Vermont Weekend

We took a little weekend getaway to visit our friends Ben, Laurie and Grace in Barnard, VT.  I wish I took more pictures!  Their home is so quaint and nestled back on some pretty green land complete with a running creek.  It's so lovely.  They were nice enough to host our family as well as our good friends, the Heinzerling-Mintys.  Saturday we went to the lake and the boys and Daddy camped outside on Sat. night in their spacious yard after smores, of course.  Sunday was spent in Woodstock, VT.  What an adorable town!  But the best part of the weekend was simply our time hanging out at their house, watching the kids play, laughing, talking, listening to old records, & making and eating yummy food.

School Egg Hunt

Dear Ben and Dan,

I am so happy that I am your Room Mom this year!  I love being able to visit for fun special events like your Egg Hunt this year.

I am so glad that our house is right around the corner from school and I can walk over, hide eggs and watch as you and your class have so much fun finding them!

I am so proud of you in school!  Your teacher only has great things to say about you both!

Love,
Mommy

March Moments

Attending Amelia's Tiny Tots class at the Rec Center each week.  She loves it!

Mommy had a birthday!  37!!  Daddy threw a nice little get together with some friends.

Amelia's obsessed with the book "You Are My Little Pumpkin Pie".  We have read it hundreds of times.

We made Irish Potatoes (not pictured) and non-pareils for St. Patrick's Day.  We wrapped them up pretty and gave them to teachers, family and friends.

Getting out on some warmer but still windy days to play.

Making sun catchers out of pony beads.

Ben fractured his radius one afternoon on the monkeybars.  It required a trip to the ER, some Xrays, and luckily, a cool brace instead of a cast.  Only one more week with the brace and it comes off for good.  It has already healed and hasn't been painful except for the day that it happened.  He is able to play T-ball on opening day!!

My best girlfriends from high school met up in Philadelphia one rainy weekend for our annual get together.  It was so nice to see them, talk and laugh alot, eat, shop and stay at the fancy Ritz Carlton.  Love those girls!

A Chilly Morning with My Girl

One Sunday morning when Andrew and the boys were enjoying a sleepover at Mimi's, Amelia and I headed out to the Manasquan Reservoir for a change of scenery.  It was a cold morning, but we enjoyed the snowy view from the cozy visitor center where the fire crackled as we ate our (second) breakfast.

After that, we headed to the Nature Center to play with puzzles and check out turtles and fish.

She's pretty good company, my girl.

A December in Pictures