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We had a great time celebrating Halloween this year! Declan’s at an age where we can anticipate and get excited about future events and he was thrilled to receive a cool lion costume from Grandma Chase! Quinn enjoyed her adorable … Continue reading →

We LOVE Cape May in the off-season and took a little visit to see Gemma and Papa down there. We found lots of horseshoe crabs, cool shells, and felt like we had the place all to ourselves. Our own little … Continue reading →

Due to the high amount of spam we’ve been getting posted in the comments section, I’ve turned them off for now. We’re sorry about this as we love getting the comments, but we prefer not to advertise for various “unsavory” … Continue reading →

The kids and I had a great time this week at a playgroup at our friend’s orchard – apple picking complete with hayride! We also got to pick strawberries IN OCTOBER, which was amazing. We tried to save some for … Continue reading →

Today was Declan’s lucky day – his mama scored a sweet little bike for him for $5, complete with training wheels, at a yard sale on our way home from church. Too cute, seeing the little guy riding on a … Continue reading →

So, exactly 12 hours after I wrote the last blog about how Quinn doesn’t exactly “crawl” but she sort of crawls and definitely gets around, well, she started crawling a regular crawl, as in officially alternating arms and legs. And … Continue reading →

Quinn is officially crawling. Well, technically she moves and wiggles around and sort of crawls, but basically she can get anywhere she wants to. Very quickly. So much for the “piles on the floor” organization system Erica had mastered…. : … Continue reading →

Mike and Declan have been working hard on the yard on the side of the house, adding new topsoil and grading it so we can grow grass there. Quinn waved “bye-bye” for the first time this week. We’ve been re-teaching … Continue reading →

Erica and the kids had a nice little visit to Cape May to see Gemma and Papa this week. We took in the sights, including the Cape May Point Light House, the local nature center, some sandy beach time, delicious … Continue reading →

Just came back from our last trip to Whitefield, NH until next summer. Quinn enjoyed her first visit to Polly’s Pancake Parlor, an annual ritual for our family. Declan and his cousin Alex played long and hard each day, they … Continue reading →