A lovely spring day at the Arboretum with the Tytell family.

a strategy meeting?

I'm going looking for the snacks!

It was hard to pick a reasonable number of pictures to post from Memorial Day Weekend up on Frye Island - after a long winter, there was just so much green! The weather wasn't fabulous, but we made the most of it anyway.

Daddy manning the grill.

Grampy taught Noah how to cast a fishing rod!
They practiced for a long time on Beach 3.

Sophie had a lot of fun with Daddy's hat.
Here's lookin' at you kid!

Time for bed! Nana reads a story to Soph.

Grabbing a little sunshine before we head home!

the peas are starting to come up! (left middle)
and lettuce! (right middle)

We gave Noah his very own camera for his 4th birthday.
Here are some of his first pictures:

Happy 4th Birthday, wonderful boy!
We love you sooooo much!
Everyone should have cake for breakfast on their birthday!

And cupcakes for dessert!

Happy 4th Birthday Party to Noah!
We made picture frames...

finally met new cousin Andrew...

sang happy birthday (video below)and ate gigantic ice cream sundaes!

One Fish, Two Fish

Red Fish, Blue Fish

Noah, Noah, how does your garden grow?

Artisan Bread loaf #2...
This one would make fantastic sandwiches

Cuddling up to Pop-pop
It was so nice to have him visit us!

gimme that sandwich!

Grandma Shelley is lots of fun (thanks for visiting us!)

We had a fun day at the Aquarium
(thanks Friends of the Medford Library for the passes!)

The best part was the tide pool, where we played
with hermit crabs, starfish, sea urchins, snails, and a horseshoe crab!

Sophie slept through this part (look on my back!), but she really enjoyed the visit too!

Way too much fun in the tub!

Daddy is teaching himself how to make bread.
All the way from scratch.
Kneading it by hand.

We're all enjoying the results!