Canobie Lake

Dance Party In Jack's Room

Catch Up....

The kids have been settling in at the new house. The highlight of the backyard is the hammock!  LOL  They love being on it all together.

Molly has been constantly kartwheeling throughout the house, on the beach, in stores, etc...  Here she tries to master a handstand and got it within minutes!

Clearly gymnastics is her thing!

In the spirit of the Olympics, we discovered our deck has a built in balance beam.  Here is Shawn waving to the judges that he is ready........

......running down the beam.....

.....jumping to the big finish!  I love how Matthew cheers him on in the background for effect!  (Very funny video of Shawn doing this routine at the end of this blog.  Check it out if it works for you.  He is so serious.)

We've also been back at the yacht club, now that the big move is over.  We caught up with Michelle and Charlie who have also had a busy summer.

Love this picture of the girls.

Jack and Matthew had a blast at this year's Pirate Day, since they were old enough to be the pirates.

Chris and I went on a dinner cruise for our anniversary.  The night was magical and the weather couldn't have been better.

Beautiful!  We can't believe it has been 13 years already!!

Mudflat Mania!!!

We traveled to Brewster's Natual History Museum today to participate in Mudflat Mania.  You basically explore the shore after the tide has gone out to discover the creatures who are left behind.  The kids loved it!  First we walked along a very long marshy and wooded trail.

 At low tide the water is almost a mile away from shore. 

 Shawn was the king of hermit crabs.  He found them all over the place and before we knew it, his bucket was full of them!

 This was after only a few minutes, by the end of the adventure he had so many.

We found very big crabs too!  Molly and I were afraid of these ones.

 Matthew learned how to spot a moon snail and then taught the rest of us.

 (something happened to my camera here........it is all blurry)

 Molly thought they tickled as they slithered across her hand.

 On our way back, the kids were drawn to the mud.

It was a great way to spend a day.

Molly got her hair cut!

The Slow Fredo's Visit

We were so happy to see our slow cousins and decided to venture out on Sandy Neck for a while.

 The kids had so much fun together!

 Maddie had an exciting day.........she lost a tooth............well, she actually pulled it out herself!

 She also held a "moonie" jellyfish for the first time.

 My boys

 Uncle Scot got his nap in.

 They were in the water all day.  Good thing because it was sooooo hot!

 The boys found a dead sea skate.

 Lots of skimboarding action.

 Shawn of course had to try it.  (I love how he insisted on wearing his bubble.)

Maybe we can do it again with Uncle Scot's RV!!!