Memorial Day Weekend

 Gorgeous Cherry Blossom

 Two sweeties with Daddy

 Everything is better with lemonade

 Welcome to Block Island

 Beautiful Block Island RI

 Serious See-Sawer

 Love this of them on the beach

 Loving Mystic, CT

 Back to the New Harbour Oar Beach in Block Island

 At our fav--Starbucks Mystic CT

 Me and my best girl waiting for dinner

 My Sweet Boys

 My world, my loves

 Papa with his two grandchildren--how special

 This is sweet that she is holidng my hand

 Sheila asked a stranger to take our picture and he did a great job

 My dad and Sheila

 My dad and Sheila on the way to Block Island

 Fun playground times

 A little help from Papa

 Our view from dinner

 Just adore these candid shots on the beach

 My dad and Sheila at the National Hotel for dinner

 Seth on the ferry feeling much better on the way back than on the way there

 Daddy's girl at Starbucks.  LOVE this picture

 Leaving foggy New London, CT to arrive in GORGEOUS Block Island

 Mommy and sweet boy ont he ferry when we first left before it got rocky

 Mommy and Super Savannah in Block Island attire due to the mishap on the ferry

 Savannah and Sheila on the ferry

 Seth was sleeping in the stroller, so the three of us on the main street in Block Island

 Going down the slide on the playground

 They LOVE this and I got Rich taking the picture too

 WHEEE down the big slide

 LOVES to dig in the sand

 Looking for treasures

 Love her bare feet and hair blowing in the wind and how serious Seth is. 

 "Digging" digging

 Look what I found

 Analyzing her shells and rocks

 Ready for dinner at the famous National Hotel

 Sacked out in the stroller

Woke up to a new scooter from Papa

 Celebrating Papa's Birthday

 Seth helping with the presents

 Loving helping open cards and presents

 This is dark, but too cute not to post

 So pretty wearing her Molly Bubble Guppies outfit

 Our family

 Papa and his grandkids getting ready to celebrate his birthday

 Sweet close up

 Rich took an awesome photo

 Sweet kiddos with Daddy and Papa

Another great photo of Rich and the kids

Ok, they are out of order, but thanks to Picasa Web Albums I was at least able to get pictures of our weekend on the blog without it taking hours and then no even loading. 

For Memorial Day weekend my dad and Sheila came on Saturday and stayed through Tuesday.  We celebrated my dad's birthday, which was on the 26th.  The first night we went out to Joey Garlic's, an Italian restaurant we had been wanting to try.  They had a 1/2 hour wait so we took some picutres in the beautiful weather outside while waiting.  The food was good, but the service was slow (but friendly) and we were starving.  The portions were huge and we took a lot home.  The next day we got up early and boarded the ferry to go to Block Island, Rhode Island.  I was very disappointed that it was humid and foggy at home and at the ferry terminal, but the weather on the Island was totally different--bright sun, blue skies, and a light and comfortable sea breeze.  Savannah enjoyed the ride on the ferry a lot with her frozen lemonade, but Seth not so much.  Motion doesn't always agree with him and by the end of the ride he was not enjoying the rocking and fell asleep on my lap, woke up and got sick all over me.  Poor baby.  Luckily we were almost there so the ferry slowed and docked, we got off, put Seth and the stroller and he slept and then Mommy went shopping and was attired in Block Island resort clothes and Seth took a nice nap as we ate and walked to the playground.  When he got up he felt fine and refreshed and had so much fun playing on the playground and the beach.  We had a full day on the island before boarding the 7:50 p.m. ferry back to CT.  We walked, shopping, ate and played.  Such a great day.  Before getting back on the ferry we gave Seth some Dramamine and he was happy and motion sickness free, but it wired him so he was very energetic and full of fun and giggles the whole way back.  Much better than being sick though.

The next day we were planning a beach day, but we had terrible thunderstorms in the morning and they did not clear out until the afternoon so we decided to spend the day in downtown Mystic.  We walked around the little shops, went to the toy store, saw the drawbridge go up and down, walked around the river and ate dinner and had ice cream.  We ended the evening at Starbucks and then headed home.  A wonderful summer Memorial Day. 

On Tuesday Savannah went back to school and my Dad and Sheila left to go back to NJ.  No matter how many days the visit is always too short and goes too fast. 

Savannah only has 6 days left of school.  It is amazing to think that she is almost a kindergartener.  She is going to be in her dance school's production of Rudolph this winter and practice starts over the summer.  She is going to be an elf along with her other friends from her dance class.  She will continue practicing in the Fall along with her ballet and hip hop combo class.  We have quite a little dancer.  Her gymnastics class ends on June 17th and then she will be taking Tumbling in the summer.  She will also take swimming lessons at the lake.

Seth is doing amazing with his language blossoming day by day and he is cute personality and sense of humor emerging daily.  He has stopped formal naps and is enjoying the nice weather.  He loves to swing and go in the wagon and blow bubbles.  His newest thing he likes to do is stand on his step stool and help us wash the dishes from dinner.  Hey, I am not complaining.  I have been looking for someone to take over that task.  LOL!