Daniel and Julien love to dance. And race. And both at once.

This is the boys' current favorite song. We think they give a pretty good performance, too.

picture day

Here's how J.'s school picture turned out. We think he looks perfectly dashing.

More springtime fun

I love being able to see the ocean every day-- even at parks while the kids play.

Springtime

Here we are a few weekends ago at Stage Fort state park.

Little G's faces

This must have been early March.

Little boys in little boxes

Around town

Here's Bino at the local courthouse. We went there for a school scavenger hunt.

Gago discovers the other Gago

updates

I can't believe it was snowing the last time I updated the blog. The grand- parents have requested more pictures, so here are a few from a while ago. These three are from Christmas time.

Snow!

We got about 8 inches of snow last night, and there maybe be more coming before morning. Bino was absolutely ecstatic to get outside in it. He stayed outside "helping" Papa shoveling for at least an hour. On tomorrow's agenda? Building a snowman.

Los tios

We were so busy during the the visit of Pedro's two brothers that we hardly had time to take any pictures. Since the brothers have left, we're about as worn out as little Gago appears here. It's a lot easier to care for the two little ones with two extra pair of hands around. (And we just miss them, too.)

Jumping

Gago's school has a contraption like this, and every time I'd see Gago in it, he'd be laughing his head off. We finally decided to get one for home, too.

At the park

Bino and Gago enjoy swinging at the park, together, or on their own.

Little Pumpkins

Apparently Tom Cruise and family were at this pumpkin patch around the same time we were. If the paparazzi had had any sense, they'd have been after these subjects instead.

Topsfield fair

Here are some photographs from our trip to Topsfield fair back in October. While Papa was not a fan of the crowds, Bino enjoyed the rides and fried dough, and Gaguito was pretty content, too. We might just be able to drag Papa back next year.

more Gago

Yaya is requesting more photos of Gago. We are happy to oblige.

The first is during a stroller ride near home. In the second, I was entertaining him with the camera while Papa ran into a cheese shop.

Corn maze

We visited a corn maze in Stowe on our last morning there. After spending so many years living among the corn fields of Illinois, Pedro and I felt right at home.

a trip to Vermont

Last weekend, we took off to see the fall foliage in Vermont. It was every bit as impressive as we'd heard.

We did quite a bit of driving, visited cheese and cider shops, and did a bit of hiking, too.

What's to come

If Gago could just figure out what to do with his arms, he'd be crawling already. Already he is able to move himself forward (and sideways) with his knees, feet and shoulders pushing off of the ground. He wiggled about so much at his last check-up that his doctor speculated that he'll be an early walker.