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Pretzel stick ghosts are DONE!

Hopefully Batman and Superman will approve :)

My Loves

ETA: My sister called me and was like, "What's up with the eights?" I had to laugh because this does seem completely random. Poor Fallon was so confused! R & E and their classmates took these pictures for their class website. The kids are holding the day of the month they were born.

K is for...

Kite, kangaroo, and kale

Guess whose turn it was to bring the letter jar home yesterday? Good thing I had just gone grocery shopping, because I was struggling with the third item!

Peas in Pink

Today our church family wore pink in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Even the Peas got in on it. Here's to finding a cure and making breast cancer a thing of the past.

Boston

We usually NEVER have a weekend off. In fact, weekends for us are really just one day, Saturday, since Sundays are so busy. Well, last weekend was an exception and we decided to make the best out of it by taking a little road trip. We've lived in the Northeast for six years now and we finally decided to venture out to the states that border us. One neat thing about living in Connecticut is that we are in driving distance to so many cool places. We started our trek around the Northeast with Boston. It's only about a two and a half hour drive, and this time of year it was such a beautiful drive with the trees and their changing leaves. Fall is another neat thing about living round these parts! So the Parkers hit the road last Saturday morning. We had no agenda or itinerary. We moved at our own pace and enjoyed the ride.

We spent our time in Boston lounging in our pjs, watching movies, eating snacks, going out to dinner, and sightseeing. We even slept late! This may not seem like a big deal, but sleeping until 7:30 is HUGE for us! Daddy P usually rises at 4:30, I'm right behind him at 5, and Evan is sometimes right behind me at 5:30! We had a great time!

We headed to the New England Aquarium on Sunday

 Ryan and Evan loved the story telling session.

 Up next was lunch at Legal Seafood. It was absolutely delicious. I've already asked to go back...

 I couldn't get all three of these big heads in the picture at once!

We had a blast in Boston and we're looking forward to our next getaway. We're thinking summer in Cape Cod would be nice. Of course, there's Martha's Vineyard. Then there's Maine,  New Hampshire, and Newport, Rhode Island. What about skiing in Vermont this winter?! Now all we need is another weekend off:)

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Hanging out in Boston for the weekend:)

Pre-K Update

Well, if I thought we were busy before I now know what busy really is! Since the boys started Pre-K I've had to change our evening schedule to accommodate homework time. R & E have homework every night. If Mrs. Shultz doesn't assign any teacher Mommy assigns some. We also have to do family projects a couple of times a month and it's really time consuming. Add to this PTO meetings, fundraisers, and weekend activities and that's a lot! But, it's all worth it. We love SAA and the boys are learning so much.  They don't fuss too much about having to wear uniforms. They do get to dress down once a month and they seem to be happy with that. The teachers and principal communicate with the parents via email during the week so we always feel connected to what's happening at school. We even get text messages and pictures from their teacher during the day if she wants us to see or know about something cool or cute that the boys are doing.

How sweet was it to check my phone during the day to see my sleeping Peas?

Ryan and Evan worked very hard on their family mobile. This was their first school project. 

Poor Evan had a fall after school and bit a hole in his tongue. When your child's teacher calls you and says, "Evan is fine, BUT..." this means brace yourself!

He is fine, by the way. The tongue heals quite quickly :)

The picture kills me because they look so grown up! 

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Mommy homework boot camp is in session. 

Ryan: Mommy you're the teacher?

Mommy: Yep