in the last 24 hours and I barely remember how I got home from the airport last night and Caroline is sitting on my lap with her slightly terrifying My Little Pony Equestria Girl introducing her to all the princess dolls and I have 5 photo sessions to edit so what I’m saying is if this post makes none sense don’t be surprised.
Sunday:
Princess Pirate Butterfly Caroline’s new best friend, the Dragon Ice Cream dragon
Evan defends his family against a zombie puppet
Sleepy, smudgy butterfly
Who knew a Kohl’s parking lot could be so inspiring?
Monday:
I don’t even know.
Sand castles on our deserted beach
About 20 seconds later Caroline and her friends smashed them all.
Tuesday:
They’re having a mini-conference on how best to beg me for that candy on the counter
Cleaning and trying out my headphones for an upcoming post
Shooties. Verdict after wearing them all weekend: Wise choice! Very comfortable for high heels, lots of compliments, only felt slightly like I have hooves.
Wednesday:
Who is this huge person going to preschool and where is my baby?
Another stunning fall day in Connecticut (Town Hall)
Watching Monsters University (again! We saw it in the theater!) with the kids
Thursday:
I took a picture of my parking garage level/number to I didn’t have to remember when I can back at 1 am Monday. BRILLIANT. Worked perfectly.
Boston!
Random MARTA station in Georgia where my friend Miranda picked me up!
Friday:
Average attention span in 2012: 8 SECONDS. Now you know why we needed a session on writing engaging content.
All cleaned up for dinner with my other Minute Clinic bloggers at Type A
The crazy cab ride was worth it to get to this place. AMAAAAAAZING.
Saturday:
In case you were wondering, THAT is an Equestria Girl. I managed to snag one when they were breaking down the booth on Sunday.
My next DIY, obvs.
Atlanta was really pretty
Step 1 in getting back to my real life: write down all the stuff on the calendar I’ve been ignoring because it was “in October” and “October is a really long time from now”. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh <– the sound I just made looking at the stack of papers from the kids’ schools talking about open house nights and PTO meetings and pizza parties. Back to work!
Tags: atlanta, beach, bing, boston, Caroline, Connecticut, evan, fall, family, food, fun, iphone photos, my little pony, my week in iphone photos, selfies, shopping, travel, type-a parent conference
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
When I went to Boston a couple weeks ago for the Red Sox family focus group thing, one of the ideas we bloggers had was an earlier, kid-friendly game. Activities for the kids, cheap food, and maybe a big sign that says “WARNING: CHILDREN’S SECTION” so no one gave us dirty looks when our kid talked through the whole thing. It turns out that’s already an event, called Futures at Fenway, and the team generously offered us tickets so we could attend. I wasn’t sure we’d last the whole 9 innings and I was pretty sure I’d spend most of my time walking around with a very bored 2-year-old and I wouldn’t see much of the game, but I love love love Fenway so we made plans to go anyway.
It turns out my children LIKE baseball. OK, maybe they mostly like popcorn and peanuts and giant sodas ($7.50 plus free refills! Best deal ever!) and getting to sit in my lap. But that translated into watching the whole 8 1/2 innings (We won!) from our seats. I didn’t even have to resort to letting them watch Disney Jr on my phone. It was a good game too – it wasn’t the Red Sox, but the Sea Dogs, their affiliate team. That means these guys are still hoping to get noticed by the major leagues and so they try really, really hard. They run even if it looks like an easy out at first, they FLING themselves across the field for diving catches, they strike out instead of always taking the walk. It was exciting! It was tons of fun! It was a long day for a 2.5 year old and there might have been a tiiiiiiny bit of whining and crying but it was one of the best family days we’ve ever had. I felt relaxed almost the whole time – and when was the last time I said that about a summer afternoon at a crowded public event with two small children?
I was going to write a whole paragraph about how sports – even just a vague awareness that your grandfather really loved golf, explained you ball data and made you watch it on TV in the summers when you were visiting – can mean a lot to a kid. But there seems to be a lot of dust in here and my eyes are, uh, watering quite a bit, so I’ll just say I hope Evan and Caroline have great memories of our visits to Fenway and that we can make it a summer tradition.
p.s. The event had a TON of stuff that was kid friendly – the zoo and the aquarium had animals there, Kidz Bop did a concert after the game and a meet-and-greet, the players signed autographs, a bounce house – plus the concessions were half priced. We enjoyed the eating and the bounce house, but the kids did so great in our seats we didn’t really NEED all the distractions. I would highly recommend it for families.
Disclaimer: The PR team for the Red Sox left us tickets at will-call so we could attend. No other compensation was provided. Tickets for the event started at just $5, so trust me when I say they didn’t pay for me to talk about the event.
Tags: baseball, boston, Caroline, E, evan, family, fenway, fun, futures at fenway, kids, red sox, sea dogs, sports, summer, traditions
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Sunday, July 28th, 2013
Our week was busy, except for when it wasn’t because of the pouring rain and flash floods. But mostly busy.
Sunday:
I mean, I only have three doll houses, why not buy another one? (I did not)
Caroline is destined for music videos with lots of mind machines
I appreciate how the trees on the point hide most of the nuclear power plant. More scenic.
Monday:
I’ve never actually seen the state capitol before
Confucius say: Give a man $120 and he will give you an LLC.
Sometimes I take pictures of stuff I want to remember to keep on my phone, but then I forgot to leave them on my phone.
Tuesday:
The local tax office is located in part of an old TB hospital.
HUGS
We love the sunflowers
Wednesday:
Really excited for gymnastics
Playdates make me hungry, and this was super delicious
I told Evan he is my photography assistant, and he said that means he has to push the stroller.
Thursday:
Grocery store in the pouring rain
Destroying the house and having pillow fights in the pouring rain
Watching Thor in the pouring rain
Friday:
Princess Sadface returns
Five kids under a table.
Despite that face, the rainbow ice was delicious.
Saturday:
Home run!!
I never should have showed her how the front-facing camera works.
Restarted C25K. This time I am determined to finish.
The urgency to do as many things and have as much fun as possible before summer is over has hit. I was actually grateful for a rainy miserable day to stay home and relax (even though we ended up having friends over and totally wearing out my kids). July is almost over and August is going to FLY by and then Evan starts 5 days a week morning pre-k, which I am both totally ready and not at all ready for. They grow up so fast, etc etc, but I’m looking forward to a new stage where I have a lot more time to focus on things I love (especially photography) instead of just being Mommy.
Tags: baseball, boston, bozrah, c25k, Caroline, Connecticut, evan, farmers market, flea market, food, friends, ginger snaps pictures, gymnastics, hartford, my week in iphone photos, niantic, red sox, shopping, sunflowers, week in iphone photos
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