Volunteering @ Ronald McDonald House

Claire on the playground at the RMH
(for those of you who are really observant that's
a hand-me down shirt - Claire's not going to be a big sister!)

This weekend Claire spent her first night at the Ronald McDonald House in Burlington.  Randy and I have volunteered to be overnight relief managers at the house and are excited to have the opportunity to help out from time to time.  Stella of course doesn't remember her time at the house but she was happy to be there!  Both girls had a fun time and didn't want to leave this afternoon when we headed back to NY.  We're so glad to be able to give back to this organization that was so important to us when Stella and Trey were born - and the best part is we get to do this together as a family!  This volunteer opportunity does allow us a few hours to enjoy Burlington when we are there so this weekend we met up with Caroline, Esme, and their family on Saturday afternoon and went to North Beach.  It was an absolutely beautiful day!

Loving the Play Room!

Our tired girl slept through the ferry ride back to NY

On the ferry on our way home

Outdoor Fun!

The new plane @ Fobare's Fruits!

The past two weeks we've been finding different things to do outdoors before summertime is over.  Fall is definitely in the air in the North Country right now but we are planning to enjoy every last minute of time at home before the school year begins!











 We made a fun game out of some items we found at the girls favorite store - The Dollar Tree!  We picked out the artificial flowers together and then played a racing game after spreading them all over the yard to see how many flowers we could collect in our buckets.  This was a good counting exercise for Claire-Bear too!

Flower Power!

Sidewalk Paint Fun in the Driveway

Daddy was at golf one afternoon and while we were hanging out at Grammie and Pa's playing dress-up Stella asked Mommy to take a picture to send to Daddy.  She loves to dress up!

The girls were pretty fortunate to be able to spend a lot of time with their best friends Gigi and Cambria when Daddy helped out at their house for a few days.  It seems no matter how much they get to play together they are always asking for more time seeing one another!

Summer Fest 2014

Bathing Beauties!

This weekend was the Tri-Town Summer Festival so we had lots to do right here at home!  On Friday night we stayed up late and watched the fireworks, and on Saturday we had friends over to watch the parade together.  We also went to the Carnival of Fun and played games and bounced around a bit.  It was a really hot day so the fire department spoiled the children with the biggest sprinkler they'll ever play in on the softball field.  It was great fun!  After some rest time at home Mommy and Stella headed back out and enjoyed a steak dinner while Daddy and Claire picked up subs and ate in.  It was great having some 1-1 time with the girls and everyone got to have what they wanted for dinner so that was a good thing too!  On Sunday daddy went golfing with Uncle Ryan and Conner so Rylin came over to play with the girls.  They all had a fun time!