Happy Birthday Simon (2 months late)

Auntie Amy gave Simon his birthday present when she saw us in Boston.  Simon ADORED his present and wore it non stop for the week. He also liked the books, but the hat was a huge win.

Guess who got a cool workerman hat from Auntie Amy?

Simon's First Kayak Ride with Papa and Gaga

We are at Gaga and Papa's new house this week. They are right on the Charles River and they are becoming serious kayakers. Simon was so excited to ride on the boat too and on our second morning he got to go out with them. He did great and totally loved it. We will try to do it every morning of our trip. What great fun! 

Get your life preserver on!

Full set of pictures after the jump...

Meeting Gigi and Auntie Sharon

Kids playing around the island

Lillian at the Park on the Slide

She went down a slide for the first time!

Lillian the climber

Lillian is definitely an explorer. She has been able to crawl up on the blue chair for a while, but she recently has got it down pat and can get up onto the chair faster than you'd imagine. She laughs and laughs when you pull her down. She is going to be a climber for sure.

Scooters with Breanne - the Pee Incident

Saturday afternoon Breanne awesomely came by to hang out in the back yard for a bit and then walked to Scooters with us. Since Lillian had been playing in the water she had her swim diaper on - which is less absorbent than a normal diaper. Unfortunately when we popped her in the wrap and headed out no one thought of that. I wore Lillian down to Scooters in the sling and Breanne volunteered to wear her back home. Since Lillian had been playing in the water the sling was bit wet from the trip down. On the way home Alan left us to grab dinner at Whole Foods, so it was just me and Breanne and the two kids. 

We got to the Paulina Brown Line Stop when Breanne started to say something like 'I think she might be peeing' and I looked and saw a stream of liquid coming off the bottom of the sling and Breanne moving her hand out from underneath it.  *sigh* Lillian had peed all over poor Breanne. Luckily we weren't so far from home and Breanne was an amazing sport about the whole thing. I think I will owe her MANY more ice creams before this one will be lived down. 

Note to self: make sure to change out of swim diapers before heading to scooters in the future.