Greenberg's spring vacation

Jack, Aidan, Elise, Ali, Austin, Ethan

We are honored that the Greenbergs came to spend part of their spring break with our family. 

Once when we were all going to the pool, the attendant thought all these children were mine:) 

Kat went to the car to grab her drivers license.  Ali Pushed the stroller through the check in point while the boys followed.  I was digging in the diaper bag for sometime and looked up to find the kids on the other side of the fence.  The attendant said, "Miss.,  ALL  (pronouncing every letter)  your children are over there" with his right arm extended towards the pool.  

Why we love the Greenbergs: 

Everyone plays nice

Austin helps me clean the floors every time after snack

Just look at those faces.... angels I tell yah!

These are a few of my favorite memories our time shared 

with friends in the little township of 

Trumbull, CT.  

A house full of happy, 

easy spirited children is the life for me. 

These three dumplings belong to some awesome folks we know. 

On this specific afternoon, the kids made something out of a bunch of nothings. 

 Good ideas spread like wildflowers. 

Grace is quite the artist.  

I would love to spend an afternoon with her and a blank canvas. 

The idea started with Tess.  

Tess took a pass on playing with toys and asked to 

make something from a snack cup.  

What is a day in the life of Tommy without something Super Hero inspired?

A belt from giant lined hand writing practice strips of construction paper turned over.  

Love it!

We've had these materials in the house for a few weeks.  Ethan need the spark of interest from the fun rallies from a groups of friends to inspire his creativity.  I totally get it Ethan.  I get my inspiration from other mommies always.  ( Thanks Michelle) 

Aidan the last to be convinced that

 the play date is really a craft date.  

He jumped right in with a sleeve full of giggles.

And giggles as we all know is the most contagious sound of all.  thunderous giggles roared through the halls walls and in every room  Michelle and I dropped to our knees to pick up the craft scraps.  We do what mommies do best, try to keep order.  And our children were were being children at their best.

Busy baby on the loose.  

I was desperate to pull weeds one day after three days of hard rain. 

 But what would baby do in the meantime?  

She walked around the yard picking the tulips. 

Elise pulled at them with all her might.

 With the soil being loose everything including the bulb came up.  

She threw them to the side and continued.   

Sooo.... out came a few of my favorite 

cork top jars for vases and we played flower shop.   

FUN 

for a few minutes.  

Lucky # 7!

BIG RED 

Aidan Kyle 

turns lucky number SEVEN today.

  How did that happen?

In place of a big kid party. 

 We are granting Aidan SEVEN special wishes. 

 Dream big kid!  

Daddy and I would do anything (except join the Circus) for you.  

Moments of a day

Socks are hard for Elise.  I love her for try.  

Her she lays trying to put on this very sock the entire time it takes me to start breakfast,

 finish packing lunch and and snap this picture.  However long that takes, 

I am grateful for her persistence.

Here's another version of London Bridge.  

This is a favorite moment for sure.  

Oh please anytime I can capture a genuine smile is a topper of the day. 

 but the forced smile forced refuse to say cheese smile is also a favorite because 

that is age appropriate.  Like a time stamp of a childhood.  

Muffins for my muffins

Mail for Ethan

E is for Ethan.  

That much Ethan knows is true.  

Although he can sing the alphabet song, the rest of the letters are slight insignificant to him for now.   Everyday Ethan loves to grab the mail after school.  It's a chore he calls a very important and dangerous job.  Important because there might be something in the mail for him.  Like sticker packets from a sticker club chain letter we sent out.  Gifts from our distant friends and family or a magazine for me which Ethan will say " oh mom you are sooo lucky, another magazine" ( more like advertisement but why burst his bubble).  

Ethan takes great pride of being able to accomplish hard tasks which include dangerous tasks safely.  Danger in getting the mail means he gets to stand tippy toe with both feet on the curb to open the mail box.  I tell him if he steps into the street I'm hiring someone else to get the mail.  We call the street the danger zone.  We never set foot onto the street without a parent, not even if a ball rolls into the street.   Now as Ethan is learning more letters from the alphabet he sorts the mail into piles for K, T, A the other E in our family.  He calls her E L.  With all the new stickers he is getting Ethan has been sharing them with the UPS carriers by rewarding them with a sticker every time they deliver a package.  

I hope this post inspires you to send us more mail of any kind. 

 We love to hear from you! Especially Ethan.