Memorial Day weekend

We went to Geoff's parent's lake house for the long holiday weekend.  It was really lovely and very fun to be able to hang out with everyone.  Nicholas and Sam were actively playing together and Sam picked up a few words from Nicholas along the way :)  Here are a few photos from the lake - Sam played in the sand for a bit, and maybe our next visit we we will all be swimming:

Sand on my hand

Boat going by...

Gisela

Sam's second nanny Gisela went back home to Mexico on 5/23/11.  She took her entrance exam for her new college and will be starting there in a little bit.  We were so incredibly lucky to have Gisela in our family for close to 9 months - she was so wonderful with Sam and we will miss her.  I am glad though we were able to provide a fun intermission while she was in between universities.  There are so many great photos of them together, but her are some favorites:

Washing Dishes - May 18, 2011

Seeing as it has been a month since I last posted, and I do not know how to back-dates posts, I will just leave the title to do the explanation ;)


Besides sweeping, Sam is very curious in washing dishes - we let him have a go of it a few weeks back and he was an instant pro:

The pros don't use hands

Red Sox

We had tickets from my Dad for Saturday and took Sam to his first game - we did not see a lot of baseball played - but did get to see meet up with Gitchel and Scott during the rain delay.  We basically camped out under the stair well in the right field grandstand to stay dry and out of the way of the crowd.

Eating with your comb?

Sam loves to feed himself and is getting better and better at uses utensils.  This is not the best photo in the world - but you need to trust me when I tell you that Sam is eating hummus in his little bowl using his comb.

I thought it was ingenious  - the flat shape enabled him to shovel more hummus in his mouth compared to a little spoon ;)

Morning walk with Sam

So Sam is a huge fan of the outdoors and is getting very good at saying "outside" - he also points at his jackets when he wants to go outside.  We have been logging many hours outside - walking to the park, climbing up neighbors steps, etc.  This morning Sam was up close to 6am and had me outside by 6:38am ;)

April Showers

Sam and I visited Alex, Wes and the whole Houston and Wilson families today for an Easter Egg hunt at their farm.  Because of the weather (it snowed ;) it was an indoor hunt this year.  Sam had a fantastic time watching the kids run around finding eggs and filly their baskets.  He and Wes were adorable together and really playing with each other :)  We got home close to 4pm and Sam was eager to go for a walk - it was misting outside, but clearing up so off we went to the park down the street.