The Skarin Family Blog

Prior to having children, I assumed that all babies crawled on their hands and knees in relatively the same manner around the same time.  After watching Danny, Sean, Evan and Logan, I know this is not true. Danny did the army crawl, Lt. Dan style Sean rolled where he wanted to go Evan got around on all fours (look at...

Ever since Evan got his balance bike for his birthday, we have been talking about taking him over to the bike path to ride.  Today we finally went!  It was a warm but cloudy day and we had a great time!  Evan rode for about 40 minutes and based on the time it took me to walk back with the...

Papa had to have some minor surgery today so I went to RI with the boys to help out with Sean.  Evan and Sean don’t get a lot of time together without Danny but today they had so much fun and played so nicely together.  As you can see from the photos, we packed a lot into one day and...

After a late night last night at the Dave Matthews concert, we had a bit of a slow start to the day and a relaxing afternoon.  We stayed at Papa & Gramma’s after the concert last night so this morning we just lounged around and played.  Then we met Uncle Dan, Auntie Karin, Danny, Sean and Grammy at the Thirsty...

Tonight we went to see Dave Matthews for the second time this year.  The show was at the Comcast Center aka the Tweeter Center aka Great Woods and it was great!  The best Dave show I have seen in quite a while.  The March show at Mohegan was good but this was classic Dave!  Their outdoor shows are what I...

We have been wanting to have a campfire, roast marshmallows and make s’mores for quite a while now. Probably since sometime around Evan’s birthday thanks to Auntie Karin and Uncle Dan for getting Evan a camp out themed gift.  We haven’t been able to make it work for a number of reasons…we already have plans, it gets too late too...

After being in South Carolina for four days with three amazing women, I was rested and relaxed and ready for a new adventure with my boys.  We met Jackie and the girls at the Tower Hill Botanical Gardens for a picnic lunch and a leisurely tour through the gardens.  It was wonderful to see them, as it always is, and...

Mommy is going here with the girls for the weekend... ...to relax, catch up and drink these! While Daddy and the boys are home having some fun!   Stay tuned for posts from Daddy!

Ten months have passed since we first laid eyes on our (not so) little boy.  He is getting bigger everyday and is such a joy in our lives.  Not too many “major” changes this month but he is getting around better and better everyday.  It’s not quite a crawl but it works for him.  It is going to be a...

A couple of weeks ago, Evan received a Highlights magazine in the mail.  It was a gift from his birthday and he has enjoyed reading the comics and stories, finding the “hidden objects” and completing the other activities.  Today a Disney Junior magazine came for him too.  He was pretty excited to see Jake and all of his other Disney...