Just learned Prince/Clara duo

I typically don't post these videos from rehearsals to the family blog. But this one is the rehearsal in which I taught Charity her Clara dance duo with the Nutcracker Prince. He was not there that night, so I had to play his role. So it is a memory I guess I want to keep around. The time I taught and danced this dance with her. We often film a dance as soon as it has been first taught, so that my dancers can review/practice the choreography.  :)

Ducks at the park with Charity & Sam

Steve plays on playskape

Steve “skateboarding”

Charity Skateboarding

Andy & Sam on skateboards

Just getting out and about

Skateboarding is all the craze with our kids right now, for half of them at least.

Yesterday we had a picnic with the kids.







Daddy and boy - playing.


The Alvarez and Vickery’s came over for dinner last night.






The kids coming home from a trip to the park.


Becca at the dermatologist.


I took Charity and Sam with me on my park walk today.





I talked to Charity about how for nearly a month now, I have been reminding myself every time I come to a bridge, that I am not going to bring any unnecessary crap over that bridge with me. I explained how I use it as an emotional and psychological fresh start from any baggage, every single time I cross a bridge now.

After I shared some thoughts and reflections with Charity she seriously said to me, "Mommy, can you please teach more more life lessons?"  She is just unreal. What a sweetheart.

Our week

This is my favorite tree at our park. 

Charity and Sam picking out pumpkins.

Hana, Charity and Sam at the school Trunk or Treat.




The kids have been wanting to learn skateboarding. 

Last night Steve and I had fun with these friends.

Three cool things

1- the turtles at our park are cool

2- Andy using his first ever debit card for the very first time! And @Dollar Store :)

3- Brian took this awesome photo of us at Kerbey Lane.

Passengers show #2

Passengers show #1

On the Ferry back to Boston

Downtown Boston

Steve geeking out at the Celtics game

Day Three Boston

On our third day we took a Boston Harbor Cruise ferry out to Georges Island. This is a National and State Park and site of Fort Warren, a Civil War Fort. 

Really such a cool place with lots to explore. You need hours to really see it all.

This is a national park because if I remember the tour guide correctly, it is the tallest sunken drumlin from the continent?

I tried to fact check online and only found this:

“Drumlins may occur as scattered single hills, or in so-called "swarms." The Boston Harbor Islands are a geological rarity, part of the only drumlin swarm in the United States that intersects a coastline. This "drowned" cluster of about 30 of more than 200 drumlins in the Boston Basin are not all elongate in shape, as most other drumlins are (molded in the direction of glacial flow). Geologists believe the islands illustrate two separate periods of glacial action. Many of the islands have more than one drumlin.“

Here we learned about the source of the terms of speech “Loophole” and “Last ditch effort”. Which put an eerie new feeling to those phrases for me. Parts of this island were kind of spooky altogether. But a really cool place!









It was a gorgeous day!

Downtown was hopping with all kinds of activities. We had lunch at a restaurant floating off the pier, that was delicious!

We happened on a parade!


And we made it to Boston Celtics last home preseason game. They played the Cavaliers and killed them.

Steve loved it!!!




We ate at some very yummy restaurants. Boston has so many great ones!

Day Two Boston

Steve found some beautiful places for us to explore. One park I can’t recall the name of. 

And from there, we went to explore the Arboretum. It was gorgeous and we really enjoyed it.









From there, we went to the Green Dragon Tavern.

It is historical. 

That evening we went to see this fun Jazz concert on MIT’s campus. It was political and qwerky and entertaining. 




After the jazz show we went to a comedy show. Wish I had gotten photos, but no. :) It was fun!