Early Morning All Day Playdate

This morning, we had a very early morning playdate at Shannon and Morgan's house.  

The girls had so much fun...despite the horrible rainy weather.

Playdate With Abbie & Marcella!

The Madoreables and I packed our Summer beach bags and headed out to Dunn State Park in Gardner, Massachusetts yesterday.  The girls and I had a great time with our friend Chrissy and her two daughters, Abigail & Marcella.  (Abbie was born just a few months before Samantha).  

The girls played for a solid 4 hours between the water and building sand castles.    Needless to say the girls slept verrry well last night!

It's been sometime since we've gotten together and thankfully our schedules alligned finally!

Pool Time and Fuzzy Green Creatures!

Sarah had her first play date of the Summer with her friend Greg from Pre-School.   The water was a bit too cold for me, it didn't seem to bother the kids at all.

During snack time, Sarah found a fuzzy green friend just crawling on her towel.

Playdate: Boston Style!

Over the weekend, we received a really big treat and were given the chance to go on a play date to Boston Children's Museum with Sarah's friend Maddie from preschool.

The ride in to Boston was traffic free.  We found great parking (thanks to Maddie's Mom for researching ahead of time) and had a delicious lunch at Au Bon Pain downstairs from the museum.   The girls all had a great time!

They made it to the top!

Samantha learning about centrifugal force

Imajine the Possibilities!

Winter this year has been exceptionally cold, so anytime we can get out of the house and do something fun (and warm) is always a bonus!

This afternoon we went to Imajine That with Sarah's friend Maddie from preschool  and had lots of fun! Bounce house jumping.  Painting.  The girls loved it!

(Sorry, it's a cell phone picture!)

That is one big Lego!

Being creative and painting!

Dance For Your Cake!

Sarah was recently invited to her preschool friend, Leah's Birthday party.  The girls were all invited to dress up in a Disney princess costume and dance at a local dance school.  The girls had a wonderful time dancing ballet to Disney songs.  We also received a coupon for a free month's worth of dance classes!   Sarah is very anxious to try that out.

Here's a few photos from the day.  Sorry about the quality, as they were taken with a cell phone.

Yee Haw!

Over the weekend, we celebrated our good friend's Shannon and Morgan's birthdays.  We really had a great time celebrating cowboy style!

Great job Mommy & Daddy! (Kerry & Jimmy)

The girls don't need Mommy and Daddy's help anymore to write out the envelopes

A 2nd Summer Time Math Equation

After yesterday's math problem, I thought I would try to challenge you on another one.

What happens when you add one slide:

and 1 cool swimming pool during a hot day

You get this!

Splash Pad

Last weekend was a hot one.  So while Daddy was away for the morning, the Madore-ables and I ventured on up to Splash Pad in Derry, New Hampshire.

We were joined by our friend Kerry and her daughter Shannon.  (Shannon is about 2 weeks older than Sarah).

Once the sunblock was applied, there's no telling where the girls will go!

Samantha mountain climbing 

 Sarah and Shannon sharing a snack together.

Sarah practicing being the little monkey that she is!

Sarah put hers and Samantha's water shoes on top of some of the spiggots.  She was just waiting in anticipation for the water to turn back on and make the shoes "fly". 

Samantha just taking a rest from all the giggling and running around.

Playdate At Roby Park

Last week, I took the girls to meet my friend Chrissy and her daughters at Roby Park in Nashua. I've been there several times, and love returning each time.  There's so much to do, and as an added bonus, not that I have to worry about my girls running away, but the entire playground is fenced in.  So no risk for runaways ; )

Although, I didn't get to have too much time to chat with Chrissy because the Madore-ables certainly kept me busy with pushing on the swings, and spotting them on the monkey bars.  At least the girls were entertained.



Smolak Farms

Last week the Madore-ables and I had a fun playdate at Smolak Farms with our friend Kerry and her daughter Shannon. Smolak's recently rennovated their petting zoo and children's play area and it looks great fabulous fun and amazing.

Plenty of parking. Free admission. It is truly the best place to go to if you're looking for a few hours to kill some time with the children. Or it's the perfect place to grab some Treadwell's ice cream and Smolak's famous cider donuts. Just be sure to remember to bring your quarters so the kids can feed the animals. Did I mention the yummy cider donuts and the Treadwell's icecream? Fun and yummy all in one place...can you really beat that?

My Madore-ables loved it and have asked me already if we can go back soon.

Sarah checking out the pirate ship

The girls feeding the Zebu (Smolak's also has goats and llamas)

Along with a life size pirate ship, there is also a tractor

Seriously brilliant. Old water pumps hooked up to a large trough full of water for the kids to pump water with. Who would have thought this could be so fascinating?

Sarah loved putting the ping pong balls in the "gulleys" and pumping the water to push the balls to her friend Shannon. They made a great team!

After all that hard work of feeding the animals their lunch and a picnic lunch, we decided a sweet frozen dairy product treat was in order.