happy 4th of july!

happy fourth of july!  we're looking forward to celebrating.  here's a throw back to a photo from last year on the fourth of july.  i can't believe how little noah looks!  

love, laurie

noah and the pop-pops!

i snapped this cute picture after a show ended at the theatre recently of noah and the grandpas sitting on the drum riser at the end of the night.  it was really sweet.

love, laurie

belated father's day celebrations

we had a show at the theatre on father's day, so we had to delay our father's day celebrations for a bit.  we eventually all found a time to get together.  we had dinner at my parents' house and then went to a park where noah tried every piece of play equipment in sight!

love, laurie

a trip to elm street park

when we used to live at our old house, we used to visit elm street park all the time because it was in walking distance.  we took noah there recently for the first time in a long time and it was sweet to reminisce back to the very first time he went to the park and this cute picture of him on the swing!

love, laurie

more strawberry picking at lakeland orchard

noah had such a great time going strawberry picking so we went again before they were all gone for the season.  the strawberries were huge and he had a lot of fun picking them and eating them!

of course he can't visit lakeland without sitting on his favorite pink tractor!

love, laurie

birthday celebrations

we celebrated ryan's dad's birthday recently at ryan's parents' house.  we all got together for some hoagies, cake, and noah entertainment.  this guy is always the first one in line to help out with opening presents or packages of any type to see what's inside!  

love, laurie

silly goose

this kid recently found ryan's winter hat and had to try in on even though it was 80 degrees outside.  he got a kick out of it!

love, laurie

my little stage manager

this guy cracks me up . . . sitting between the sound board and the light board, on headset, taking notes, giving cues.

love, laurie

"riding lawn mow-mow"

noah is obsessed with lawn equipment.  he has a toy push lawn mower which he loves and uses all of the time.  he can't get enough of our lawn mower, weed wacker, and leaf blower.  recently, ryan borrowed my parents' riding lawn mower and noah was in his glory checking it out!

love, laurie

a little trip to woodbury commons

we always enjoy a trip to woodbury commons, and we took noah for the first time last summer.  it's fun to look around the stores and get something to eat.

we took a trip last week in the evening to celebrate surviving spring dance recital season.  even though we didn't buy anything at any of the stores, it was fun to look.  we had an early dinner at parm (our favorite) and noah loved it as much as we have for years.  between stores noah played at the playground a few times.  before heading home we all split a veggie burger, fries, and a milkshake at shake shack, and noah absolutely devoured the veggie burger!

it was a nice little outing before the rain made us head home.

love, laurie