Please Mr. Postman

Wait, Mr. Postman.  Is there a letter in your bag for me?

There is?  It's from Grandma!  How exciting!

Is it a Bird?

Tate to the rescue!!!

Is it a bird?  Is it a plane?

No, silly.  It's Tate the Superhero in Training!

Without my cape, I can only run, not fly, to the rescue.  Sigh.

Dashing off to rescue my next damsel in distress....

Spray Park

It seems like a natural:  toddler + spray park (should) = fun.   Let's see what the photos reveal:

What's this?

I don't like this!

I'm Tate.  I like shade and vroom vrooms (trucks).

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Daddy the Barber

Daddy wears many hats around the house. Latest one?  Barber!

BSAAC

It must be summer because we attended the 46th Annual Bay State Antique Auto Car show in Dedham.  We had so much fun!  Even Tate seemed to enjoy himself.

Adam's favorite:  1955 Cadillac.  He asked to go back to see it.  Twice!

Ashley's eye was on the 1931 Ford.  The owner let her sit in the driver's seat!

Ashley thought this one was cool too.  This owner invited her for a ride too!

Family picnic in the back of our (unapologetically) modern Honda.

Big Sis in Action

Whenever Tate needs help, Ashley comes to his rescue:

Summer Readers

This year we're old enough to participate in the loca library's summer reading challenge:  10 hours of reading marked in 15 minute increments!  Below is a photo of our intrepid readers signing up for the challenge:

Young Yankee

When my kids are little, they're Yankees fans.  When they get to school, they gradually shift allegiance and become Red Sox fans.  It's understandable... we don't live in NY.  So here's proof of my little one as a young Yankee.

Camp Photographer

There's a roving photographer at camp who posts a daily collection of 50+ photos to a general account.  Yours truly tries to monitor them to catch our campers in action, but it takes a great amount of patience to sift through photos of someone else's campers.

Here are the two that I found so far:

The Look

Tate is rockin' this set of shades.

Reminds me of when the A-team loved playing with their own glasses.

America's Birthday

There's always lots of hoopla to celebrate America's birthday on July 4.  This year our hoopla entailed trying to get Tate to stand still for a photo:

No.

Not close.

Still trying.

Almost there...

Got it!

The Big One!

Each week the kids have an opportunity to go fishing.  Adam caught a big fish!

Dakotas and Hurons

The A-Team are attending big kid camp this year.  What a blast!  Here are photos of the Dakotas (Ashley's group) and Hurons (Adam's group):

Boosters

We thought sitting in a booster would be exciting enough that we might squeeze in a few photos of the kids before Tate moved.  It worked!  We got three nice photos:

Almost, but not quite

Got it!

Homeschooling, Lesson #31

Today's lesson:  strawberries do not grow in cartons, they grow in a field.  Despite refusing to eat all berries, Tate was a wonderful pupil and enjoyed this lesson immensely:

Ow-tide

This is a cute one.  As I was preparing for dinner, Tate had plans of his own.  He was pushing his high chair toward the door.  Translations for this clip:

dinai = dinner
ow-tide = outside

Kids at play

Some translations before you watch this video:

hit dow = sit down
my = more
uppity uppity =  pick me up!

Hike at Mill Pond

Finally took a hike around Mill Pond.  It was a hot day, so we took two water breaks.  The kids hammed it up for the camera both times!

And for the alert readers out there, Daddy and Tate were enjoying a lazy morning at the "pancake place".

MOS Bear

When our littlest guy marches in to the Museum of Science, the first thing he does is kiss the bear:

Until the Fall

Until Ashley sees Ms. McLaughlin and Mrs H on the playground next Fall, here's one final hug:

Bigger Every Day

Tate shows us that he's getting bigger every day:

King for a Day

Ashley went to a birthday party and received a crown in her goodie bag.  Tate couldn't take his eyes or hands off of it.  Luckily for him, Ashley didn't mind sharing: