The Skarin Family Blog

Evan loves to help! He likes to be right where we are and will help us do just about anything. Sometimes he doesn’t understand why we don’t let him help do things like take something out of the oven or use the scissors. Here are a few photos of some of his favorite ways to help us. Helping daddy touch...

Evan knows lots of animal sounds and will often perform for us. He knows dog, cat, duck, cow, monkey, pig, and elephant. The problem is that we can never capture it on video. Here are a few attempts. Attempt #1: Tight lipped and beeping Attempt #2: Not interested in performing Attempt #3: Ruff, ruff Attempt #4: The best performance to...

Today Evan and I went to Keaney’s fourth birthday party while Daddy stayed home to get some much needed yard work done. It was a great celebration with a bounce house and a kiddie pool and lots of kids running around the yard. It was fun to watch Evan’s independence as he toddled through the yard on his own through...

Today we went to the birthday party of one special little girl! Abby turned four and had a wonderful party complete with lots of kids, tons of presents, and loads of fun! Happy birthday, Sweetheart! Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has been discontinued, so these photos can no longer be displayed here.

Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! If there is one thing that the WPI Girls are good at, it is having boys! There are currently six little boys with another one on the way. Today we had a play date with four of these boys. It was fun and full of energy. Imagine what it will...

After a wet, cool spring and a delayed start to summer, the pool is open!! Believe it or not, today was our first day poolside this season…definitely a late start but better late than never! Papa is still busy getting everything completely set up and ready but his yard looks really nice. Let’s hope that July and August are especially...

The preparation for this father’s day started earlier in the week with some finger painting. We didn’t have any actual finger paint on hand so we made our own with corn syrup and food coloring. Evan painted three beautiful pieces of abstract art and was covered head to toe in corn syrup. Thankfully he was just in a diaper and...

All of the dad’s decided that they would rather go out than cookout today. Even though it was a beautiful cookout kind of day, I guess I can’t really blame them. Be waited on or wait on? The choice is an easy one especially on Father’s Day. So we all (Papa & Gramma, Grammy, Bumpa, Uncle Dan, Auntie Karin, Danny,...

Today was a fun (almost) summer day spent with the Cenotti’s that included a trip to the playground, lunch on the deck, and some late afternoon swimming! Plus, all three kids napped at once so Amelia and I had over a hour to have an actual conversation!! Such a fun day! Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service...