A visit to Clyde's and Mystic Seaport

A few weeks ago we had some new friends in town, so we took them to Clyde's Cider Mill for the world's most delicious cider and donuts, and then to the Mystic Seaport for a little seafaring adventure...

Back to School...Finally!

Today was Sarah's first day of 1st Grade. She was supposed to start school last Wednesday, but Irene had different plans for her, and due to the extensive power outages in our area, the opening of school was postponed until today. We headed out to the bus stop in a downpour of rain, and she survived her first day of all day school. She went to bed tired tonight, but excited for a new day tomorrow.

p.s. I started this post on Tuesday, then we lost power AGAIN on Wednesday and didn't get it back until late Thursday evening (a full 36 hours), now it is Saturday, and I finally feel that I have some semblance of calm and order back in my life and can sit down at the computer for a few minutes.

August and Irene...

Well, we survived a full week without power... okay, 12 hours shy of a full week. Irene came through and blew down a lot of trees (some in our own yard) and power lines in our area, and it took forever for the power company to get everything back up and running. But, we are back, and I have a month's worth of photos to share, so here they are...

Yogurt Anyone?

A stroll down memory lane...

A few weekends ago, we decided to take a trip back to our old stomping grounds in Pittsburgh. It was a quick trip (only three days), but we had a wonderful time visiting with old friends, and strolling around our old haunts, eating at some of our favorite spots, like Uncle Sam's Subs - oooooooh yummy! We did a good job taking some photos on the first day of friends, but neglected the camera while visiting with others, so the attached photos do not reflect all of our trip, but oh well... we love you all anyway!

Below is a short video clip of Claudia showing off some of her newfound skills...