Weekend in Stowe

The kids had a long weekend so we took a road trip up to Stowe, VT to visit my sister in law and her family.  If I wasn't such a beach girl I think I'd move here. We haven't been up there in years...don't ask me why. Vermont is such a beautiful state. Everyone is so healthy. The foliage was a bit off this year..not as vibrant. I guess there wasn't as much rain this summer. It still looked gorgeous to me.

We rode the Alpine slide...so fun!

Will loves his Uncle Ed.

Will takes this pretty seriously.

Ed and Nancy own Stowe Seafood. Lucky for us. Man did we eat well that night.

Lobster, steamers, little necks, shrimp, steak, DUXBURY oysters! and pink champagne...and No Hannah was not drinking it. YUM!!

The next day we hiked.

And the babies rode.

We made it to the top.

 Ed, Nancy, Leila and Millie (the dog)

I have so many more pictures from the weekend...Thanks again Nancy and Ed and Leila!! We can't wait to come back to Stowe!

My Friday

Went to the mailbox today and there was a package. For me. From Jenny . After all my whining and complaining last week about lack of sleep, teething babies, traveling husbands..my sweet bloggie friend Jen sent me the most thoughtful gift and card. Thank you Jenny for thinking of me. I LOVE my anthropologie bowl and my HANDMADE notebook and...hello?? Why aren't you selling these on estsy?? Love it.

It was such a beautiful day here today. The kids had a half day. I just don't get half days. Why bother going at all. Will was home at 10:30. We went for a walk down by the beach.

                                                                      Will rollerbladed

Pizza/movie night and

don't you  just love the bum up in the air? I'm going up to sleep with this sweet thing right now. Happy Weekending!

Griffin goes to Harvard

Every weekend we are in Cambridge. This is Hannah's 2nd year performing in the Nutcracker and her rehearsals are EVERY WEEKEND in Cambridge. I'm not complaining..really. And honestly, her rehearsals could be somewhere much worse right? So, while I wait for her to dance, Griffy and I walk around Harvard square. I swear to you I feel smarter just being there.

Griffin loves walking around here. It's so different from our quiet walks on the beach. It's so alive here! The music, the culture, the people, the beautiful old buildings, the books!

I could spend hours and hours in there.

He was playing this really cool instrument and speaking German to his dog. I wish I had kept up with my German. It's such a hard language.

This is the old church that Hannah's rehearsals are in. Don't you love old churches?

I think he's thinking about going to Harvard someday.

Apples and Bees

The weather finally felt like it was time to go apple picking.

It was a great day..until Griffy got stung by a bee. His first bee sting. Ouch.

Fall Photo Shoot

We have a cranberry bog across the street and right now they're harvesting them. It is so pretty this time of year...(even though it was 80 today..gross.) I took the little boys for a quick photo shoot today after school. (Will had to be bribed with a candy bar)

I just love his curly hair. That didn't come from me. I used to get perms. They never worked and I'd have to go back and have it done again...and then my pillow would stink like perm solution. Does anyone even get perms anymore?

:)

  I'm not one of these mom bloggers who only write about how hunky dory everything is. I'm sure you've figured that out already. I get why some moms only write about the positive stuff in their family lives..who wants to read someone whining and complaining all the time? I wouldn't read me either if that was the deal. But right now, for me..things aren't so hunky dory and I'm needing to vent...and, it's ok to be able to look back someday and think..so it wasn't all pretty sunsets all the time.

Right now I'm lacking a lot of sleep, cranky with my husband who gets to travel and stay in nice hotels and dine in fancy restaraunts while we eat frozen mac and cheese for the 3rd night this week..I'm short with the kids, barely shower, and walk around in Yo-Baby yogurt splattered clothes looking enviously at all the put together moms out there.

I do know that if we were watching the pretty sunsets every night we'd probably get bored..or we'd criticize it somehow, or not pay as much attention to it.

I just think I'm ready to go watch a pretty sunset.

And maybe sleep for 12 hours.

I've been....

...fall decorating...

...lost in some books...

...comforting or trying to comfort a fussy, teething, non-sleeping baby.