We got Amelia an interactive globe for her birthday. She clicked on the Amazon and said "Abigail, this is where your books come from!!"
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Awww

"That just made my eye shed a tear"- Amelia

After Will told the girls he was going to try out for Wipeout (their favorite show). She didn't like the idea of her dad falling.
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And the quality of my pictures is going to drastically reduce

Our first attempt at Pompano fishing. No fish. But lots of sun and sand to play in.

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160 Characters or Less

I figured out how to blog from my phone!
Woohoo!
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Outtakes

one of my favorite pictures from our Christmas card shoot. the "e" was a bit tricky

my original idea for our Christmas card was to have the girls spell out JOY
i didn't have the right backdrop (wanted to do in the sand, but much too cold and windy that day) and Amelia wasn't into it anyway ;)

Why I Love Florida

3 days till Christmas and the weather is nice enough to play on the beach!!!

It's True..

Some moms just threaten their kids. Not our mom, she'll really do it! -Abigail

In response to me telling Amelia I was going to throw away her toys if she didn't clean them up. :)

We Call That Wisdom

After taking the girls shopping to pick out gifts for each other, and Abigail asking the price of all the things Amelia said she wanted, Abigail said "I think when I get big I'm only going to have two or three kids instead of eleven. I wouldn't have enough money to buy ingredients for my bakery."

Aunt Robin invited the girls to her house to make cupcakes today. They decided on vanilla and chocolate and whipped up the batter first. Robin had LOTS of choices for sprinkles and fondants. While the cupcakes were baking the girls (and the big kids too) got pretty creative with the fondant.

Favorite Photo Friday

Abigail in Central Park, NY
November 22, 2010

Snow Day In Maine

It wasn't supposed to snow while we were in Maine. I've been checking the weather every day, hoping it would. The forecast called for maybe freezing rain tonight. But when I got up at 6:45 this morning and walked down the hall, Tammy whispered up the stairs to me that it was snowing!
I debated for all of a minute on whether I should wake the girls up. :)

By 7:00 we were dressed and out the door, sledding, having snowball fights and drawing in the snow.

Thankful For

For being able to come home to Maine for Thanksgiving. -Mom
For my whole big family and my friends. -Abigail
For Mom, Dad, and Sister. And that's it. -Amelia

Amelia was not thankful for all the shouting during the Pats game.

New York City

We decided to change up our trip to Maine for Thanksgiving this year. We thought it would be fun to take the girls to New York City first. We flew to New York and spent 4 days in the city before renting a car and driving up North.

Spoils from American Girl
AKA Daddy is a sucker!


Three Story Ferris Wheel In Toys R Us
16 Year old mini-carnie dropout made us ride in this one
They wanted to ride in the My Little Pony cart


Second Row Seats to Mary Poppins on Broadway!


These pictures are from Battery Park
Girls loved feeding the birds after checking out the Statue of Liberty


Went to the observation deck of the Empire State Building
Gina was not panicked at any point, especially when the girls were looking over the edge here ;)

The girls loved Central Park, especially climbing the rocks
We were there during sunset
Wish we could have explored the whole park

The pictures don't really do Times Square justice

It's really incredible when you're actually there
The girls are excited to see the ball drop on New Year's!