Family Time

Michael has been working A LOT lately. Although we don't get to see him as much as we would like during the week, he always makes it up to us on the weekends. The past few weekends have been pretty quiet in terms of plans which lets us "wing it" and do what we feel like as the day approaches.

Here are some fun things we did:

1) We celebrated St. Patrick's Day with corned beef and cabbage---made by me! I also made the famous McDonagh irish soda bread, too! (Mikey and I also ventured into Boston and took a peak at one of Daddy's new offices!);

Enjoying his grilled cheese and green milk

2) HOCKEY games! We spent 2 weekends in a row rooting for the BC Men's Hockey team as they played in the Hockey East tournament at the TD Garden and then in the NCAA Regional Championship game in Worcester. We witnessed two wins and our streak continues! As much as Mikey loves hockey, I think he loves the Eagle mascot more. Every time we talk about a hockey game Mikey tells us he wants to "high five the Eagle";

Mikey with cousin Emily and her roommate Katie

Mikey and Drew

3) We had a glimpse of summer for one week in March and tried to take advantage of the terrific weather while we could. This included taking a drive down to Foxboro and walking around Patriot Place. Not only is this the home of the Patriots football team (and New England Revolution soccer team) but also has lots of shops and restaurants. Outside the stadium there are patches of grass where Mikey loved to run around and play with the other kids. We ate at "Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill" for some yummy southern food! Mmmmmm!



4) Playing! Mikey finally finished opening all of his birthday presents! I have never seen a child get SO EXCITED over every present and wanting to play with it immediately. Since he wanted to enjoy each present, we didn't feel the need to rush through and open everything at once. We spaced it out and so the birthday celebration continued! He has been fascinated by his Cars figures, dinosaurs, new train set, "jeeps", "digger truck", games and books! He is truly enjoying each and every gift. And it is also fun for Mommy and Daddy to participate in the fun, too!

To Michael: Thank you so much for working so hard for us! We love you MUCHO!