Mama in New England

This is us, as I navigate motherhood and enjoy the amazing adventure.

We are a family of four, a cat and a dog, living outside Boston, Massachusetts. I started this blog as a way to update friends and family who are afar, but it seems to have become somewhat therapeutic & helps me laugh when I need to.

Monday, October 14, 2019

Apple Picking

Even though a certain nine year old was convinced he wouldn't enjoy it and refused to go, I did see a couple of smiles. We lucked out and the weather was perfect. Sam also commented, "see mom, I told you we should have just gone to the grocery store," when I told Vivian that $18 was too much to spend on a medium size bag of apples. There was a good variety available though, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Fuji, Macintosh, and a few more.







Sunday, September 1, 2019

Princesses

Lanie and Vivian were dressing up to play princess and Lanie changed into her dress.
"Oh!" she said, "I have a wedgie! Well, that's so silly. Princesses don't get wedgies!"

All the etiquette.


Chocolaty Face

After enjoying a little ice-cream dessert, Lanie said to me, "look, Mom! No mess!"
"Really?" I replied, "have you seen your face?"
"No," said Lanie, "my eyes is not closer to my nose to see it."

Point taken.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Lanie and Joe

This is what happens after an overnight and day trip with the kids.


Joe and Lanie resting.

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Lanie's Bed and Chocolate Inquiry

I found some brown marks on Lanie's bed and thought the worst, but then I located a mini Kit Kat wrapper on her bedside table. She felt no guilt.


Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Three Year Old Fashion

I love two and three year old fashion. It's seriously my favorite. No cares about what anyone thinks and they can pretty much pull off any look.

Here's Lanie the past few days.


With the pose.

And Vivian at age 2 with the fashion.

On the Dresser

I came into Vivian's room and asked another stupid question.
"What are you doing?"
"Sitting on my dresser."
Because I apparently will never learn.


Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Fridge Problems

Every evening the floor under the fridge was wet, so Chris finally called the repairman.



I mean, it's nice that it's an easy fix.