love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHZBOpxidvo

sorry it wouldnt allow me to put it here.

still worth the click, IMO

My little monkey

Annabell recently started gymnastics.

Its great for her and she LOVES it.

She is SUPPOSED to be sitting with the other litle girl waiting a turn on the trampoline.

But the horizontal bars look sooooo fun!
I love this picture of her pondering this.
FYI - she got down and walked across. ;-]

Mom does not like beam.

But Annabell looks so good!

I love this silly-Bell.

She calls these her 'crunchy teefies'

and then.... NO AND THEN!

We road-tripped to Virginia over Thanksgiving weekend

to visit our favorite friends, Dan & Cybll.

We were also able tomeet their new baby boy, Lincoln.

Bell at a gorgeous vineyard.

Me and my man.

"Uncle Matt" and baby Lincoln.

that's a bad bloggity-blogger!

I know.

I'm sorry.

Now without further ado- amusing pics and

slightly witty (haven't finished my coffee yet) commentary.

This is my favorite pic from my brothers engagement party

at mom & dad's house last month.

Dad and his best friend, Roxy.

Tracy, Carrie & Mike. Judging from the other 2,

I'd say Carrie is faking enthusism. ;-]

At least you're a good sport Carrie!

Annabell with Aunti Carrie & Uncle Brian

Cheesin' with AuntieTracy.

Hanging out with (twin) Uncles Randy & Brian.

or, as she calls them,

"I have TWO Uncle Randys!"

Meowwwwwwwwww

YUP! Kitteezzzzzz. How I love them. Annabell was promised a kitty when she was completely potty trained. And she has done well so she picked out a kitten. You may wonder then, why there are 2. Well if you had seen the very scary place I rescued them from you would wonder instead, why ONLY 2? My heart broke for the littermates I had to leave behind. I am still considering reporting them tho I am told in the woods of New Hampshire this is not uncommon so little may be done anyhow. But I digress. Annabell chose the Siamese mix and then named her Snoopy. The Russian Blue mix was my doing and since he was the runt and slept ALOT and cried whenever he was disturbed, I named him Little Boy Blue - Blue for short. They are not littermates - Snoopy is 2 weeks older.

Summer Times of Wonder

... and just like that, summer got away from us.

I will try to catch you up as best I can in one post.

pictures ARE so much better than a thousand words so Ill use lots of them!

My kids for the summer. I was so outnumbered.

Annabell (& Puppy) spent most of her time 'concentrating on her music'.

New favorites included Umbrella, Girls Just Wanna ave Fun, and Realize.

Matt and I at Radiohead. THEY SO ROCKED. I heart Thom, Jonny, Colin, Ed &Phil.

Now, its ok to cry at the sight of these next few. I TOTALLY did.

First day of Pre-School.

WHO gave her permission to grow up?


The dress that ALMOST made me wish for one of those mother/daughter outfits.

Annabell and I went to the Cheshire Fair aka Redneck-palooza.

But she LOVED the rides.

Me- down 17 pounds since July 1st!!

Matt- handsome as ever

We got up to Maine and as you can see, Maizy was totally happy.

She got to sleep with us in a tent, spend all day outside by the campfire or swimming

& got lots of attention and fun with all her 'cousins' (everyone in the fam has at least 1 dog)

And the big story of the trip to Maine: RANDY IS OFFICIALLY ENGAGED!

Mom and Dad are finally gonna be rid of all the kids.

The proposal was wonderful-

at Nubble Light and Nana and Nunu were on hand as well as everyone else.

But like all good things

our Summer ended.

But it ended just as it always has...

On Wells Beach

Take a farewell look at the waves and sky.

Take a farewell sniff of the salty sea.

A little bit sad about the place you are leaving,

a little bit glad about the place you are going.

It is a time of quiet wonder...

summer in New England

If you aren't lucky enough to be close to the coast, summer in New Hampshire is all about swimming holes. This weekend we packed it up and went exploring. We were please to find some lovely places just over the line in Vermont.

The river was LOADED with 'tad-petals'. ;-) Annabell had so much fun trying to catch the little buggers.

On Saturday Annabell and I tried to keep cool in the sprinkler.

It wasn't too long before we heard the familiar songs of the ice cream man off in the distance. Annabell chose "Spidahman Please"

ooooooh! Can you say headfreeze?