aidan: "mom, christmas day is jesus' birthday."me: "sure is! do you know where he was born? i'll give you a hint...it starts with a b."aidan: "boston."{1st row: dim sum on day 1, boston as we drove in}{2nd row: snowy chinatown, boston common}{3rd row: the view of downtown boston from our hotel room, dim sum on day 2}{4th row: malia & aidan with their new bogs boots, a random chinatown pic}with an impending blizzard creeping up the east coast, we decided to go full-speed with our post-christmas vacation plans and visit my sister who lives in boston, massachusetts. originally, we were going to leave on sunday, december 26th, but after hearing that boston was expecting up to two feet of snow we decided to get on the road. the kids & i packed up and loaded up my parents' van. … [Read more...]
the newest member of the family.
My sister & brother-in-law {who just celebrated their first wedding anniversary yesterday} are the proud new parents of:Bruin the NewfoundlandBruin the Newfie joins big sister, Moxie the Bernese Mountain Dog. From what I've heard, Moxie is a bit apprehensive around Bruin. I've also heard that Bruin is quite the little beast...he's 17 pounds and only nine weeks old. I cannot wait to meet the lil' guy! … [Read more...]
Sissy’s where?!
My son had a pretty interesting conversation with my mother last week. Lately, he's been very curious about when he and his sister were babies and also when I was a baby...basically, he's infatuated with the fact that everyone around him (who is older than him) was his age at one point.The conversation was initiated by my son who asked my mother where he was when I was a little girl. To be more specific, he asked if he was in my tummy when I was a little girl. Not wanting to get into uncharted territory with a 5 year old, my mom simply replied, "No.""Well, was sissy in mommy's tummy?""No.""What about daddy's tummy? Was sissy in daddy's tummy then?"Again, my mother replied, "No."What was my son's response?"Well, I think daddy has a sissy in his tummy. He's got a big tummy, you … [Read more...]
