Spring in Boston

May and October are my favorite months of the year up here. Despite the insane amount of snow the yard is looking pretty good. 

What a difference a few months makes. 

Happy Mothers Day

We had a nice quiet Mother's Day Weekend. If you ask Darcy the highlight was a 3 three hour shopping excursion to the mall - by herself.

Here are some pictures of how we spent our weekend.

Emmy's new favorite thing is either sitting on top of or in this bucket. 

Ellie with friends at a Birthday Party 

Ellie collecting a bouquet of dandelions for Mom. 

I followed the girls around all weekend and these were the only two pictures I could get with all three of them.

Run Ellie Run

The 27th annual James Joyce 10K Ramble took place in Dedham this weekend. Since none of us can run 10K we opted for the accompanying 1 mile family fun run and the children's 50 yard dash. 

Ellie with her friend Riley. 

 Pre-race warm-ups: 

Family Fun Run: 

50 Yard Dash: 
For her age group (girls 4 and under) Ellie won! There was a guy next to me who captured the whole thing on video. He was so impressed he turned to me and asked for my email so that he could send it to me as a keepsake. The video is pretty awesome but to large a file to post here. 

Anyhow, here are the still shots. There were actually more runners than it appears below (many were out of the frame of my images).

We were so proud of her! 

Here are a couple keepers of Emmy from the weekend. She can now say "apple", "hello", "bye bye", "Ellie", "Emmy". 

Flying Solo

Darcy up and left me Thursday morning to spend a few relaxing days in San Diego with Jody, Amy and friends. Now she is off to Austin TX for a conference. 

The girls have been keeping me busy but we survived the weekend. 

We kicked it off by hitting up IHOP for dinner Friday where Emmy ate her weight in pancakes. Saturday I took them to Bass Pro Shop and Sunday to Wards Berry Farm ( a local farm / petting zoo). Just have to make it a few more days...

With all the stuffed animals and the giant fish tank, I refer to the Bass Pro Shop as a poor man's zoo. The kids love it, plus there is a nature walk around a cranberry bog out back. 

Sunday we spent the morning visiting a local Farm. Ellie loves the playground, Emmy was nervous around the sheep and goats. 

Finally, Ellie has mastered the horse swings. 

Happy Easter

Happy Easter (and Passover) everyone. 

The girls had two Easter egg hunts this weekend. The first, with her school friends at the park up the road on Saturday. It was very cold and windy.  The second, here at home on Sunday. 

(Ellie is on the far left)

At home on Sunday. 

Emmy was more interested in hunting Hobbes than the eggs. Ellie received some nail polish. Darcy painted her finger nails for the first time this weekend, she was thrilled. 

Emmy is a crazy shopper, stay out of her way!

Mmmmm Spaghetti. 

Oh, in case you our curious here are some pictures of the remaining snow piles. Almost there......