Callie's Christmas Concert.
One of our Christmas Eve traditions is to go ice skating. Luke has only been a couple of times, but is getting to be a good skater. Callie and Ruth are both very good skaters. Jason just can't figure it out. It is fortunate that both he and Luke stayed upright long enough to get their photo taken together.
We went Christmas tree shopping at our favorite store, Stew Leonard's. Jason grew a mustache for the occasion. Fortunately he got rid of it later in the day. Thanksgiving
We decided to spend this Thanksgiving in New York City. We have always wanted to go down and see the Macy's Parade. It was a great (albeit once in a lifetime) event. We rode the train into the city Wednesday night and checked into our hotel in Times Square. We then decided to go to the balloon inflation party near the Museum of Natural History. The crowds were tremendous. We were able to get through to see a few of the balloons being inflated which was a lot of fun.
Our plan was to get up at 6:30am to get a spot for the parade (which started at 10am). Luckily, everyone was a awake and ready to go by 5:00am so we decided to head down and be the first crazy family out. Surprisingly we were not the first family on the streets. We were, however, able to get a spot right against the barriers. By our planned starting time of 6:30 the streets were already lined at least 10 people deep and there were not spots available anywhere near us. It was crazy. We sat on the sidewalk for 5 hours waiting for the parade. It was worth every minute. The parade was fantastic and being in the front row was incredible.
After the parade we had turkey dinner at a nice restaurant and then went ice skating in Central Park.
It was a great day!
(Callie waiting for the parade at 5:00am)MILEY CYRUS
Callie, Ruth, and Callie's best friend got to go to the Miley Cyrus concert. They had a blast.
This is Luke in his natural habitat...the Boston Children's Museum.
These are pictures of the Pet Parade at Morley Elementary school. Last year Vivian won "Cutest Pet" she was significantly downgraded this year to "Shortest Tail". It was a significant fall in the standings, but she was just happy to get a treat.
Papa and Susan came and spent a whole week with us. We had a great time. Thanks for coming. We can't wait for your next visit.
Luke bought a goldfish with his birthday money. Her name is GOFIE. As of this update Gofie is still alive and well.
During the summer the family made a trip to Rhode Island. The kids played on the beach all day. It was a foggy day, but it was still hot. We had a great time.
One of our many train trips to NYC this summer.
