More Summer Fun!

Super star Jonah playing in our kiddie pool. We had a HOT summer and the pool was SO nice to cool off in!

Jonah at the wheel! Watch out!

Wweeeeeee! This is at a little playground by our house, which I call River Road Playground because it's on ... yep, River Road. Ha! We go to one of four local playgrounds so we've gotta differentiate between all of them. Can't just say "the playground" because that could be anywhere! Jonah (3 1/2) and Merrik (1 1/2) both love the swings so no trip is complete without Merrik crying out "wing, wing!!"

Every time Jonah goes down the slides he has to first hang onto the bar at the top with both hands, lift up his feet, and give a little swing, then ...

... down he goes!! Look out below!!

Merrik has also become quite the little slide expert. He can go down most without help. I thought this photo turned out SO cute with that big smile! What a big boy!!

Summer, summer, SUMMER TIME!

July '07 - G'pa & G'ma Burton came to visit during their very long cross country road trip! Yea! This was actually their last day. They were all set to leave and I called 'em up that morning before they drove off and asked to meet somewhere so we could say good-bye one more time. It was sad to see them go!

August '07 - Jonah & Merrik "flying" at the New England Air Museum

This cool space suit was on display at the Air Museum. WOW! Jonah is holding a mystery item on the left but on the right is his souvenir space man pen.

Labor Day Weekend '07 - Captain Feathersword of The Wiggles! At Six Flags New England! We practically lived there this summer! We live so close that we get discounted season passes, which is great because the boys love it! And they have Wiggles World there at 6Flags and they do shows all day with the characters from The Wiggles. It's great fun!

And here's Dorothy the Dinosaur!

And this is at the new Thomas Town. (still at Six Flags!) This is a fun area with Harold the Helicopter rides, Birdi the Bus ride and of course, ride Thomas the Train! Maybe next summer we'll get a pic of Thomas.

Sept. 14th - HAPPY BIRTHDAY JARED! He had a little help blowing the candles out!

Spring 2007 updates

Cutie Merrik blowing raspberries - he & I were inside and staying warm while Jonah & Daddy were...
... playing in the snow!!! This is a big rock in the middle of the cul-de-sac in front of our house.
Mmmmmm... bop! A birthday toy. He loves it - still! Here he's working on his vocals! It also is a little piano.
Here's Jonah!! Super under-roos boy! He'd only walk around in underwear all day if we let him. I think these are Transformers. This pic sums up Jonah in a way no words could.

Merrik turns 1!!!

On March 25th, (one day before his bday) G'ma & G'pa Cowden came over for Merrik's 1st birthday party!!

There were presents, cake and lots of new toys to play with!!

Family time at Merrik's 1st bday party! Jonah - 3 yrs & 1 mo.

Our Little Sleepers

This is how I found Jonah when I went to check on him one night before going to bed. Looks comfy, eh? Luckily he stayed asleep while I straightened him out and put on his blanket. He's even funny in his sleep - ha!

And here's Merrik all jammied out on the kitchen floor. My good news is ... he's FINALLY sleeping thru the night!!! Some of you may not appreciate that but since his birth, there were only a handful of nights that he made it all the way thru. And most of the month of March, he was up 3, 4, 5 times a night! Ugh! Now, with Jared's help and night time intervention, Merrik is a great sleeper. It's been almost 2 weeks now and I feel like a new person. Now, if we could just get Jonah to sleep later than 6:00 am!

Jonah turns 3!!!

We were in Virginia visiting Rach on his actual bday (Feb. 22) so we were able to celebrate at Chucky Cheese with Rach and her family. It was Jonah's first time to a Chucky Cheese and he totally loved it!! AJ showed him the ropes. And even Merrik enjoyed crawling around and exploring there. Then we returned home to MA a few days later and we had another party... yippee! Wow - 3 - what a big boy! I can't believe he's 3 already. We all had fun celebrating his birthday. Next month is Merrik! (Mar. 26)

(the pix are a little out of order - sorry - still figuring this blog thing out!)

...and we're bloggin'

Just a quick posting to make it official. This is a picture from warmer times here at the Cowden home. I think the temperature was hovering around 'zero' when we woke up this morning. Brrr!! (More recent photos and blurbs will be added when time permits.) What cute little boys, if I do say so myself! Signing off...