Author Archives: erica

We had a good visit at the FASNY Museum of Firefighting last week, and the kids got to play “fire brigade” and to dress up with some gear. Quinn especially enjoyed the stairs between floors, and as you see below, … Continue reading →

It’s getting warmer outside, and we’ve been able to spend so much time on our playset this week! We’ve also been out and about visiting with lots of friends and family. Sap season is over, and Mike pulled our spiles … Continue reading →

We had such a fun, full week that I’ll break it up as I review each pic. Enjoy! I moved a couple of ride-on toys in front of the tv so Quinn couldn’t stand in front of the screen and … Continue reading →

We made syrup!!! Last weekend, I ended up boiling it too long (I was waiting for it to become the consistency of, well, syrup!) and it hardened in the bottle. Mike reheated it and added a little more sap and … Continue reading →

….for sap, that is! We are boiling the sap outside as I write this on Sunday night. We’ve all tasted a tiny bit and it’s starting to TURN INTO SYRUP! YIPPEE!! I can’t believe it. But we’re not there, yet. … Continue reading →

Today the kids made and decorated cookies in honor of St. Patrick’s day (recipe for no-chill easy roll out sugar cookies, below). Thanks to Grandma for the awesome all-occasions cookie cutters! Then they started playing “Diego” and it morphed into … Continue reading →

So, it occurred to me a few weeks ago that, hey, we live in the woods….lots of trees….some of them are bound to be maple….duh….we could make maple syrup! (Mike heard this idea and the first thing he said was … Continue reading →

What a wonderful first year for Ms. Quinn! In addition to embarking into the world of solid foods and crawling, she has graced the media in a variety of ways. During these past 12 months, Quinn appeared in the newspaper … Continue reading →

Declan has so much energy! Here are some of the things that have been going on this week. (With Quinny turning one, I want to make sure big brother gets his due before I plaster her pix all over the … Continue reading →

The kids had fun doing sand art today – coloring pictures with colored sand, and Livi played a couple of matching games with tool cards and transportation cards. Then they played “Dora & Diego.” Declan said, “Dora, there’s a monster … Continue reading →