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Russell Brook and Thomas’ last day of kindergarten

Last weekend (yeah, just catching up) we spent Father’s Day with Nanny and Poppy at the trailer. They boys fished…

… and swam…

… and we celebrated Nanny’s birthday:

Later that week, Thomas had his last day of Kindergarten, with the traditional on-stage celebration:

More images in the gallery for Russell Brook and Thomas’ last day of kindergarten [...]

Mother’s Day Weekend

World’s Best Mom with Her Boys:

It did this last night:

Crazy. Glad we didn’t plant anything in the vegetable garden yet. The kids had fun though:

And later in the day, we went to the Brae Loch for brunch with Nanny and Poppy:

A few more images can be found in the gallery.

Easter

We went down south last weekend to visit Glo and Lou for Easter.
Nanny and Poppy helped the boys color eggs…

Poppy watched the kids play at the playground…

… and Thomas got some quality Nanny time…

Unfortunately, I was up sick most of Saturday night, so we came home first thing Sunday morning. The Easter Egg hunt [...]

Merry New Year!!!

Boo!!!

An Independence Day reflection

Haven’t read the Declaration of Independence recently? It’s worth a look. Reading it this year strikes a special chord given the absolutely shameful state of affairs in the New York state senate.
The first six grievances listed in the Declaration deal directly with the fact that there is someone (King George) standing in the [...]

Happy Birthday, Canada!

During my recent trip north I learned a little about Canada Day, which is being celebrated today. I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t know much about the history of Canada’s origins, but thanks to an article in the paper at the hotel, I learned a little something.
Way back in 1867, the British Parliament [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

In honor of the day, a photo of the Best Mom Ever tending to her charges…

Easter weekend wrap-up

It’s getting close to my bedtime, so I won’t drone on – I just wanted to post a few photos from the weekend.
Thomas spent the second segment of his “week of birthday celebrations” eating ice cream cake:

On Sunday morning, Kath and I took the kids for a walk around Rockland Lake. It was FREEZING, [...]

An epic thought

This is one of my favorite times of year. Is it because spring is nigh, and the birds are chirping? No. Because the days are longer, and the sun shines from early in the morning until late at night? No. The reason is simple: the four-hour extravaganza created in 1956 [...]