Sox joins the team

Yesterday we lucked out and got puppy from Stratham SPCA. 20 pound b.c. terrier mix who is 4 months old. She doesn't bark much, calm, careful temperament, likes to be around people but so far is not jumpy at all. She doesn't know whether to protect us from Biscuit or play with her. Biscuit has already shown great courage and even forgiveness at this intrusion. Sox came with the name Winona and we briefly considered Sweet Muffin before she actually told us she was a Red Sox fan and with her 4 white socks, we knew what to call her.

Adam Brown Belt

Adam achieved Brown Belt this morning at Karate. Good job!

Family Day in Boston

Tuck has spring break and the kids have the day off for a teacher conference so we went to a slew of Boston museums. New England Aquarium, Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Peabody Museum of Archeology. The last hour was a lot of feet dragging (Peabody) but the Nat His was fantastic. Caleb's favorite was the gift shop. Katie's was the preserved butterflies. Adam's was computer animation of asteroid collision with Caleb. Beth's was the skeletons of the giant sloth and Kronosarous. Tucks favorite was the New England flora and fauna exhibit but a close second was when Adam read the sign "paleontology exhibit" and excitedly pulled Tuck in.

Quote of the day.
Adam: Hey Caleb let's play on the tub when we get we get home. (Caleb bought a toy sub that dives and resurfaces)
Katie: Yeah, then we can see if the facts on box are true!
Adam: Yeah, they might be opinions.

Caleb Mommy Date

Bowling! Caleb bowled for both of us so that's...60 throws in about 20 minutes! This was our first date, very fun!

Brothers Day, Walk in the woods, End of winter break

The first Sunday of March is Brothers Day in our house and today Adam and Caleb got royal treatment this morning. Adam was served waffles and strawberries on a tray in bed. Caleb politely declined this offer despite recounting this tradition to a friend the day before. :-). Then we sang to both and Mommy read him a chapter from his favorite book, Humphrey's Adventure.

We all got dressed for the deep snow and headed out to Moharimet Woods where Adam's class lined a beautiful trail with facts about animals in winter. Each child wrote a poem and made artwork about the animal they researched.

This is the last day of the kids winter break. We had a great week relaxing, but did plenty as well. There was a trip to the neurologist for Adam, a karaoke dance party with aunt Nicole, a ski trip with Daddy to King Pine, bowling with the Starks, playing in the snow... I think we need a vacation from our vacation!