Daddy's birthday started out fantastic, making bagels with a very special helper:

 Roll the dough and make a circle!

Let them, rise, then boil and bake - yum...

 Bowling and lunch at Sacco's is becoming a birthday tradition

And then Nana and Grampy joined us for a birthday dinner!

 First day of 1st grade!

 The four of us had a blast at a Lowell Spinners game, 

one of the minor league Red Sox affiliates

 Entranced by the game and the cotton candy

 Mama and Sophie make funny faces...

All four of us, home at last!

Our friends the Walshes joined us for a few days in Maine...

 

Mama and Daddy on the beach!

 Oona's a mermaid in the sand!

 Ezra does tricks in the water!

 Of course Noah found some caterpillars...

and showed them to "Gigantic" Noah

 Sophie and Oona are great pals (and a little tired from all that swimming)!

 Brush teeth!

 and stories with Tania

 Meanwhile the big boys played some Monopoly.

So much fun in so little time!

Mama had the best birthday ever, with a trip up to Frye Island for the week...

 Japanese lunch in Portland on the way up to Frye Island... look at the cool Bento Box!

 Homemade chocolate cupcakes by my three favoritest people!

  Sebago Lake, we love you!

 Sophie cleans up around the house...the Walshes are coming soon!

Fun with Storycubes on our off-island jaunt for minigolf and lunch!

Aunt Jen and Uncle Zack gave Noah an awesome Mythbusters science kit for his birthday!

It even has a big poster of Buster that we used to test the bounciness of different types of balls.

 We actually came back home for July 4th - and got in some good sprinkler....

 and sparkler fun!

Noah "graduated" from Kindergarten!

(they had a very low key little ceremony with certificates from the Principal)

dudes on the street...

Beatles Rock band.
So fun, and yet so frustrating...

The new room has become quite the art studio

Of course, it's also just fun to play with the bean bag chairs...

Blizzard 2010!
All bundled up!

(are we going to help Daddy or throw snowballs at him?)

Hi!!

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