The Skarin Family Blog

The first harvest of the season is two handfuls of GREEN BEANS!

We have returned to a family of three after 5+ days as a family of five thanks to a little extra help from some very loving, helpful and caring grandparents.  Over the course of the 5+ days, I learned (and confirmed) a lot of things. I have learned that… …taking care of 2 two-year olds and a five-year old is...

Uncle Dan and Auntie Karin were married in June of 2002 and we were married in September of 2003.  As such we will be celebrating our 10-year anniversaries this year and next year, respectively.  Last summer I suggested that they should plan an anniversary vacation for sometime during 2012 and we would stay with the boys; then we would plan...

Today while Danny and Sean were at school, Papa, Gramma, Evan and I went to the Newport Creamery for lunch.  I wanted to do something special with Evan while we had a little bit of “alone” time.  We had a nice lunch and Evan enjoyed his first clown sundae.   Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash)...

After the torrential rains yesterday, the sun came out this morning and it was a beautiful day for the 43rd Annual Kavanagh Family Reunion.  It was the perfect outing for the kids to get out and run around after being cooped up all day yesterday.  There was a great turn out from the Dan and Mary-Lou clan and the Shutter...

Evan has a book called Not A Box that is all about using your imagination to turn a cardboard box into a race car, a burning building, a mountain top, a rocket ship and a variety of other things.  Lately, he has been using his imagination in a similar fashion and turning the couch into a rocket ship ready for blast...

I have a pair of Adidas socks that I cut the toes off of so that I can paint my toenails in the winter without freezing my feet.  Evan calls them my silly socks.  I also have other pairs of socks with the same Adidas logo that I wear to work out.  Every time Evan sees that logo, he says...

Evan has found many uses for a step stool lately. To inspect the ceiling To sit on To inspect the walls To try to climb the walls like Spiderman And the best use of all...to reach the brownies on the counter while mom and dad are in the other room Turkey!

ICE CREAM!!!

We had a busy weekend with some of mommy’s good friends from college.  The Green’s had planned a trip to MA from England and so we convinced (it wasn’t really that hard to do) the Kempler’s to come for a visit from DC.  Evan and I spent last Monday at the Green’s beach house on Plum Island with Nicole.  It...