Mother's Day Tea

Benjamin and Daniel's Kindergarten class hosted a very special Mother's Day Tea for all of us Moms in their classroom this year.  It was really sweet with cookies and lemonade, decorated desks, gifts and crafts for Mom to take home, and an adorable set of songs sung for us.  I love these boys to the moon and back.  I am so lucky they are mine.

Fall Wrap-Up

New York City girls overnight with Nicole & Katie.  There was so much laughing and lots of cocktails.

I can't get enough of this NYC stoop.  The owner must be adorable.  It was so amazingly cute in person.

Pretty autumn trees in Central Park.

Fitting in as much leaf play as possible on the warmer days.

Playground date that lingered till the sun was setting.  Sidewalk chalking in the near dark.

Dan all bundled for a beach date with Dad and Georgia.  He loves this new hat, one of Daddy's old ones that Mommy shrunk (oops).  I think he loves it so simply because it was his Dad's.

Benjamin and Daniel learned all about the Native Americans and created outfits during Thanksgiving week at school.

There is no such thing as a Thanksgiving without pecan pie in my book.  I could eat this whole thing, no joke!  It's the Pioneer Woman's recipe and it is THE BEST!

The boys were so excited to spend Thanksgiving Day at their cousin Katie's house this year.

And so, the day after Thanksgiving, the boys begged Mommy to put up Christmas decorations.  We did as much as we could and Amelia is in love with the sparkly lights so far in the house.  Daddy is putting up the outside lights as I type this and we will get our tree next week.

Now that its December, it is beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas!

Halloween 2013

This year, it was a hedgehog for Amelia & Captain Rex for Daniel & a storm trooper for Benjamin!

We started the day at the boys' school for a Halloween parade followed by a few sweet songs and poems recited in their classroom.  Later in the day, there was a Halloween party in their classroom and Mommy & Amelia both attended.

Once home from school, we headed to Lauren's neighborhood with Lauren and her girls plus Joseph (the boys' best friend), his mom Kelly and little sister Molly.  It was nice for the little ones to trick or treat in the daylight.  Amelia went door to door in her stroller and enjoyed her first mini chocolate bars.

For dinner, we headed to Kelly's for grilled veggie sandwiches, chili and spiked caramel cider for the adults!!  We did night time trick or treating there in her neighborhood.

It was a busy but fun day!!

Kindergarteners!

 

Benjamin and Daniel are officially Kindergarteners! 

Here they are on their first day of school, showing off their backpacks and Lego backpack tags too!  

They did really well on the first day.  It's full day Kindergarten around here and I know they felt just how loooong the day was!   They were pretty tired when we got home and they filled me in on a few small details of the day.  Ben said he missed me at lunch when he read the note I left for him.

Every day since has been easier and more enjoyable for them.  They are very smiley at pick-up.  We walk to and from school which is really nice.

Their teacher is super sweet and fun & a really good fit for them, too.

Have a great school year, boys!  Momma's so proud of you both!

xoxo

 

Avalon

Here are some of the final pictures from our vacation in Avalon.

Benjamin & Daniel are in pre-school as I type this! Today is their first real day. Will post about that tomorrow!!