A Farm, Science and Hospital Weekend

Dylan had his 6-month Dartmouth checkup on Monday and we decided that since it was an earlier appointment, perhaps we should stay up in that area Sunday night. And since we were staying up there Sunday night, perhaps we should make a day of it on Sunday. Our original plan was to go to Burlington but the Coburns were out of town and we'd discovered some other fun things we wanted to do for the day. We hit up Billings Farm first and checked out the animals, took a walk around the mansion, and had a picnic on the lawn. Then, because it's Jeremy and Dylan and a pregnant lady (and thus we eat a lot), we found a small diner in White River Junction called the Polka Dot. 2nd best grilled cheese ever. The first is still my Dad's grilled cheese on Extra Sour Jewish Rye with shredded chedder (I'm drooling thinking about it). After we meandered up to the Montshire Museum... which really wasn't so much meandering as it took no where near the 20 minutes we'd been told, even going under the speed limit... so much for a nap. We spent some time there but when it hit 3:30 and the kid went insane, I pulled a plug on playing outside in the water. After all, the hotel had a pool and I wanted Dylan to a) nap and b) get used to a swimming pool. Nap, pool, dinner and bed accomplished, Dylan received a great report from Dr. F.: The "problem" areas are keeping pace with his growth rate and thus aren't worse (unfortunately they're not magically better either). Don't come back for 9 months!!!

Cows!

 

Baby cow meets Baby Dylan.

Penny sliding.

 

So proud of himself.

How many Dylans?

No trip to the Montshire would be complete without... bubbles!!

Nana See

Nana is coming to visit us in 2 weeks. Dylan is very excited for this fact. This morning, as we drove to storytime, he repeatedly said "Nana see." It made for a very long three minute drive.

Tarrytown!

This was two weekends ago... at least it hasn't been a year. We had a fantastic, fun weekend visiting Nicole, Brian, Ellie and Gabe. The kids had a blast playing together and the four adults had a blast just hanging out. Brooklyn used to be a trek for us - 5 hours or more in the car - so we rarely made the trip. Tarrytown? Much closer. Just over 3 hours and so much more feasible to do for a weekend.

Nicole decided on the wedding date, Oct 20, 2034 (Ellie's birthday!). Originally it had be 2024, but we decided 14 and 15 were a little young.

 

(one of my favorites. I was trying to get a group shot)

Job Site

Excavator! Or, as Dylan says, "Bulld" (pronounced bowl-duh)!

Slave labor. Really the kid just loves to sweep and Mommy doesn't let him play with the dust pan.

This is WHY Mommy doesn't let him play with the dust pan. See any trash cans around? Yup. You guessed it... it's clear on the other side of the room.

Terrible Twos

Lately it seems like every day is a struggle with Dylan - when its just me and him. When someone else is around, say, Daddy, for instance, he's charming and sweet and generally well behaved (with a few exceptions). I swear the terrible twos have hit. I don't know if it's Baby making me lose my patience with Dylan more or what, but on Tuesday I figured out a way to make him happy. Introducing, the Fort.