Special Visitors

China, Alex and Nola came all the way from San Francisco to visit us this week. Liam and Nola played very well together.


We took that Cali family to the NY state fair. Here they are amoungst the chickens and rabbits.

Nola had her first corn dog. Sorry, no tofu at the fair.

Success! The kids were pooped by 1 pm and Nola was ready for her long car ride.

Thanks for coming guys. It was great to see all of you!!

Finally- to the musuem of play!

We took the trip to Rochester to check out their amazing museum of play. We couldn't have done it with out Sarah- thank you so much for coming with us!

Liam and Chloe were running the place in no time


We went to Elmo's House and Liam spent some time with Mr. Noodle

Chloe played Elmo's piano

while Sarahand I tried to get a picture with Elmo.

Strong cont

Liam stops on Sesame Street to make a phone call

off to Wegmans, of course. Don't they look like pros!

Liam spent some time in the bakery

while Chloe covered the deli

More pictures from Strong

Playing in the weird sandbox

Trying to get tha stuff out from between his toes

Bringing Clifford a bone

and a little oral hygiene practice.

Who needs mom?

Liam has been having lots of fun without me lately


He spent the whole day at the zoo with Susan, Marissa, Katherine, Will and John

Lucky kid had pretzels and ice cream and came home wit lots of goodies from the gift shop.
Thanks for a fun day!!

My new babysitter

Hooray! Now that we moved Marissa can babysit anytime.

First Haircut!

We took a trip to Little Miracles yesterday for a momentous occasion


Liam got his very first haircut while riding in an airplane.

He was not to sure about the whole thing and ripped the cape off almost immediately.

But in the end he got a lollipop and and a big boy cut.

A muddy walk with Maddie

Walking the path at Green Lakes

Resting after our long journey around the lake and through the mud

Thanks for a fun afternoon, Maddie!

Good day to cruise

Our little sailor took to the waters again. He stayed awake the whole time and LOVED it. It was a lot of work for me to keep uo with him so it is a good thing that Chuck can sail the boat solo.


Happy Man

This is fun

We even jumped off the boat for a swim

Playdate with the Gardners

We met the Gardner girls at the yacht club for some morning playtime and lunch while Chuck cleaned and rigged the boat for our afternoon sail.

Here is Anna hiding under some blankets


Liam loved the sand pit

The twins and Anna ran off to wave to all of the boats coming in

Thanks guys! We had a great time!

Blueberry picking!

We had lots of fun picking blueberries with the Stewarts and there were so many!

Here are all of the kids with their buckets before we reached the bushes.

We showed Liam how to find the good tasty ripe ones

and he was picking and eatingin no time

Ahoy there mates!

Liam checks the waters ahead on our travels out to the Stewart cottage.


After a safe arrival, we enjoy a swim in Cayuga Lake.

and visit the Pines for a burger..yummy! Back through the yacht club to the cottage for more fun