First School Play

Yesterday Anna and Max debuted in their first school play. What proud parents we were! They did such a wonderful job and we had a great time. The afternoon started with lunch and all of the children played together jumping on stage and running in circles around the room. I was so fearful that they would spend the entire time clung to us but I couldn't have been more wrong. They clearly love their school and their classmates. We were also blessed to have two sets of Grandparents join us!

The children recited the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear and were both the blue horse. You can mostly just hear the teacher in the video but the children all did a great job.

Where have we been?

I will give an update tomorrow of what has been going on with all of us. But for now, I thought I would share a few pictures. I have many more to share but I need to get off to bed as tomorrow is a big day for us. Tomorrow Anna and Max will be in their first play, Brown Bear, Brown Bear and they will both be the Blue Horse along with one of their classmates, William. I am so excited to attend their play and will of course we taking a ton of pictures along with some video. I will share with you then.

Yes, Chris. Too funny not to watch.

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Olivia "Livi"

I am really sad to sad that Olivia passed away yesterday. We are really heartbroken over this and I just feel so guilty that we she is no longer here. She has Liver Disease and it was too late to save her. Livi, you will be missed.

Our First Hike

This past weekend was perfect for a hike. We knew that we couldn't do too much with Anna and Max so we thought driving up to MT. Greylock would be enough. We would be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery (Legend has it that the beauty of this mountain inspired Herman Melville to write "Moby Dick"). and we wouldn't have two whiney kids. Well, as luck would have it the road to the top is closed until the spring. Now, we just spent an hour driving here, the kids are up from their nap and they want OUT of the car.

So, we went into the visitor building and the kids played in a little area meant for children and then we took a 2 mile loop through the woods. The 16 mile round trip to the top just was not an option for us. Now, Shar (she write a wonderful travel blog about travel with kids) has told me and written on her blog that picking a handicap accessible trail is a good idea and she is correct. We did not have one available to us and luckily the kids walked a good amount of the time, but there were many times that they were carried. Jon was such a good Daddy and even carried the two of them! Anna was so exhausted by the end that she slept in my arms for the last twenty min of the hike. I am impressed I was able to finish with her in my arms.

We had a great day and are looking forward to spending lots of time on nature trails with the kids. It really was fun.

Thank You Cousin Linda

We love these outfits. The kids really enjoyed wearing them the other day. Jon's cousin Linda brought them all the way from Japan. They are beautiful!