Boston Children's Museum Visit

This week Gabe has been on vacation which has been really great.  We didn't plan any big trips, but instead have done lots of little day trips and fun things around this area.  One of the most exciting things for the kids was to visit their good friends Suvi and Rain in Boston.  We met at the Children's Museum in Boston (thank you reciprocal children's museum membership).  It was wild, and I will try to avoid going on a weekend again, but the kids had a blast.  The boys LOVED the construction zone and would have stayed all day if we had let them.  What all of the kids really enjoyed was the "active" exhibit where they got to turn, pull, and the biggest hit, dance.  I thought that I had gotten some video of the dancing, but I guess not.  We then went back to play at Suvi and Rain's house, then got to go swimming at a hotel.  I got some pictures with Gabe's phone of this, but without the flash, it wasn't really worth putting them on here.  It was an action packed and busy day, but we all had lots of fun, and as always, it was nice to catch up with good friends!  Thanks guys for a fun day!  (We will do it again when it is warmer out;)  

Noah's fish

Noah was lucky enough to get a few dollar bills for his birthday.  The first thing he bought was a bee book, then he bought a fish.  He has been talking about having a pet for a few weeks now.  He initially wanted a cat, then a dog, then I was finally able to convince him that a fish would be the perfect pet for him.  He has named this little guy "nemo, like the movie".  He talks to it often, especially in the morning after sleep.  He is pretty proud of this fish:)

Noah turns Four!!

As you can see, Noah had a great time turning 4!  He picked out his "blue race car cake with a driver" back in January AND had been asking to eat at the restaurant "Kon" each time we have driven by for the past 2 months. He had a lightening McQueen birthday party with red glasses and temporary tattoos (grandpa was a good sport here). When I asked Noah what he wanted to eat for his birthday his reply was "pancakes", I told him that he needed to pick a different food to serve at his party and he responded "english muffins with peanut butter", so I went with pancakes.  Here is a picture of his pancake bar and all of the fixin's and the race car cake. We finished up with present opening and he was once again very spoiled with gifts. His favorites were "the purple car", "the fleece with a hood", "the golfing clubs" and "the dancing show". He did also take a liking to his bike, which he was tentative about at first, but took to it much faster than either of us expected.  He is now incessantly asking to go for a bike ride... he is sometimes so fast that we have to jog to keep up with him.  My sister came with Trey for his first sleep over away from home (with his mom of course) and we traumatized him by taking him to the Japanese Hibachi restaurant... don't worry Trey, you will grow up to love it too, just like Noah:)  The bottom few pictures are of Gabe and Noah trying to catch the egg in their mouths... neither were successful... we were shown up by the couple on the other side of the table who were 2 for 2. All in all an exciting and exhausting day!  Thanks for all who came and celebrated with us!!       

Peek-a-boo Center Playing

 

Last weekend my mom came down for a quick visit so that I could get caught up on some things at work and home (Thanks mom!).  We took the kids to the Peek-a-boo center in Westbrook in the afternoon and they had a ball... what was their favorite part, and what would they have played with the entire time if we had let them???? The train set!  It is not like they don't already have this exact one and 2 others at home... sigh:)

Our Family is Growing Again!

We are very excited to announce that we are expecting baby #3 at the beginning of September! Yes, we realized that we may really be crazy thinking that we can handle another baby during residency, but life has never been not crazy so we figured, why not?  Plus, more importantly the math worked out... N & J are 27 months apart and now J & the baby will be 27 months apart;) Noah and James are thrilled, well Noah is and talks about it constantly, James is just excited because Noah is:) Noah thinks that it will be a boy who should be named Jake (I think that he gets that from one his favorite shows "Kipper") and if it is a girl, she should be named Jake also, "Jake is a good girl name"... funny how his mind works.  We had an initial ultrasound at 11 weeks, despite our trying to avoid it b/c this baby, much like the other 2 just doesn't like to cooperate.  But, here he/she is, and we are at least reassured that there is only one, so we don't have to purchase a new car;) Another red head with blue eyes???

Noah's "invention"

When we haven't done anything major for a few weeks, I think that I don't have any pictures to post, but inevitably when I go to download pictures there always seems to be some random pictures. The top picture would be much better if it weren't so blurry, but that was the only one I could get in time.  James LOVES book, but he doesn't always like you to read to him.  He would much prefer to peruse them at his own leisure, with the pages in random order... unless, of course, you are Noah. James will sit and listen to Noah read him books that he has memorized (which are a lot) forever it seems.  The bottom two pics are of Noah's latest "invention" he calls it.  He couldn't say what it was, but he was very proud of himself.