More Vacation Memories- Lake Sunapee

The vacation fun continued with our week in NH- still with great weather!
The boys as Uncle Chris was headed home- which made little Paul quite sad:
Mommy and Kate hanging out at the beach:
Kate and PopPop at the beach:
Kate and Nana at the beach (this was during her one morning at the beach!):
Paul proudly displaying his load of sand:
Paul having a pizza picnic lunch after swimming- okay, digging- all morning:
Uncle Chris and his neice- of course she has on her "I Love My Uncle" bib:
Paul, Nana and PopPop lounging in the hammock- he loved it once he got comfortable:
Paul III giving me a "haircut"... using markers and some other items to cut and dry:
Three members of our family in the lake- with shovels and rakes, of course:
"UNCLE CHI, DIG IN THE SAND WITH ME!!"
Paul III acorn hunting with PopPop (some acorns and rocks made the trip back to PA with us):

My favorite things to do on vacation

Paul III:
Dig in the sand- at Lake Sunapee, NH
Dig in the sand- at Raquette Lake, NY
Drive the boat (at Raquette Lake, NY)
Eat!! Ice Cream and Birthday Cake (an early treat for mommy) with Gram and BB at Raquette Lake, NY
Make yummy ice cream sandwiches from Oreo Cookie crumbles with Nana
Dig in the sand with Uncle Chris in NH (notice a trend here?)
Kate:
Hang out at the beach (taking after mommy!) in NH.
Sit up on my own (don't you dare lie me on my back... I want to sit up- and will let you hear about it!).
Go for a swim- even though the water was chilly, I did well.
Do standing up exercises with Pop Pop (not pictured, but this one was cute anyway)
Paul Jr. and Leigh Anne:
Spending time with our families (Kate was already asleep on this gorgeous night at Raquette Lake when we went for a post-dinner boat ride)

Easter in NJ

We had a great trip to see Nana, PopPop, Uncle Chris and Uncle Ryan this weekend in NJ. Everyone was a good traveler (whew!) and we got home safely Sunday afternoon to finish watching the Masters.Paul enjoyed many Easter egg hunts, both inside and out. There was a trail of eggs from his room to his easter basket on Sunday morning, although he picked up whatever eggs he saw first!
There was also a fair amount of "uncle torture"- Uncle Ryan was rolled across the front yard at one point.We even got to spend a special Easter dinner with Aunt Mary Ellen, Uncle Bill, Katherine and Megan.

200 Post - Happy Thanksgiving

We started this blog on Sunday April 8, 2007 and now 200 posts later it is still going strong. We traveled to NJ to visit with Nana and Pop Pop during this holiday. Paul has learned a few new words on the trip so far including the words to the song "To grandmothers house we go" as well as "Pancake house" We enjoyed a great thanksgiving dinner with Aunt Mary Ellen and Uncle Bill and our cousins Will and Katherine.

Uncle Chris came over this morning and gave Paul III his birthday gift since he couldn't make the birthday party. As you can see Paul III loved it and has already started moving blocks with the battery operated "bucket".

Yes that is a blob of ice cream in Paul III's left hand eating dessert on thanksgiving night.

A family photo after dinner last night.

Paul was playing with a back massager and got a real kick out of everyone watching him.

Playing with legos with Aunt Katherine and Nana.

Pop Pop eating a "thumper" with Uncle Bill looking on.

Loving Uncle Chris.

Birthday #2 Wrap Up

This Sunday was Paul's 2nd birthday. We can't believe how quickly time has passed. We celebrated on Saturday evening with our family and some friends with a gathering at our house. Nana, Pop Pop and Uncle Ryan also stayed with us for the weekend. Here are some of our memories from the weekend.

Paul trying out his new bike- his feet are within a hair's length of the pedals, so I'm sure we'll see him cruising on his own soon!

Testing out his new comforter with BB - they both cuddled up and decided to suck their thumbs to get ready for "bed."Playing the piano with Brian Sowers- they were quite a duo! There were a few duets with the working (yes!) microphone... .thanks, Uncle Ryan, for making our house a bit louder (including at 7:15 on Sunday morning!).
Opening up a gift with Uncle Ryan and Gram's help. Paul was intrigued with his gifts but didn't tear them open as quickly as we may have expected. Although he did say "more" a few times when we were opening gifts!Aunt Char was reading Paul's new "I am a Dump Truck" book when he proceeded to pretend to drive the dump truck.

On Sunday (wearing his cool new tractor turtleneck) he was showing off his teeth to PopPop.

Reading his new "Things That Go" book with Nana and Pop Pop.

One more piece of cake and a candle to blow out with daddy on Sunday night. More pictures to come throughout the week as we re-cap Paul's big weekend.

What I learned on my summer vacation

As a wrap-up from two wonderful weeks of vacation, here is a summary of the important life lessons Paul learned...

That Uncle Ryan (rhy rhy) and Uncle Chris (chee) will always let you win in car races... and steal the last bites of their dinner.

How to make really good macaroni and cheese (nu nu's) with Nanna (check out Paul's cool apron)

BB can teach you how to scoop dirt (dhirt) and rocks (rhocs) with a front end loader (tractor) toy- and then show you with his own tractor.
Driving the boat (bhoat) is tons of fun- possibly Paul's favorite part of the trip! in this picture his is sitting with daddy but saying "boat"

While mommy is trying to set up a family pictureyou can get Gram and BB to sing "wheels on the bus", with hand motions!

When you help Nanna and Pop Pop water the flowers all day, you get to wear ALL of your shoes... since watering your feet is apparently a good thing.