Fallin'

Take a seat, lots of photos to sift through.....


Common face at dinner these days.


Thankfully the "Bad Dinner Mood" is not contagious.


Separated at birth?


Apple pickin' with Dadi Ma. Although in this photo, Nik is doing more ear pickin'.

Apple eating intensity

Apple eating indifference




Bathing them at once is adorable and efficient. Mostly efficient.


Nik's cousin Emma Grace Bingham just arrived from China. I haven't met her yet, but word on the street is she's cool.



The Dino Treats that Catherine made for Nik's 3rd birthday party.



We had the party at the Kids Klubhouse in Woburn. Indoor race track....


....which kept Nik occupied for most of our time there.



Mason preferred to spend his time pondering in the castle.


I have no idea what is going on in this corner of the place . And neither does Violet.


May I present to you.....Dubious and Committed Construction Company.


You're not fooling me, those are jean capris.


Look at this place. It's completely bananas. If you click on this photo, you can see and overwhelmed and exhausted Cash in the corner. Good stuff.



More Kids Klubhouse Krazyness.


The assembled crew.



Somehow we ended getting the most creative cake maker ever employed by Stop and Shop.


Time for some chow and party hats.


Dig in birthday boy.


Gippy will always give a hand when birthday cake is involved.



Violet just passed her pilot's exam.



We made it out to Ipswich to check out the bird sanctuary


Top notch bird watchin' crew.



He's smiling here, but 5 minutes later Rhys clubbed him with that wooden piece. A pirate's life is tough.


Kanga-Rhys toeing the wagon.


The costume parade held at Pete and Casey's.


Scoopin' seeds for the Nik O' Lantern




Nik and Rhys's neighborhood gang of costumed hooligans.



Happy Birthday Nik!



Worst magician ever

Rollin' through summer

Catherine and Nik made it to the "Teddy Bears and pajama song night" to hang out in their jammies and listen to kid's songs. I immediately volunteered to take care of Rhys this night and stay home.



Toddler rave



Still partying


Sons of Anarchy


This is Rhys before his haircut...

....which we are affectionately calling "The Moe".




Suave...

...and not so suave



We made it up to Maine for our vacation. We spent most of the late August heat wave at Taylor Pond.


And Nik learned to tell exaggerated fish tales. Hence my skeptical face in this photo.



One of our last nights at the camp.


I love the "Whatchoo talkin' bout" face by Cole Harris in this photo


Cath and I look great here....but since they're my kids....I can say the boys don't.



Fired up for the first day of pre-school!



Rhys getting in on the hysteria




Chasing bubbles



The boys team up to call Dadi Ma




Meeting the new neighbors


See you next year Summer!

This is one REALLY overdue Blog entry...

The dreaded water table hooligans. They show up without warning and under the impression that their hats disguise their identity.

Some of the other little'uns that our friends are accompanied by these days.

Nik's first "dry run". Literally, it was a dry run.

Fishin' out at Taylor Pond with Emma and Grampy.

Coolin' off at the July 4th pool party with Emma and Catherine.

Apparently Nik's parade commentary was not that stimulating to his Uncle Pete.

The Patriotic Duo.

The Patriotic Trio.

If you click on this one, you can see what the kids got painted on their face at the Yarmouth Clam Festival.

Rhys may have a future as a "Carny".

Henry and Nik got to spend some quality time watching cartoons and cooling down. This summer has been HOT.

"Ok, don't make me laugh. I am going to be wicked serious in this picture."

This was taken right before they hit a rock.

At which point Catherine promptly got back to the helm.

Alphabet Soup....