Lions....and....tigers....and....dogs....oh my!

On a lazy Sunday afternoon, Michael and Megan decided to become a tiger and a dog. Not only that, but they spent a good deal of the afternoon as Tigers and Dogs. I never knew a tiger and a dog could get a long so well. A lesson for all in the animal kingdom I would add.

The ferocious lion and the tongue wagging, happy-go-lucky doggie!

Oh no! They are coming to get me.......Ahhhhhhhhh

I never knew a ferocious tiger could be so adorable!


And, who could ever forget.....(wo)man's best friend! He is one of a kind!

I think Megan could have starred as one of the dancers in the Thriller video.

Around and around he goes...where he stops nobody knows.....is he chasing his imaginary tail? I suppose.

Who ever knew they would become so much alike. I always heard that a dog and its master tend to look alike, but this is just uncanny!

A spring outing

During Steve's spring break this year, we decided to take some mini-vacations and tour around a bit of Boston. The Paul Revere House was celebrating an anniversary and the cost of admission was only $.25 cents (the same price at the time it opened). Steve was kind enough to get the directions on how to get there from the T-Station to the Bus Stop. Well, needless to say, after two hours of walking through Dorchester and then through South Boston, we asked a kind elderly woman where Paul Revere's house was? She looked at us as though we were from a different world.....she said.....his house is in the North End.......

Well, a few choice thoughts passed through EVERYONE's heads and we decided to pass going to his house and found our way to California Pizza and enjoyed some homemade pizza and peach lemonade....YUM YUM.

Well, the very next day we were going to go on a hike. I found a really great family estate just South of Boston where you can go and walk through meadows, farm land, walk beside a bubbling brook and tour the old estate house. Again, Steve got the directions off of the website and we headed off. After an hour's worth of driving and several u-turns, the location was no where to be found. Poor Steve.....he was so frustrated.....he had done it again. So, at the spur of the moment, we decided to drive to Rhode Island. We had never been there before, so off we went.

We, of course, had absolutely no idea what to do once we got there. We found a little beach and spent some time in the water and building sand castles and then headed home. We were absolutely exhausted when we got home and didn't want to take a drive for a really, really, really long time.

Okay, so I could resist this picture. This is such a classic picture of Megan. This great feature on our camera allows for you to put it in a "cartoon" format. I thought it was just beautiful. But, it is just as wonderful in Black and White and in color. It is very rare to get a picture of Megan like this. This is a keeper.

On the last day of Steve's vacation we walked around Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Truly an extraordinary place! I guess, it is Martha Stewart's favorite place to come when she is visiting Boston....a little strange....but to each their own I guess. The really incredible part about this cemetery, besides the fact that is humongous, there is a tower built up on the hill that overlooks all of Boston. You can see everywhere. One of these days, I am going to go back and take a panoramic picture. It truly is a remarkable sight!

After that long walk in the cemetery, Sammy needed to have his own walk. He wasn't allowed in the cemetery, for obvious reasons, so off I went with my camera in hand. I could not resist the Magnolia trees this year, they are absolutely gorgeous! There were two trees in particular in our neighborhood I had to get a picture of, plus a few other flowers.

And, then Sammy. I could not resist getting these pictures of him and Michael. They are absolute buddies!

Michael is so photographic....lucky guy...

Sammy is going to get that flower......he was sure it was going to eat him! What a tough dog!

This past fall, Michael Megan and I planted tulips and daffodils that filled up our front and back yards. Absolutely stunning! It was such a special moment when the flowers came up and then bloomed! The kids had waited months and months and then, there it was, the fruits (colors) of their labor. I am so happy to know that for years down the road, those that rent this little place will enjoy a surprise of color each and every spring.

The beginning of the Pine Wood Derby

Yes, my friends, it has begun. Michael entered his red speedracer into the Cambridge Stake Pinewood Derby. He placed 10th. He is very disappointed but, still enjoyed racing his car and watching it cross a very fancy finish line.

Megan was in tow to give her support and show mom a thing or to on dribbling a basketball.....where did she get those moves?

So silly and yet......

So sweet! How did we ever get to be so lucky!