Slacker

Sorry, I've been slacking... some recent pics and a video for your viewing pleasure. 

 Visit to Nana's (two weekends ago)

 airplane ride!

morning run

 new toys from Auntie Andrea

ready for Auntie Kathleen's birthday cake
Yes, she's wearing a bathing suit. It was a gift from Andrea & Chris and she didn't want to take it off!

 monkey bars at the neighborhood "p.g."

the largest hunk of filet mignon I've ever seen
at Spark's Steak House in NYC last Friday night for work

 Saturday afternoon Red Sox game at Fenway

Sarah and I had really good bleacher seats with friendly and very fun neighbors all around!

 Sunday morning

 ok, late morning ....? 

 Sunday afternoon pool time with cousin Guy
They crack each other up!

 Swinging with Granna

 Swimming with Uncle Scott

June 10 Gram Furze turned 86! Here she is looking through some new pictures of her great-grandchildren, Jill and Guy.

And here's Jill, lining up toys for Gram's cat, Sophie.

Girls' Night

While Tony was out to dinner with a work vendor and enjoying the Red Sox game from this incredible view last night, Jill and I had ourselves a little girls' night.  It started with a stop at the playground which ended 45 minutes later with Jill on the ground crying.  She didn't want to leave.  I'm fairly certain I hinted the promise of soft serve ice cream if she would let me carry her to the car instead of flailing her arms and legs.  And then I drove straight past Harry's.  Bad Mommy.  Oh well, she seemed to forget.  Until 100 yards down the road when she started yelling, "ice ceam! ice ceam!!"  The ice cream store is closed for some reason and you can have a brownie after dinner, I told her.  Manipulative?  Maybe.

 

Jill insisting on wearing her "pincess" jammies from Nana for a second night in a row.  FYI Jill, it's a mermaid but whatever.  She also asked for her blue fur clip as soon as she got out of the tub, meaning she was still naked but wanted the accessories!

Bedtime has been painful for the last few weeks.  We're thrilled if Jill is asleep by 8:30 and that's not saying much.  Last night she handed me Go the F to Sleep and said, "Baby not sleeping."  Yeah?  No kidding.  Have you tried reading this book and replacing all of the bad words?  It's funny.

Sending Dad a kiss goodnight with the iPad

Busy Sunday!

Sunday morning we had a nice boat ride back to Dighton only to head out again in the afternoon with Heidi, Ela and Ethan. Above is Battleship Cove (the ship's name is Massachusetts) in Fall River. As history has it, "Big Mamie" fired the last 16 inch shell in World War II (thank you for that fun fact, John). Big Mamie is the state's memorial to those who lost their lives in WWII.  Fitting for Memorial Day Weekend.

 the girls

 the little girls: Sophia, Jill and Lily

Sunday afternoon cookout at Scott and Jess's house

Sophia playing in the sandbox

 water play with Granna

 loving the watermelon

Jill didn't want to put on a shirt so we pulled up her skirt and made it a "Meg" hippie shirt.

 Jill wanted to be Cadence's sidekick.

 helping Dave and Cadence with the wagon ride

 trying very hard to blow out that flame

 story time with Tyla

 and out came the Tickle Monster!!!!

 listening for the glow worm underground

Jen brought glow-in-the-dark bracelets and necklaces. Jill was thrilled!

Maiden Voyage

Saturday afternoon we left Jill with my Mom and met Sarah at the boatyard for our first overnight trip on the boat.

We rafted up with 4 other boats from Mel and Brian's marina. Great pic, Brian!

Here's Tony getting creative with the new camera lens.

a nice evening

Cheers!

Saturday night lights

Forecast: Possible Showers

I look forward to rainy days during the work week.
Jill gets to wear this adorable coat!

Cole & Jill

Captain Cole and his First Mate on Mother's Day weekend

 He'll be bigger than her in no time!

I forgot to mention in the Mother's Day post that while Jill was supposedly napping on Diversion (Mel and Brian's boat), she was actually drawing all over her lower half, including the bottom of her feet.  She looked like the drunk kid in college that passed out early and got the permanent marker treatment!

Conquering the World

I hope that Jill can continue to carry such confidence. Man, this kid is going to conquer the world!!