Visit from Grammie and Papa

Over Memorial Day Weekend, Grammie and Papa Malenfant took the train all the way from New Mexico to visit Nathan and Alex, and Michael and I of course as well.  Nathan and Alex were excited to show them all their favorite places, and just spend lots of time playing trains.  Thank you for a wonderful visit, we miss you!

Grammie and Papa arrived late Thursday night, and Nathan was good enough to wake up to greet them :)

The first morning, we went to the Wenham Museum, where they have a large model train exhibit.  Heaven for Nathan!  We grabbed lunch afterwards just down the street in Hamilton at the Weathervane, great seafood for everyone!

Saturday morning was supposed to be hot hot hot, so we packed up early and headed to the beach at Breakheart Reservation.  It ended up being a little cloudy, but nice and breezy on the water.  The boys had a great time splashing around, and Nathan even worked on some swimming.

Sunday was just a quiet day hanging at the house, taking a long walk around the neighborhood and trying out the sprinkler.

For our last day we went to the Museum of Science and geeked out for a few hours.  Before dinner, we showed Grammie and Papa one of our favorite parks in Wakefield, and then walked just down the street to Zuzu's for dinner.  A new favorite for us!

See you October for Balloon Fiesta, Grammie and Papa!!

Sticking my toe back in the water...

It has been over a year since my last post, and I have made a resolution to start posting again, but on a smaller scale!  No more staring down the 126 photos I have to sort through and tell a big story.  I hope to just post cute and fun pictures for Grammie/Mimi/Papas/Aunts/Uncles to get a peek of what the kiddos are up to (and us too of course).

This weekend Michael had to be a superhero and work all weekend, protecting the drinking water for many people!  So the boys and I kept busy, first going to the Boston Children's Museum on Saturday, and then Breakheart Reservation on Sunday.

 Playing in the sand at the museum...

 Alex is happy anywhere he can stand up!

 Rawr!

 Hand stamping (Alex even did a little)

 Chillin' for lunch outside the museum...

 Sunday morning at Breakheart Reservation beach.

 Alex enjoying the picnic

 When Michael got home, we set up the sprinkler, and the boys had a blast in the water!

I love when the weather gets warm, because I can take arts and crafts projects outside and make a big mess.  Nathan had fun making a big painting this morning!

 Then we tuckered him out at the local playground with some friends, and he insisted on sleeping in his old bassinet.  He will always be our baby!