catching up with pictures

my days seem to be going to fast and every time i try to sit down to write about our life here in the east coast, something seems to come up and i never get the chance. as a result, i have irritated grandparents who are waiting for pictures of the grandkids they no longer have daily access to. so, this post is mostly for them as it's just a lot of pictures with not a lot of writing. :)

this is a picture of the park that's directly behind our townhome. you can see our back gate at the bottom of the picture. the kids love going out there in the morning or late afternoon before it gets to hot.

reagan playing at the playground

reagan's friend max. when we lived here before one of noah's best friends was macie. they were inseparable. when we moved back, they picked right up where they left off, except this time macie had a little brother, max, who plays with reagan...sometimes. it's a love/hate relationship.

here's the love side.

here's the annoyed side. reagan seems to think it's more funny then upsetting as she drives max crazy.

noah and macie mostly love to play in the "woods" behind the playground. once in awhile they'll take the younger kids with them on their adventures.



when the kids aren't outside, they play pretty well together inside. noah really can be the greatest big brother - when he's in the mood.

this is reagan winking. her new favorite trick.



a few weeks ago we were able to go the air and space museum. the kids loved it.

we also had a chance to go to New Jersey and see my brother, David, and his family for a weekend. it was a lot of fun. we went into NYC one day and let the kids run around Central Park. It was a lot of fun.

this is my brother david. it didn't take long for reagan to warm up to him.

as you can see, aaron was able to relax and take time off from day to day work and just enjoy being in NY.

there's a part in the park where they have water the kids can run through. reagan was not a big fan of the water. it was too cold.


noah on the other hand....love it.

reagan was not too sure about the carousel. i don't think she liked the horses.

noah just liked riding it and making as many weird faces as possible. typical noah.

One of the biggest highlights for noah was going to Hoboken, NJ and visiting Carlo's Bakery. for those of you who don't know, this is from The Cake Boss on tv. it's one of noah's favorite things to watch because the cakes Buddy makes are amazing.

i took noah around the back and he was able to meet Mauro, Buddy's brother-in-law. He's on the show and is one of the more calm members of the family there. noah was really excited.

we then waited in an hour long line to even get into the bakery. (i say "we", but it was really aaron who stood in line so i could noah around back to meet some of the bakers. thanks aaron!!!)

and that's about it so far. this week noah will finish his swim lessons, aaron will have his birthday, reagan will continue to grow so fast it makes me want to cry and i will look out my window and shake my head at how fast the time has gone.