Yes, Yes, Yes, and uh... No

Yes... this is my child.







Yes... he is in his Undies.







Yes... he is wearing ear muffs... in May!







No... I have no earthly idea what he is doing... nor why?!?! But good Lord does he crack me up!


Hope your enjoying your Sunday.

Upgrade

Gavin has outgrown his bike so it was time to get a new one. I think we have been to every type of store across this state... even venturing into Mass. We finally found one we all liked... too bad the Batman bike was sold (can you see the REALLY big smile on my face?).

Sorry... no Giants bikes available. 1st... we are in Patriots' Territory. 2nd... Peter is just a "little bit" of a Patriots fan.

Helping daddy put it together...



Trying so hard not to touch the tools...




Ta-daaaa!

Visit from...

...the Tooth Fairy!

OK... so as you know Connor lost his first tooth... and of course, I wasn't ready for it! You see, about 6 months ago I saw this "Tooth Fairy kit" online. It had a little pouch for the tooth and an "official certificate" notifying all who read which tooth he lost, etc. It is VERY cute... so I was going to get it... but thought I had plenty of time, wrong! By the time his tooth had actually come out, the kit had not yet arrived (By the way... as I type this now still no kit!) I did try to talk him into waiting for the "paperwork" from the tooth fairy to arrive before we put it under his pillow (I know I am crazy... NO JUDGING please). I even went as far as to try and bribe my 5 year old with a.... wait... here it comes... a "Lost My 1st Tooth Party!" complete with Carvel Ice Cream Cake! Didn't work... he then wanted the tooth fairy to visit that night... AND have the party the next night! I really thought it would be cute to use this kit... BUT he was so excited for his tooth to come out and have the Tooth Fairy visit we gave into the wishes of my precious 5yr Old!

He was so excited and I was just praying he would actually go to sleep that night! We had a BBQ for Memorial Day and yes... we gave them Ice Cream! Yep... another reason I wanted to wait but lucky this tooth fairy had backup as Connor did fall asleep first. Gavin you ask? That's a tale for another time... let's just say... not so much.

So off we went to go put it under his pillow and when I handed him a little bag he was very confused? Why do I need this?



Um... because your tooth is so small and we want the Tooth Fairy to be able to find it under your pillow.



So under the pillow it went (yes he is sleeping at the wrong end of the bed... don't ask).







We hadn't even left the room and he was already touching the bag! See... you all thought I was being silly didn't ya!



So lucky for us my son LOVES Shiny New Coins. He was very concerned that the tooth fairy not bring him "fake" money. What is that you ask? Oh that would be paper money... yep... he thinks it's fake... love it! So we got off cheap this time... have a feeling we may pay with Gavin!

So the next day he came running in to show us! Sorry no pics of this event... WAY too early in the AM for that. But he did want to buy something with his money. He wanted a Star Wars figure?!?! What!?!? Star Wars... my baby is too little for that... isn't he??? So after school Peter took him to pick out a Star Wars guy and he even wanted to get one for his brother... aw! So he did and surprised Gavin.



So that night we did have a "Lost My 1st Tooth Party"... see mom learned that from you! We have party for anything in my family. Connor was able to choose anything he wanted for dinner and desert. His choice was Dogs and Burgers and of course Ice Cream Cake! Works for me... that was easy!







Yep... think Gavin may have liked the cake... not sure?



So kids don't forget to take care of your teeth... or else....



Love to all!

My Big Boy...

Yep... I can't believe it! Connor lost his first tooth today! He is so so excited! Me? I want to be excited... and I am really am... especially in front of him! BUT my goodness... he is getting to be such a big boy!

So we will of course not only celebrate Memorial Day today... but this big milestone as well!

Memorial day weekend...

Yesterday didn't look too promising up here. It was raining in the morning and as we were watching the weather channel the news anchor happened to be reporting from none other than Ocean City, NJ were it was absolutley beautiful out! We were bummed.

So our orginal plans were put on hold and we decided to venture out close to home in case we got caught in a thunderstorm. We were lucky the day turned out to be a beauty!

We took a pit stop on our way to our location and Peter took the boys out on a boat ride around this lake at the park.



Notice the Swann Boat was just "slightly" listing to Peter's side...







The boys at the bridge that goes over the lake...



Then we were off to the zoo!





The maps maybe not the best idea since they were checking and showing us "where we were" every 2 seconds and walking into everybody at the Zoo! So mommy's brilliant idea went into our pockets!



OK... so I thought this John Deere tractor was an exibit... it wasn't until after the kids were pushing the buttons, turning the wheel that I saw the "huge" white sign that said "please fill up with gas every Tuesday" oh crap... get off kids and run!




Best Buds...



All Gavin wanted to see were the Camels and was very upset when he found out that he couldn't ride them... Aunt Kerri I see a Zoo visit in your future (there's a zoo about an hour from us where you can RIDE the camels... and an elephant). lol







Oh how I miss the carriage...



2 tired pups... they walked alot!



They perked up when they heard it was time to go get some Ice cream... well that was 'til they ate it all.



For dinner we decided to go to the local "Clam Shack"



and Peter was thrilled!



The boys were a little slappy happy and were dancing around to Buffett pretty much the whole time... to all the patron's amusement. We shuold have brought a "tip bucket".



The food is "SO" good here...

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And so is the view... how can you beat this view while eating some great seafood!



Hope your all enjoying your Memorial day weekend no matter what you are doing!

Zippity doo dah...

Zippity Ah..

ahoy there Maties...


I will defend ya..




my, oh my, what a wonderful day...