Last night at the South Burlington PD's Awards Banquet Keith was awarded the Heroism Award with Police Cross. It was the highest honor of the night and although Daddy is a bit embarrassed by the attention we are all very proud!
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Congratulations Daddy!
Last night at the South Burlington PD's Awards Banquet Keith was awarded the Heroism Award with Police Cross. It was the highest honor of the night and although Daddy is a bit embarrassed by the attention we are all very proud!
"How do you get a dream?"
It's amazing how deep a 3 year old can be. Out of the blue one day he asked me "Mommy, how do you get a dream?" I explained that sometimes while we sleep they just happen. This started our ongoing series of talks on how you get dreams, where they come from, which ones are best and whether you have to be a certain age to get them. It's pretty amazing what he comes up with and how odd and cool it is to have such an abstract conversation with a 3 year old. I'm so proud of him!
Warm Weather
YAY!! Spring is here! We've been enjoying the trampoline and daddy was lucky enough to buy a "bouncy thing" from a friend. Now time to work on riding that bike again. Of course Dominic is ready to go swimming but we'll have to stick to in-door pools for a while longer!
Thinking Spring!
We took a trip to the new Lowe's (Dominic was so excited to go, we've driven by the store while they were building it and Dominic was excited it was finished!) and got some Dora and Diego gardening gloves and some kid's green houses. The kids did a great job planting their seeds all by themselves and it's been very exciting to watch them grow. Dominic can't wait to plant them outside when they get big enough, and when it warms up a bit!
Another cute picture!
I just love getting a sweet picture of Dominic! Between the running away from the camera stage and the become a total ham in front of the camera, sweet pictures have been few and far between.
More goofball pics!
Dominic tells me that this is his "mad face." The black eye is from an unfortunate run-in with our kitchen island.
And some adorable pictures!!!!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Valentine's Day
President's Day fell over Valentine's Day weekend this year and even though Daddy was working, the kids and I had a great long weekend. I took them both to the pool at my gym and Dominic loved the water. He was very brave, putting his face in the water and trying some floating in his life jacket. We also went to the mall and to Barnes N Nobles which they always love!
Shovelling
Dominic loves shovelling and has helped Daddy with the driveway several times this winter!
Jorja's House
Dominic had a blast with Jorja at her 2nd birthday party. Samantha was a bit shy but Dominic got right in and had a great time playing with Jorja!
Take My Picture!
"Take my picture! Take my picture!" That's a pretty common phrase from Dominic these days. I'm glad we're finally over the running every time he saw the camera stage!
Such a Ham!
Dominic has really gotten into posing for the camera. These were all taken at Elmo Live which he enjoyed but wasn't quite as enthralled as Samantha was!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration Day 2009
To my children on Inauguration Day,
Today President Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of this country. I sat in the lunchroom at work today watching the inauguration with my co-workers as it happened. People cried and cheered. I've never seen an inauguration day like today. Typically it just passes by without a notice. I freely admit that I have been anxiously awaiting this day. To me Obama represents a very new type of leadership for this country. He has truly been chosen as the agent of Hope rather than falling into the same trend of fear that is so often used in politics. He is educated, eloquent and focused on what must be done. I am very optomistic for what America will be under his leadership.
Additionally, this election is historic because we have for the first time sworn in an African American as our president. I think it is wonderful that you will never have known a time when there had never been a black president. I predict that by the time the two of you are adults there will have been a female president as well. It is a wonderful thing that the "melting pot" will not just be something that you are taught about in school as I was but that you will see as a given in life.
I love you both!
Love,
Mom
"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America — they will be met.
"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics."
"This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed — why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath. "
"In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations."
"Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America."
Today President Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of this country. I sat in the lunchroom at work today watching the inauguration with my co-workers as it happened. People cried and cheered. I've never seen an inauguration day like today. Typically it just passes by without a notice. I freely admit that I have been anxiously awaiting this day. To me Obama represents a very new type of leadership for this country. He has truly been chosen as the agent of Hope rather than falling into the same trend of fear that is so often used in politics. He is educated, eloquent and focused on what must be done. I am very optomistic for what America will be under his leadership.
