Day 2: Fun at the Zoo

Thanks to our friends Leah and Ruby (and Kieran), we had a wonderful day out at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston! I think I will let the pictures explain it all......

Daddy Goes to Texas: Day 1

Daddy has been EXTREMELY busy fulfilling his CEO duties of the "New Dental Group" (name yet to be established). His recent project is working on building out the five dental offices and he is quickly finding out how expensive this can get. He found a 4 day conference in San Antonio, Texas that deals with this exact issue---and how to do it for less.

Daddy left for Texas at 12:15 pm on Wednesday. By 4:45 Mikey was already given his first "time out" EVER (for throwing), Mommy was bleeding (Mikey pulled the "cage" down and it fell along the back of my leg/heel) and tornado warnings were all over the news (3 actually hit about 30 miles from here). Great timing, Michael.

Mikey and I stuck it out together (eating dinner helped) and then snuggled on the couch during the biggest thunderstorm of both of our lives. Intense rain, wind, thunder and lightening fell upon us for about 30 minutes while we tried to distract ourselves by watching the Bruins play in the Stanley Cup finals.

The amount of devastation that occurred in the Western and Central parts of Massachusetts is a lot greater than my struggles with an active two-year-old and our hearts really go out to the families affected.

Here's to hoping Thursday is a brighter day for all of us.....

Memorial Day weekend

We were able to squeeze in a long weekend with Mimi, Grandpa and Uncle Timmy up in New York this weekend since Daddy also had a conference to attend. We were able to spend Wednesday night though Sunday up in Queensbury. The weather was beautiful and we had a lot of fun!























On Monday, we spent the day exploring the North Shore looking at homes, finding a great beach spot (thanks, Leah!) and finishing up at the Lobster Pool in Rockport. It was a fun family day!

"Hurry, Hurry Drive the Firetruck"

While waiting to meet up with friends in Boston on Saturday afternoon, we walked Mikey over to the nearby fire station. This fire station is the oldest running commission fire station in the United States. A friendly fireman, Sean, greeted us as we approached the fire truck. Mikey immediately went to him as he received a full tour of the truck, equipment, and even the sliding pole! Mikey was in awe.....just taking everything in around him. He kept saying "deet" ("light") and pointing to the trucks. When Mikey sat in the truck, Sean had turned the lights of the truck on. That was by far the highlight of the visit for Mikey!

Thanks, Sean! We will be back to visit again soon!

Happy Mother's Day

Mothers hold their children's hands only for a short while,
but their hearts forever.
--Author Unknown

I had a wonderful Mother's Day with my family! After watching the Celtics "beat the Heat" on Saturday night, Sunday morning we had a nice breakfast and relaxed.

After naptime we walked around Boston for the day. We started with riding the Swan boats in the Public Garden (the first time for all three of us!) and admiring the beautiful tulips and trees in bloom. We finished up in the North End for a delicious Italian feast.







Thank you for a very special weekend, Michael and Mikey! I love you MUCHO! xo

To My Dear Mikey--I really love the colorful tulips you got me (orange, purple and pink!) as well as the coaster you painted. I am so happy and proud to be your Mommy! I LOVE YOU!

Ask and you shall receive......

At the beginning of May when the Boston Celtics/Miami Heat playoff schedule was announced I noticed that Game 3 was going to be played on a Saturday night here in Boston. I mentioned to Mike that we should go. Neither one of us had been to a Celtics game.



I asked and my husband delivered.



Mike got us tickets.....IN A SUITE!










We had a great time AND the Celtics won! We were so excited to see so many future Basketball Hall of Fame members on the same court---Pierce, KG, "Ray-Ray" Allen, Shaq, Rondo (especially after playing with one arm in the second half! A-MAZING!), LeBron James and Dwayne Wade.

And that was the just the start of my Mother's Day celebration......

Easter Fun

Before our trip to Florida we celebrated Easter with Auntie and Uncle Scott in Manalapan. Here's Mikey, his BFF Scott and a "bunny" cake.


On Easter Sunday we were lucky enough to spend the holiday with Grandma and Grandpa Ecker, Mimi and Grandpa Scialabba, and Uncle Mark! Mikey spent the morning opening his Easter basket, hunting for eggs and then we headed over to the Boston College Club for brunch.

I can't believe this is Mikey's THIRD Easter basket!


The Easter Bunny must have known that April was Occupational Therapy Month! All of Mikey's treats were fine motor oriented----"truck" utensils, books, and a peg and pegboard set!!






And he also met the Easter Bunny!





What a fun Easter!

Boy was our little boy tired......instead of going to bed, he chose to sleep like this:


Love him.