Marshfield Fair, Aug 18

Swimming Lessons

Today was Henry's last swimming lesson for the summer session. Jim and Henry have been taking this class every saturday for 8 weeks and I tagged along today. I am usually enjoying a quiet Saturday morning with the paper and a cup of coffee! Henry's friend Jamie and his Dad, Will also take the classes. Henry is starting to kick and "reach and pull" but likes the songs just as much as anything else.

Ananda's Birthday party

We enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at Wakeitha and Byron's house for Ananda's first birthday today. Henry loved Ananda's sandbox and seeing Ruth and Noah, who we we haven't seen in some time. Henry is no longer afraid of tunnels!

Playing in the water and fun with Grandma and Grandpa!

My father in-law just sent these pictures and I had to post them. They were taken two weekends ago, when we went up the new park on Neponset River which has a water feature for the kids (for those of you not from Boston, this is about 5 blocks from our house). It took Henry a good 10 minutes to take little baby steps toward the water spouts, with lots of turning back in trepidation. He was just hilarious, always serious, but clearly loving every minute of it. It was hard to get him to leave. These pictures capture him perfectly!

The visit from the Novacks was so much fun (July 24-31). During the week Grandma and Grandpa accompanied Henry to the Zoo, where we saw amazing Gorillas. We have a new video camera and got some great footage, but alas, at this point I don't know how to download it to the computer(and we still do not have a new camera). We saw the Blue Man Group on Friday night with a special guest since my cousin Peggy was in town for a conference. Afterwards we went to our favorite Japanese Hot Pot restaurant in Chinatown, which is a real experience. It is like the Melting Pot, but Asian style. Grandpa also completely cleaned and organized our shed (out of boredom, I am afraid) and I felt like I was on HGTV, with a big reveal of the new hyper-organized space. It is a dream!! I wish he had time for the basement! :-).


We loved having the Novacks here in our home. There is nothing as precious as family and I feel blessed that Henry has the chance to bond with such amazing grandparents. He is very lucky to have 3 wonderful ones that all spoil him rotten!