The Skarin Family Blog

The last few days have followed this pattern: bad day (car broke down, canceled carnival and fireworks), good day (cookout at Papa & Gramma’s), bad day (TSX accident - more on that later), good day (cookout at Uncle Dan & Auntie Karin’s)…does that mean tomorrow is going to be a bad day?  Let’s hope not!  What more can go wrong?...

When Evan was just about nine months old, he found a friend in the mirror.  Logan has found one too!  Logan likes to kiss his friend a bit more than Evan did.  Can you blame him?  He’s super cute!  This is what was happening at home while daddy was out “test driving” new cars.  Little did I know at the...

Can you think of a better way to celebrate America than by having a cookout with wonderful family and spending the day eating, drinking, and swimming?  No?  Well, me neither!  That is just what we did today and it was perfect!! Oh, and Logan started really crawling today!  Very exciting! Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash)...

The last couple of days were tough ones around here.  For whatever reason Evan was in a mood…and not a very nice one!  He was being fresh to mom and dad, mean to Logan and just not the sweet boy that he generally is.  I don’t know what the cause was but I hope tomorrow is better! Tonight we were...

If you ask Auntie Kristina, Daddy’s nickname is “The Original Brucie Juicey” from when they were kids and he was pitting cherries one summer.  We have a fondness for bing and Rainier cherries in this house too.  They are easy for adults to eat but not so much for kids due to the pits. Today we bought a cherry pitter....

Today was a busy day of parties and driving.  We were away from our house for eleven hours and spent 4+ hours in the car!  Not always easy to do with two little ones but thankfully Evan and Logan are great in the car.  We started the day at the Aptima Summer Outing in Georgetown, MA.  We eased into the...

June was a busy, busy month with lots going on but we still found lots of time to have fun at home.  Swimming, playing and just being silly…after all what more is there for a 3 year old and an almost 1 year old to do in the summer?? Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has...

Back in November, we started taking Evan (and Logan when he was just 3 months old) to music class. Today was the last class for the year as they take a short break for the summer.  With Evan starting pre-school in the fall, we won’t be attending this class anymore but maybe we will do something else with Logan.  We...

This was the first official weekend of summer and we kicked it off in style!  Daddy was going camping in NH with the guys so it was just Mommy and the boys for the weekend.  Well, sort of!  Gramma called on Friday and said it was supposed to be a beautiful, pool weather weekend and wanted to know when we...

Logan has been working on playing catch this month.  The first video was shot two weeks ago and I love how proud Logan is at the end.  The second video isn’t actually the best catch video but I love the interaction between Evan and Logan as well as Evan’s constant commentary and encouragement for his brother and Logan’s excitement.  So...