A visit to Plymouth

GoGo just got back from his semester at sea (he goes to Mass Maritime) where they went down to the Panama Canal, and all over the Caribbean and Central America (as well as a bit of South America).  It was also Grammi's birthday!  So of course, that is reason to celebrate.

Grantie loves his GoGo. 

Ice cream, cake, and the birthday girl with her family.  Is there anything better?

Natalie giving Grammi her birthday card.  Only about a week after this, Grammi and Bean went to Florida for their annual 2 month visit.  We miss them already! 

Gymnastics Fun

The kids are still going strong in gymnastics.  Natalie does so well in her independent class, and Grant is in the Tiny Tumblers (mommy and me) class.  He has really come a long way.  Very recently he finally learned how to jump with two feet on the trampoline, and I'm fairly certain he's dead last in his class to do so, even though there are kids much younger than him in his class!  He still doesn't like Mr. Gary, although he will go up to him at the end of class for his hand and foot stamps.  He hasn't done that in the past, so that is progress.  Below you can see him with mommy and Mr. Gary.  He was protesting this, even though you can't really tell from the picture.

Below is Natalie in circle time at the beginning of class.  She looks like a ballarina!

Below, she is doing an assisted back flip over the bar!  Pretty cool, I think she might be ready for crossfit, ha ha!

January artwork fun

In January, we had a little artwork fun.  This picture is so cute of Grant, and the chaos on the table is just perfect.  Trucks, jacks, crayons, clay... so fun!  I literally only took about 5 pictures the entire month of January, so this is all you get!

Supergirl Natalie

It was a tough battle, but Supergirl saved the day against the evil Puff Daddy!

She actually made this costume all by herself.  We helped her with the ideas (or, um... Todd did), but she did all of the coloring and work.  Oh and I cut the red "S" out of construction paper and the eyes out of her mask.  But the rest was all her!  She has a really creative mind for a 4 year old!

Curious Grant getting stuck

I had to snap some pictures of Grant getting stuck under the entertainment center.  It was so darn funny... never mind that he was whining and wanted out when he was under there.

Happy boy.



Wegman's trip

They recently opened up a new Wegman's in Northborough, which is a pretty good drive for just going to a grocery store, but Wegman's is so wonderful that we had to make the trip.  They even sell beer, liquor, unique fruits and vegetables, and grassfed beef!  My favorite that we bought was some rambutan.  I forgot to take a picture, so I stole this one off the internet...

We also bought a cherimoya, which wasn't as tasty as the rambutan.

Natalie wouldn't make a serious face when we were driving them around in the "car" cart.  Looks more like a UPS truck to me, but anyway...  she kept making this face and it was cracking me up!  Please don't ask why my kids are indoors and still wearing coats and hats!  At least Grant is representing with that hat!

Natalie's pre-game Super Bowl interview

In light of a VERY funny set of interviews that the Boston Globe did with kindergarteners regarding the upcoming Patriots-Giants Super Bowl in Indianapolis this Sunday, I decided to conduct an interview of my own with Natalie.  Interestingly, it wasn't nearly as funny as the kindergarteners interview, but only because she actually KNOWS football!  That's my girl....

http://www.boston.com/community/moms/specials/Super_Bowl_through_a_kindergartners_eyes/?p1=Well_Community_bottom_links

There's a video and a slide show... the kid who's thirsty is the best!

Here's how my interview with Natalie went:

Do you know who Tom Brady is?  Yes.
Do you know what he does?  Yes.
Can you tell me what he does?  Um...  He does this:  "GAGA!"
How old is Tom Brady?  100!
Do you know what the Super Bowl is?  It's where you play the Giants!
Do you know where it's being played?  At the Super Bowl!
Who's your favorite Patriots Player?  Tom Brady.
What's his position, do you know? Is he a pitcher, a quarterback, or a point guard?  Quarterback!
Do you know what a touchdown is?  It's when they score!
Do you like the Red Sox better or the Patriots?  The Patriots!
What do football players wear?  Blue and white!

The Amazing Natalie's score prediction:  Tom Brady: 9; Eli Manning 8.  We aren't sure whether that is the score of the game, or just what Tom and Eli will score... stay tuned!

Natalie's January artwork

I think I'm going to start a new feature on this blog called "Natalie's artwork."  Natalie just loves art and doing crafts and projects.  She's actually pretty creative. I think she gets that from daddy, who is actually a pretty good artist, especially when compared to mommy's stick figure art.

This guy above is a pine cone on skis.  See, he has popsicle stick legs, poles made of straws, and you can see all of the shiny snow on the plate.  Isn't this great?

One of my favorite things she does at school is work on her letters, and then draw pictures of things that start with that particular letter.  Great umbrella (she is going through a rainbow phase right now), not so sure what is going on with the unicorn or the good ole' US of A though!  Too cute!

Santa Photo 2011

Merry Christmas from Grant, Santa, and Natalie!

Christmas vacation to Plymouth

OK, it wasn't a huge vacation, just one extra day, but always so much fun!

The kids opened gifts from KK and Grammi and Bean on Christmas night.  As if they didn't get enough!

Grammi and Bean got Natalie a Zhu Zhu pet, which was a big hit.  AND she got a super cool personalized Dora book, which tells of great adventures of Dora and her friends Natalie, Grant, Gaby and Julia!  (Gaby and Julia are her friends from school!)

The day after Christmas, the Fitch's joined us for the big holiday dinner.  Look at GoGo, such a good sport sitting at the kids table!  GoGo left not long after Christmas for his semester at sea with Mass Maritime Academy.  You can follow his voyage here!  http://www.maritime.edu/seaterm/  As of the end of January, they have already been to Costa Rica, Ecuador, and through the Panama Canal! 

If there is music playing, little buddy is dancing.  He always gets the gold star at Maureen's when Sheila comes for singing and dancing time.  He is the FUNNIEST and CUTEST dancer!  Here he is in Grammi and Bean's kitchen, dancing with daddy!