The Skarin Family Blog

If you are a dedicated reader, you know that the first Sunday in June means the Kavanagh Family Picnic!  A beautiful day to get everyone together and celebrate what is really important in life…good…no GREAT family!  The boys each won something from the penny social - thanks to Papa for buying the tickets - and then had a great time...

Many moments from my May Monkeys! Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has been discontinued, so these photos can no longer be displayed here. Evan does some tricks on his balance bike - “Did you see that?  Pretty impressive.” Water balloons Evan’s whistling is getting better and better everyday

Today we attended a small Memorial Day remembrance ceremony and parade in Millbury.  We wanted to do something as a family to give the boys a little idea of what Memorial Day is all about.  No, its’ not just the unofficial kick off of summer, filled with beach parties and BBQ’s.  It was a small parade but the ceremonies were...

When I asked Evan what type of birthday party he wanted, I thought for sure that he would say superheros.  Much to my surprise, he didn’t!  He instead wanted to have a sports party.  Not a baseball, basketball or soccer party but ALL sports.  He was quite insistent on that.  So today we had a party to celebrate his 4th...

Today Evan’s preschool had a field trip to Stowe Farm.  It is right here in Millbury and yet we have never been.  The weather looked a bit iffy but the rain held off and the kids had a great time.  There were horses, goats, pigs, chickens, a bounce house, a playground, among other things.  The kids all planted their own...

We’ve had a couple of crazy weeks with Bruce resuming his campaign so it was nice to have a relatively quiet, relaxing day, just the four of us today for Mother’s day.  It started with french toast and bacon (and bloody mary’s for me!) made by Evan and Bruce.  Not quite as fancy as the omelettes we have had in...

Evan requested to have a dance party tonight, then for some reason Logan started taking his shirt off…The result…A naked belly dance party.  Only the boys participated! These two have the moves like Jagger  Taking a break from dancing.  Seriously, kid, you need to learn to relax a little!

Dear Evan, Happy fourth birthday, my sweet boy!  With each year that passes, I am more and more amazed by you.  You are wise beyond your years, sweet and caring like no other and so, so smart.  You continue to grow and learn with each new day.  In just a few short weeks, you will be completing your first year...

Four years old?!?!  What?!?!  Already!?!?! Yup, it’s true.  Today we celebrated Evan’s fourth birthday!  It was a beautiful day.  The perfect day to play outside with his new baseball tee.  He opened his gifts from us in the morning and was truly excited about EVERYTHING…even the clothes!  After playing with his new “big boy Legos, just like Danny” for a...

Today Evan celebrated his birthday with his friends at Here We Grow Preschool.  It is so nice to see how far he has come this year and how much he has learned.  I love that he has made his first friends, well ones that aren’t his cousins or children of our friends.  He was prince for the day and brought...