Summer 2009

Well I now its been a while since I've updated. We have a lot to share. Mommy and Daddy have been working all summer in the yard and it's really looking good.

In anticipation of Anna's second birthday, Daddy spent about 2 weeks slaving every night putting together a beautiful playscape. Anna is one lucky girl. Daddy even endured a trip to the emergency room and stitches in the building of this mammoth structure!



We joined Sylvie, Jarrod, Deidrea and Sebastian for "sunflowers for wishes." A local farm that makes their own ice cream uses extra acreage to plant sunflowers, then sells them for donations to the Make a Wish Foundation. Unfortunately, the rain kept the sunflowers blooming a bit behind schedule, so we didn't get to take a hayride through the blooming fields, but we did enjoy the yummy ice cream!
http://www.sunflowersforwishes.com/


On Anna's birthday she woke up and ran downstairs to see her pressies. She got a tricycle, a tool box, a stuffed Sid, and her favorite, a trampoline!! Later that day, Sylvie, Jarrod, Deidrea and Sebastian came over for some birthday fun. The kids ran around and had a great time. As the sky grew dark they caught fireflies!!


Anna's newest obsession is dinosaurs. There is a dinosaur park near us where you can walk on a path through the woods and see the dinosaurs hiding in the forest. There is also a great water park there. It was perfect for our recent hot weather.


This past weekend Dadddy was a way at a conference in Aspen :-(
We missed him. We were lucky that Aunt Maryanne, Uncle Scott, and Ryan came to stay with us on their way out to the Hamptons for their vacation. Ryan and Anna had a blast playing together. It's so wonderful that they are so close in age. Ryan and Anna wanted what the other one had at all times, but they shared well and it was really quite amusing. After the kids went to bed, Uncle Scott grilled the adults a lovely lobster and corn dinner, and we enjoyed wine out on the patio to finish the night.