Toddler Brain

Artist Melissa Balmain's interpretation of a toddler's brain.  A co-worker passed this on today, made me laugh!  Sam needs a vehicle area though, maybe replacing the Muppet section.

Little People and Big Places

At the end of my school vacation week, we went to Southampton, NY to see Chris's uncle and his partner and other family friends.  The trip is about 5 hours, the drive broken up by a ferry ride from New London, Connecticut across Long Island Sound.  It's a lot of car time, but Sam loves the ferry ride (they build submarines in New London, so there is lots of equipment visible for that enterprise), and the home in Southampton is full of places to explore and run around in.  The garden never ends and the neighbor has a chicken "coop" the size of our apartment.  There were two little girls there also this trip, who Sam adores.  He wore himself out playing with them.  They spent a good half hour running around trailing Bali banner that were trying to be hung for a party.



And on the way home, we got a push from a tugboat!

One Sticky Visit

 Photos from recent visit with high school friends and their kids.  The one Patriot's Day that was about 90 degrees.  Not that I should complain, as the Boston Marathon runners were the ones who really suffered.  The kids were melting though and really weren't into posing for us.

It's My Birthday & My Cake!

Sam LOVED his birthday cake- more the singing of "Happy Birthday" (which we sang three times).  One of Chris's employees surprised us with this elaborate Thomas the Tank Engine homemade cake, so we made it the theme of the party.  He was a happy guy (with blue lips).