Additionally, this election is historic because we have for the first time sworn in an African American as our president. I think it is wonderful that you will never have known a time when there had never been a black president. I predict that by the time the two of you are adults there will have been a female president as well. It is a wonderful thing that the "melting pot" will not just be something that you are taught about in school as I was but that you will see as a given in life.
I love you both!
Love,
Mom
"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America — they will be met.
"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics."
"This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed — why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath. "
"In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations."
"Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America."
Hal Donahue: "Complete strangers of all classes and shades hugged and talked and cried. On Tuesday, the immigrant cab driver taking us away from the mall to a hotel was literally crying with equal measures of joy and astonishment. This was massive change and everyone knew it. The road ahead will be long and uphill but for this one day; we celebrated the victory of our time.
Make no mistake. Tuesday was a revolution. We, the people, came together to make it very clear that this is a revolution."
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Dominic Updates
Dominic is getting so mature! He is all little boy. He has a fantastic imagination and is constantly playing pretend although sometimes he gets shy if he's really into the story and someone starts watching. He still loves the dojo and he is now officially in class for pre-schoolers. It's pretty entertaining and you can tell when the half hour is getting close to being done because the focus gets pretty lost with the kids. Dominic loves it though!
The new obsession in our house is "Mamma Mia" the movie. I love the movie and I was surprised when Dominic asked to watch it. I put it on and lately we've watched it multiple times a day! Dominic knows the words to the songs and sings along. His favorite song is "Honey Honey" but he also corrected Gee to the proper words of "Mamma Mia." I've tried to tape him singing it but he gets shy whenever he sees the camera so instead I stealthily filmed him dancing. LOL!
The new obsession in our house is "Mamma Mia" the movie. I love the movie and I was surprised when Dominic asked to watch it. I put it on and lately we've watched it multiple times a day! Dominic knows the words to the songs and sings along. His favorite song is "Honey Honey" but he also corrected Gee to the proper words of "Mamma Mia." I've tried to tape him singing it but he gets shy whenever he sees the camera so instead I stealthily filmed him dancing. LOL!
Christmas Take 2
After we finished at our house we all got dressed and headed over to Gee & Papa's house to celebrate Christmas some more! Dominic had a great time opening the presents for himself and Samantha and when we pointed out that some of the presents were for Celeste and Brooke he was very good about leaving them alone. I wasn't sure he'd have the restraint! He loved all of his new toys there as well!
Christmas Continued
Dominic was so into all of his toys! It's so great when they love everything they open! 
Monday, December 29, 2008
Christmas
Dominic is one smart kid! I can see that Christmas in the future will be a tricky endeavour! Already he is pointing out the people "pretending" to be Santa. He won't go anywhere near them! Thankfully we found the real Santa downtown and he very happily went to him and took a picture. He even told him the gift he has been asking for since Halloween, a baby lion cub. (The coolest thing ever, check it out http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/plush/alive/cubs:lion-cub)
He had a great time decorating the tree and was very good with the ornaments. Daddy and I have a penchant for blown glass ornaments and I was a little worried but the kids did great putting them on the tree. We only had one casualty which mommy really should have moved to a higher branch!
Dominic was very excited about Christmas morning and was so excited to open all of his presents. He opened Samantha's as well! He was thrilled to get the baby lion and was excited to see the presents at Gee & Papa's house. Now we're having a great week (mommy took vacation) playing with the new toys and hanging out.
The Polar Express
This year, we decided with Gee & Papa to skip the presents to each other and instead go to the Polar Express in NH. We had a wonderful weekend with snow, sleigh rides and a great trip to the North Pole. The kids were mesmerized by Santa and enjoyed the carols. Dominic is still dissapointed that the man didn't punch his ticket like in the movie but had a wonderful time!
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