Happy Father's Day Don

You are a wonderful dad and these two kids could not love you more.
We are so grateful for the love you bring to our lives and excited to wish you a Happy Father's Day.

xoxo

oldies

one of my old favorites-

amazing how her personality was so much the same then, but how different she is in so many ways.

Tonight i told her a story before bed. And as i was making it up she kept interrupting to add her own imaginary details and we had fun making it up as we went along. Then just before we were done she said " No mommy, tell me a true story" "this one is exciting but its not real".

Are you kidding me?!

amazing to watch a little mind grow. what a priviledge.

june videos so far

curls


situps and tickles

twins

its june. u need pics, i know

2 sleepy children today

landscapers

we had our backyard regraded, some trees trimmed, the flower beds cleaned and mulched and a few hedges ripped out.
im ready to plant tomatoes and basil and get cookin.
here is a before and after.- you can actually see our windows on the second floor now.
and the weed that i was telling everyone was a sunflower garden was finally chopped!

in memoriam...

right outside of the little b's bedroom window, in the holly tree was a sweet little nest with 3 eggs
the gardeners made sure to preserve but not touch it
and just pruned around it. (incidentally there's a robins nest in the backyard too but i digress...)
Later in the day, the eggs were gone.
and we know it was either the local hawk or the pesty bluejay and its all our fault for exposing the nest. we are sorry birds!

nerds

don loves his new rock band shirt- thank you fidotta's!!

pics with fam this week

We had a rough week emotionally, but were so happy to get to spend some qt with our family

love myself!

ignore the mirrors that have so desperately needed to be cleaned since bennett was born!

Silly Dennis

There was a beautiful gathering of Dennis Rodetis' friends and loved ones this week. Many people shared stories of good times they had with him. And the recurring theme was that Dennis loved life. Did not take a day for granted and was just so easy-going. He was happy 99% of the time and did not ask for material things, but just the simple sunrise and sunset over a northport beach. Many of us discussed putting together a fundraiser in Dennis' name and contributing it toward a scholarship in Northport. He was a big Northport guy and you cant walk down Main Street without bumping into at least 10 people who knew him.
Here we are celebrating Christmas a year and a half ago. He took good care of my mom for 14 years and was always generous and caring to me as well. I will remember him fondly. You see him here healthy and in good spirits, how we plan to remember him.

bathing beauties

im not sure which child adores the other more.

Smithsonian zoo

we loved seeing the anteater, seal lions, lions, prairie dogs and turtles at the zoo last week with our friends the Wongs.




and then just relaxing at home after a very full day in DC traffic.

dont watch these if babies bore you

2 clips of the Little Bear cooing. simple as that

may pics

madeline and i had a face paint party in her room this week.



then she decided she wanted to nurse her baby


Bennett is just hanging out. he is up to 12.5 lbs at is 9 week and dr says he keeps mistaking him for a 4 month old the way he sits up and looks around, laughs and babbles. He is getting over his shots from yesterday but in much better spirits. they knocked him out yesterday.


rachael is going to kill me for posting this but it was too funny since its so out of character for these 3 stooges. Madeline, Benjamin and Eliana waiting to make pizzas at the mommy and me event last week.

"Im in love with a wonderful guy"

ah

thats the end of a good weekend

Granny's day

We went to florida for mother's day weekend and got to spend a little time with Granny Dorothy and Papa Ric.
Its always great to see my dad and catch up on all the news in Bob Dylan's life and the world of Reggae LOL
dad- we loved spending time with you both and hope you make it up here where its green real soon!

Granny got out of the house for a beachside brunch with us and despite the fact that nothing on the menu was dairy free for madeline, the meal was awesome. LOL granny wore a wool sweater and blazer- dad said she looked like a real estate agent all of a sudden- we were all in shorts and t shirts ;)


Here are some pics
Ignore how beastly i look please- since these pics were taken after we got off the plane and out of the car from our journey ;)




Then i got to take Madeline out for italian ice and the boys stayed at the hotel. It was a great mother's day treat.

springtime fun

madeline playing with her buddy Isaac in our yard today.
Lucky us, Isaac's mom is expecting a baby girl in 2 months.
a great match ;)


And Bennett cooing with madeline

shiny happy baby