Springtime. Finally!

Spring is finally here!  April showers bring...well, lots of things!

Noah is helping Sophie read a book before bed

Noah played indoor soccer this year.  He was one of the younger kids on the team but played great.  His team was first in their league, made the playoffs and won the championship game!  This was the first team he played on where they actually kept scores and standings.  It was fun, and Noah was really proud of the trophy he got for 1st place.

Next stop, Connecticut.  These trips usually involve a stop somewhere for a little dinner and a lot of ice cream!

It was Passover weekend and we stayed in Danbury.  Notice Sophie and Auntie Marcie dressing alike for bed.

Uncle Jimmy isn't wearing pink, but was reading a really great book!

Everyone was there for the Sedar.  What a great day.

And Sophie found the Matzah and his holding up her reward.  Thanks Nanny and Poppy.

Pile on Sophie!

The next night (the "real" first night of Passover, Mommy made a wonderful Sedar at home.

In between holidays, Sophie went to the zoo and saw--and became one of--the animals.  Especially the pigs!

An occasional tradition has been to go to Ocean City on Easter weekend.  The amusement park opens up and lots of people are on the boardwalk.

And the Ice Cream place is open of course!

This was Easter weekend.  We all went to Radnor Valley for brunch and an Easter Egg Hunt!

But first the Easter Bunny came to our house

Someone said we would have to teach Sophie what to do.  But away she went grabbing all the eggs she could find.

Noah and Sophie's friends Hudson and Scarlett came with us and made it a fun day.

Don't even ask!

Finally Sunday morning, and pancakes for everyone.

We're really glad spring is here.  We're all back outdoors, everything is green and warm, and we have so many fun things to do.

Family photos

This blog is from Sophie.  She is doing the captions and David is typing:

These are some of the last pictures from our great vacation at Turks and Caicos.

Sophie loved playing with Abby Caddabbie.  They sang songs, and a guy lost an apple and dropped it in the bushes.

So, we're walking with Big Bird because Big Bird is so tall and I like all the Sesame Characters

We took a cruise on a catamaran out into the ocean and Elmo came with us and then Zoe came up too!

The girls!  Mommy is holding me because I love her so much

Our family

The boys

Daddy's pretty little girl

Daddy's little man

We had such a great vacation together.  Love you....

On with the show.

Sophie loved the shows.  Here she is getting warmed up.  You can also see it at: http://youtu.be/BLSbEH2YysI

And now for the show....or see at http://youtu.be/BHrlGASWZfA

More vacation photos

More fun pictures from Beaches in Turks and Caicos

In the lobby they had a kids area with a TV and usually a bowl of chocolate chip cookies.  One day to get out of the sun, Sophie hung out watching TV and if you look closely, sipping her Strawberry Daiquiri. 

Waiting for the Sesame Street parade.

No words needed.

We had some pictures taken out by the beach one night.  We have some great photos we'll post soon, but this is just a quick look at a couple really neat pictures.

This night we went to a Hibatchi restaurant.  All the food was made right in front of us, and the chefs were singing and making music with their knives and forks.  It was really cool.  3 of us ate.  1 went for chicken nuggets after dinner!

Check out this video.  No one caught it, but great movie.  If the video doesn't work, try http://youtu.be/SfIiVHq-_VM

He looks healthy, including the chocolate ice cream on the shirt collar!

We were back in the water.  Look who's coming down head first.  http://youtu.be/HPXD7sE2aHo

Kids at the Character Breakfast

This day was pretty funny.  Or not.  We had reservations for a character breakfast.  Sophie was so excited.  Noah was not.  In fact, he was pretty unhappy about it.  He was a little embarrassed, but to his credit, ended up being a good sport.  Even though he didn't have to, he smiled and posed.  Look at these pictures but keep reading at the end.

In the middle of breakfast, we looked up and Noah was scratching his face and arms and had big hives rapidly popping up all over him.  We knew there was peanut butter on the buffet right next to the butter and cream cheese, and we didn't think we got near it.  We didn't think any of the muffins or bread had nuts, but you can never be sure.  So Noah and David left breakfast quickly and quickly got to the resort infirmary.  We had an Epi-Pen with us just in case.  We needed some benadryl.  

As we were sitting waiting for the nurse, and as David was trying to make Noah laugh, it became obvious what happened.  He didn't eat peanuts. He was allergic to the Sesame Street characters. Perhaps their costumes weren't the cleanest?  But he had hives only on exposed skin where he touched them.   So all of his moping about having to go to Character Breakfast turned out in the end to be, well, justified!  And for the rest of the week, whenever the characters were around, Noah would proudly say, I can't hug you...I'm allergic to you!!