Ricardo & Kylie

We had a great trip to Boston these past few days! We have been meaning to take a trip there for awhile and we finally made it. Ricardo's school was closed for a 4 day weekend so we took advantage of the time. It's truly amazing how 2 kids can turn a 5.5 hour drive into an 8 hour drive, but overall both kids did really well. Plus the road trip seems to have improved Thomas' extreme hatred for driving in the car, so that in itself is a win! We left on Thursday morning and stopped in New Haven, Connecticut for lunch and a self-guided tour around Yale to let the kids have a break from the car. Lunch was delicious sandwiches at a local eatery and our spur of the moment tour was ok. I didn't do too much planning for this part so we didn't really know exactly what the highlights of the campus were. We both kind of expected it to look just like it does on Gilmore Girls (which it doesn't), but it is beautiful and it we enjoyed a nice spring afternoon together. ...

As always, I am behind on blogging. Having 2 kids isn't helping me catch up either. I've been working on this post since Thomas was born. But before I get to that...let's recap Russell's last few months as an only child.  We enjoyed a beautiful (and warm!) fall. It was nice to extend our time spent outside. We even had some great park days in December without coats!       For Halloween we had a church party on the 30th and on Halloween night we enjoyed Chipotle and trick or treating with friends. Russell was a lion but didn't like to wear his hat. We were lion tamers but people got confused because our lion was kind of hard to identify without his mane. At least I attempted a cute family costume. He loved trick or treating this year but did not want to give away any candy. He was afraid we were giving away his hard earned candy so he wanted nothing to do with our trick or treaters. Oh well..      He loves the seasons and w...