Emily and Simon visiting Gabe and Elisa at Martha's Vineyard

When we were in Boston, Simon and I took a day to travel down to Martha's Vineyard to see Gabe and Elisa and their now huge kids. Lorenzo is 11 (!) and Julian is 6. Simon and I woke at 6 and were on the road in short order. We took the first ferry across to the Vineyard and got picked up by Julian, Gabe and Elisa. Julian is such a joyful, outgoing kid that Simon immediately was hanging out with him like they'd known each other for ages.

First things first, the little boys hunted the yard for bugs while we adults talked. The boys got into the pool and swam a bit, we had an amazing lunch, walked through town and went to the beach. Simon saw moon jelly fish and spent quite a lot of time saving the ones that were washing up on shore. We swam in the salty water (which I made him taste and he was astonished by) and then Gabe went to get the car so we didn't have to walk home. We swam and cleaned up and then Simon and I caught the last ferry back to the mainland.  We had an uneventful ride home and were both tired but happy the next day. 

Simon (5) and Julian (6) caught a slug in the back yard.

First time at the Ocean

Finding Moon Jelly Fish on the beach and throwing them back in the water to save them.

Simon (5) and Lorenzo (11) playing Legos.
Building Lego ships and then sailing them in the back yard pool.

Swimming in the Ocean.

Ferry Ride Home

Playing baseball with Ernie.

CCC: Pictures of Lillian

Lillian had a short week because we left on vacation, but we still got a few pictures!

Yellow Sun

Yoga

Balance/Movement class.

CCC: Pictures of Lillian and Simon

This was Simon's last week at CCC. It was great for Lillian to have him there, but it'll be much better for him to be in Kindergarten with kids his own age. He needs more challenge to his days!

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Hi Alan and Emily, 

We have has such a great two weeks at CCC. We've been so busy enjoying our last few days of water play before the Fall. We have continued to work on our fine motor skills with different activities like playdough and string beads. We are getting so much better with our yoga poses and sometimes do yoga more than once a week! Cooking class has been great as we made sun butter and jelly sandwiches this week and fruit kabobs last week. We also made a turtle for an art project this week using paper plates, glue and green construction paper. We love learning and playing at CCC!

Enjoy!

Children's Creative Center

Grandpa Bart Visit August 13, 2016

Simon and Grandpa Bart went to a baseball game and generally we had a blast. We didn't take many pictures because we were having so much fun!

At Baseball game

Monster Grandpa Bart

Watching Golf (aka nap time)

Simon's Trying the Monkey Bars

I challenged Simon to practice on the monkey bars this fall and try to get across them by Christmas. He took the challenge quite seriously and I think he'll get it much sooner than Christmas if he keeps trying so hard. Here's his attempt at the end of the first day trying.

Blueberry picking

We went blueberry picking at Stateline Blueberries this weekend. It was a long drive there (1.5hrs), but a really fun time. We got to run and play and picnic there. We didn't feel like we picked many berries (about 4.5 pounds) at the place, but there were a LOT of berries when we got home. Blueberry pancakes on Sunday!