The Skarin Family Blog

Evan has always loved to help and the older he gets the more he wants to do what Mommy and Daddy are doing.  The same was true this weekend as we prepped and painted his soon-to-be big boy room.  On Thursday he helped me put his toys in the closet, get the furniture away from the walls and dust the...

Tonight was our annual babysitting for the Boys & Girls Club Auction.  As always, the boys were all well behaved and had lots of fun together.  They played dress up, ate all of their dinner, watched a movie and didn’t fight over toys…what more can you ask for?  How fun will it be to add another little boy into this...

On our trip to Fort Myers this year, we had absolutely beautiful weather.  It was perfect and we spent much of it relaxing by and swimming in the pool.  Thankfully we have a little fish on our hands who also loves being outside in the water.  By the end of the week, Evan had made lots of friends by the...

We didn’t take anywhere near as many pictures on this trip to Florida as we did last year.  In fact we took about 100 less!  That seems to be a common theme these days.  The trouble is that Evan doesn’t sit still long enough to be able to digitally capture the moment.  Plus I think we are having more fun...

You may remember that Evan created a Florida to-do list just about one week before we left for Fort Myers. While he didn’t get to complete item number two (Gramma already had plans with Marsha), he did get to build a sand castle with Papa.  Once Evan woke up and had breakfast, we were on our way to Fort Myers...

Today, after getting a little bit of a late start, we went to the Naples Zoo.  After having a quick lunch, we began our tour of the zoo to find most of the animals hidden in their homes or napping.  We began to think our trip to the zoo was going to be a bit of a bust.  Then, just...

We all know that Evan loves to sing and dance.  Twice on our trip to Florida, Evan put on his dancing shoes and entertained us all. The first time was Friday night.  We went to the Gulf Coast Town Center after dinner to hear some live music.  We weren't really sure who was going to be there performing but Gramma...

Today, after going out to breakfast with everyone, Bruce and I left Evan with Gramma and Papa for the day and headed to jetBlue Park aka Fenway South for a Red Sox game.  It was a beautiful day for a game and we were excited to see the new park.  They modeled many aspects of the park after Fenway but...

And I'm ready to have some fun in the sun!!