The Skarin Family Blog

I have always thought of March 1st as the unofficial start to Spring even though the equinox is not until the 20th.  With the mild winter we have had, I thought this would be more true this year than ever before.  How wrong I was!  We had one of the biggest snow storms of the season today and have about...

Here are some photos from January and February that didn’t have their own post but are still too cute not to share. Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has been discontinued, so these photos can no longer be displayed here. </span>

Em and Lia came to visit today. It was the first time we had seen them since November!  Evan decided he wanted to have a picnic with Lia.  The series of photos that followed are just too cute!  So great to see them and catch up, as always! Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has been...

February is full of birthdays in our family…both young, old and somewhere in between.  Today was Sean’s birthday.  Even though we didn’t see him or talk to him today, we were certainly thinking of him…especially Evan who had a special birthday message for his cousin tonight. Happy birthday, Moose!  We love you!

Evan has taken to playing peek-a-boo in his sleep.  Three nights this week when I went in to give him a kiss before I went to bed (like I always do), I couldn’t find him.  I think we need to teach him that he is supposed to sleep on his pillow pet not sleep with his pillow pet on! Tuesday...

Mommy does such an amazing job with the blog. For this day though, she get’s a vacation. Here’s to the most incredible mother and wife. Happy birthday! We love you!

After a fun-filled, busy day yesterday, today was the exact opposite…lazy and low-key.  Some days you just need a day to recover and regroup, especially when you are a little guy who isn’t feeling well.  Evan and I spent most of the day today snuggling on the couch and in bed reading books.  I am sorry that my little pal...

Tonight I had this conversation with Evan while he was busily playing with this softsided cooler. "Evan, what are you doing?" "Packing a lunch." "What are you bringing?" "Crackers.  Milk." "Where are you going?" "Papa's." And as you can see from the pictures, he was planning to ride “his bike” Geoffrey all the way there.

Seeing that tomorrow is my birthday and it’s a Monday and I’m tutoring from 5-8, I wanted to do something fun as a family today.  Unfortunately, neither one of us had any really good ideas, nor did we really give it any thought until yesterday afternoon.  While researching some options, we were leaning towards the Providence Children’s Museum.  Something fun...

When Bruce told me that he wanted to buy Introductory Calculus for Infants for Evan, I don’t remember my exact response but it was something like, “Are you kidding me? Isn’t he already going to be nerdy enough just because he has both of our genes?  We have to make sure he is athletic too, not just smart, so that...