Johnny Explores the Outdoors

Johnny and I were crawling around outside in the grass today. We found leaves, sticks and bark. He discovered that none of these tasted really good. He was so serious.

happy Memorial day at Lake Dunmore

The cottage is open! We treked up to Vermont on Saturday morning. Chris went straight to work with the chain saw and the girls and I cleaned out the bed rooms and made the beds. Bruce and Andrea got a lot done before we got up there, but there was still a lot to do. We did get to relax and have a swim. Most memorial days, it is too cold to swim, but the girls went in a couple of times, and I actually did too. Of course it was a double dog dare from Caroline. The bugs were out, so Johnny spent most of his time indoors or under bug screens outside. He did pretty well though and had a great time. It was great to see and spend some time with Cousin Shelia and Brian. We went out to dinner on Sunday night, at our favorite place, Fire and Ice. ( Thanks B&A) We are looking forward to getting up there again soon.

Water For Elephants

Tonight I had book club here at my house. My choice of books was Water for Elephants -Sara Gruen. I had fun setting the table with a circus theme. Lucky Caroline likes elephants, so I had a few to play around with. Overall, everyone liked the book, so I did okay! Dinner was good too. It was too bad Chris wasn't home. Lucky I have a great babysitter who handled the kids and let me chat with ladies and drink wine!

Happy Birthday Connor

Nephew Connor Wilson turned one!!! 8 weeks ahead of Johnny. They are going to be trouble when they get older.
Look out Mast Way School! We went over for some cake today. Connor proved to be a pretty clean birthday boy, no grabbing the cake and making a mess. Johnny was right there clapping his hands, waiting for his turn to come. He did get to enjoy some cake, and fell asleep on the way home, too much excitement.

Sister Sweetness

What sweet sisters Johnny has. He is very lucky. Hannah was eating yougurt in the sunshine by the door the other day. Johnny came crawling over to get a bite. He was like a baby bird, mouth opening, peeping for a bite. Maybe this should be a Stonyfields Ad! Caroline loves reading books to John and he loves being read too. Hopefully we have another avid reader in the house.

Concert

Hannah and Caroline had their Mast Way concert last week. This time it was on the big stage at the High School. Very cute and a lot of fun.

Happy Mother's day

What a beautiful day for mother's day. Chris's parents, his brother Drew and his big boys came for brunch. Chris and Chris alone prepared a wonderful meal of crab quiche, quiche lorraine, fruit salad and asparagus wraps. We all enjoyed ourselves with champange punch and a gorgeous day. The kids had fun playing on the rocks and we all had fun watching them.
I got my solo walk in the afternoon and the my parents came for dinner. Chris, again, came through with dinner of salmon smoked on a cedar plank with a wonderful bluberry salsa. Notice the grankids with Grandma Andrea? Connor didn't come that day, but through the wonder of photo shop, he appeared!

Scrapping by Debbie

Here are some more published pages by Debbie, featuring the Wilson's!

Scrapping

My Neighbor-friend and Professional Scrapbooker, Debbie, did this one of Caroline. it was published in a recent scrapbook magazine. (Click the photo to see it bigger)

Lydia's Baby Shower

Today Caroline, Hannah my mom and I went to Lydia's Baby shower. I can't believe my baby brother is having a baby. Lydia looks great and the shower was lovely. Lydia's sister, Kinsey, is pregnant too ( due a month before) so they had dueling bellies. I can't wait to unload all of John's stuff onto her! The girls enjoyed wearing their princess gowns-and looked so cute.
She got wonderful gifts and has so many great and loving friends.
The baby is lucky to be born into so much love that they have up there in Portland ME. I know in my past blogging, I declared that I thought it was a girl. Now I am not so sure. I will report back with my next vibe.

Family Wilson

We were all decked out today, thought we'd use it as a photo opt. Not that wild about any of the photos, but you get the idea.

I Scream You Scream, we all scream for ice cream

Chris made a special trip after dinner to buy some ice cream for dessert. It was such a nice night, and the Dairy Bar at UNH had already closed. The girls took their cones out to our natural balance beam-a tree that Chris cut down but has yet to remove.

Hannah and John

Hannah is loving the piano. I am working on finding her a teacher, who would have thought it would be this hard! Johnny wants to get into the action too. If Hannah is playing the one song I taught her, or Caroline is playing the guitar. He is itching to get into the action.

A Sunny Day

I picked up some books at our library book sale. Caroline found her way outside with a new book and settled in to read.

80 degrees in NH-let the Neighborhood Fun begin

First it started right off the bus. Playing in someone's yard. Then they came home to get their bathing suits. Then they moved to someone else's yard. Finally, they made it to our yard, the sprinkler went on and the popsicles came out. Johnny got to hang out and play for a little, and then sat sadly at the door and watched the kids play. Soon enough, Johnny, soon enough.

Baby Mozart

Perhaps Johnny will take after Uncle Jeffy. He loves to bang the piano, and when Caroline takes out her guitar, he beelines over to it and screams until he gets to play.
A rock star in the making.

Look what Johnny can do

Johnny is now officially pulling himself up. He surprised me in his crib the other day. Now here, he is doing it in the pack and play. HE is very proud of himself, however, he has yet to figure out how to get down....so you can figure how that goes.

The girls and daddy

The sisters are best friends today. They hung out in their pj's all morning and watched cartoons.
They haven't done that in a long time. We have been so busy. It's nice to have a day to chill around the house.
They gave daddy a "hand" this morning as well.