Saturday, November 7, 2009

swinging

My boys have always loved to swing - since they could sit, they could swing and be happy for long, long minutes. It was, in fact a great day when Hamp learned to "pump" on his own and no longer needed the constant push. (although, he still enjoys a good "underdog"!)



As we were at the park earlier this week, I took a couple of pictures of the boys on the swings and I found myself feeling nostalgic in a "how many times have I taken pictures of these guys on swings?" kind of way. So I put a little retrospective together for mostly my, but perhaps also for your, enjoyment!


HAMP
at 9 months old

then 3 years later...

and again at almost 4 years old

and then, last week at 5 and a half!



SAM
at 8 months old


then again a few months later

and last week, at 3 and a half!



November 2007


November 2009



Thursday, November 5, 2009

a Halloween retrospective

By the way, came across this picture of Hamp in 2006 as the infamous Captain NoBeard. I can't help myself sometimes to look back at the older child at the same age the younger is now. It reminds of how much fun we've had!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

my little pirate

Sam and mom made a good, swash-buckling pair last night for Halloween!
Poor Hamp wasn't feeling well enough to go trick-or-treat... but he found good purpose in being the candy-hander-outer for the kids coming to our house!
Meanwhile, Sam really got the hang of things and thoroughly enjoyed all the Halloween activity!
Even pirates need to take a break sometimes.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

more fun in the snow!

Well, the snow continued all morning and the kids had even more fun when school let out at 11am!

Of course, it's always more fun to have friends around!





Sure, it will all be gone by tomorrow... and the forecast for next week is warm and sunny! But today has been a wonderful preview for what's in store this winter!!!

woke up this morning...

... and what did I see?
A whole lot of snow (for October, anyway!)
The boys were so excited to walk to school today!

and it's still snowing... so perhaps there will be more pictures later???

Monday, October 26, 2009

working hard

Hamp is now old enough to really be a good helper in the yard this fall...


Monday, October 19, 2009

nyc

sometimes Hamp and Sam's parents get to have a little adventure of their own...


airfare to nyc: $600

tuxedo rental: $100


lodging with a view of central park: $400


getting to see an old friend happy and in love and on her wedding day: priceless!!!