The Skarin Family Blog

It is hard to believe that just over 3 weeks ago we hadn’t spent one single day by the pool for this season!  Since that first day we have had many more.  We have enjoyed entire weekends at “the beach house” or Papa & Gramma’s pool house, as Evan likes to call it.  We have enjoyed many cookouts, fun family time...

Stickers are meant to be stuck all over your legs, right?

Another hot, hot day!  Maybe not the best day to go to the park and playground but at least it was mostly shaded.  We met Emily and Annalia at Roger Williams Park by the carousel so the kids could play on the playground, have a picnic lunch and ride the carousel.  I don’t think they were in the same place...

Today we had a fun cookout at Gramma & Papa’s.  All of the usual suspects were there and Uncle Glenn and Aunt Chris too!  Everyone enjoyed the pool and lawn games, capped off by lots of cool food (every kind of salad you can think of…egg, potato, pasta, fruit, tuna, chicken).  Who wants to cook…or even eat anything hot for...

Today was the second week of Free Fun Friday’s,  Evan and I attended a couple of these events last summer and while they are generally relatively crowded, it is a good way to check out a new place or activity.  Of the five locations today, we decided to go to the Stone Zoo.  We had been last year with Bruce...

After a busy Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning, this little guy is tuckered out!! Too tired to even finish his lunch!  

Today was quite possibly one of the most relaxing 4th of July celebrations we have ever had.  The little boys were all well behaved, had a great time swimming, took good naps (well Sean and Evan anyway) and loved the new floats - a manta ray, a blue whale and a pirate ship - that Papa brought home from Florida....

This year, for the first time since we have lived in Millbury (just over 6 years!), we attended the annual 4th of July carnival and fireworks and I must say, I was pretty impressed.  For a small town like Millbury, they put on a decent carnival (typical to most carnivals around) and a pretty good firework display.  Evan had fun...

When Bruce and Evan came home from the store today, Evan handed me these flowers and said “Pretty flowers for a pretty mommy!”  Such sweet and thoughtful boys I have!  

After waking up from his nap today, Evan just wasn’t quite himself.  At first we thought it was just due to not eating much over the last day or so in combination with the heat and humidity that came back to the area today.  He seemed very lethargic so we took his temperature just to be sure.  Sure enough, our little guy...