The Skarin Family Blog

Today we drove out west to see Jackie and Evalyn.  We had lunch at the farm after looking at the baby cows and then had some ice cream.  Evan enjoyed his very first own ice cream cone and had a blast playing with Evalyn at her house.  Can’t wait to see them again and meet the new little baby who...

Having a new baby has been busier than I imagined.  As such, I have fallen behind in my blogging.  In an effort to catch up and get back on track, I have decided to combine a few smaller events/posts into one larger one.  (In all honesty, I’m not sure that many of these “events” would warrant their own post anyway.)...

Since Logan was born, we have been asked over and over “How is Evan doing?  Is he a great big brother?” I have to say Evan is a wonderful big brother!  He is very helpful and willing to get things for me when I need them…a bib, a burp cloth, a bottle, a binkie…and he often gets things without being...

I can’t remember the last time we were so glad to see the Red Sox season come to an end.  Even without watching too many games, this year was painful!  Let’s hope that the Pats don’t follow in the Sox footsteps.  Even if they don’t go the the Super Bowl again, they can’t be as bad as the Sox were,...

Just before Evan was three months old, he had this little conversation with Papa.  Now Logan, not quite two months old, had a similar conversation with Papa.  There is just something about these boys and their Papa!  It’s very sweet and special! Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has been discontinued, so these photos can no...

Today I brought Evan and Logan to visit Gigi so that she could meet the littlest of her 15 great-grandchildren!  It is amazing to have so many little ones in our family especially when you consider that about half of my cousins do not have children yet.  I wonder how many great-grandchildren Gigi will one day have??  Gigi and I...

Some people say that Evan and Logan look a lot alike…other people say there is a resemblance but that’s it. Sometimes I agree with “some people”, other times I agree with “other people”.  You decide.  On the next series of pictures, who’s who? Sleeping Mouths wide open...this one's a gimme Great big eyes  Sweet baby boy asleep at the hospital...this...

The first seven weeks of Evan’s life we took 731 pictures of him.  The first seven weeks of Logan’s life we took 415.  Second child syndrome, right?  Well maybe not.  If you add in the 118 pictures that we have of both boys together, the new total is 533.  If you then count all of the photos that are organized...

What better way to spend a beautiful fall day than with a hayride and apple picking?  Today we met Papa, Gramma, Danny and Sean (Auntie Karin and Uncle Dan were at the Red Sox game) at A&W for lunch (which we won’t do again based on price increases) before heading to the apple orchard for a hayride and apple picking....

In keeping with tradition, Logan’s letter from Papa is now framed and hanging on the wall in his room.  I started this tradition of writing letters to the boys while waiting at the hospital for Danny to be born.  I also wrote a letter to Sean on the day he was born.  Both letters came from the heart to let...