Christmas 2017

Ice Skating downtown

Su and Cathy came for a visit

A family Pic with all the Ridge's

Business-Casual for Christmas Eve for this little guy

Ohh - Music!

We woke 

We woke up to Christmas and Santa left us what we want - A Hatcnhimal

And Santa left us a Toothbrush! Oh, to have teeth!

Christmas Treeing 2017

Off into the forrest we go in search of the perfect tree, in Western Massachusetts

Hello there!

What about this one?  It's my size?

The kids with the perfect tree

Watcha doin' there Dada?  Ohh, cutting the tree...

Our proud (semi) Tree Cutter

Its a Happy 1st Year Birthday for Ethan

It's somebody's birthday!

There we are in our birthday hat :)

Presents

Presents

Everybody settles in for a puppet show!

And here is the puppets!

The story is thoroughly engaging to all

Everybody gets to pet the puppets

Time for cupcakes :)

Yum! First Cupcake!

A Review of Fall

I missed a few posts with how busy Fall got around our house.  I have a few minutes to put together the highlights of our fall excursions.  Enjoy!

The swing becomes a playground favorite

Ruby and I take a row boat on Jamaica Pond, and she rows!

And rows more!

Ruby dances with the sail boats gliding by...

Tricia captures me with Jamaica Pond behind me

We celebrate our anniversary with a dinner out with the kids in the South End

The Ruby Unicorn is sighted in the urban wild near our house!

Bob Terry, the 1st grade class pet came home with us and ate a donut

We went to the MFA for the Murakami art show (those are his flower cartoons)

We saw Aunt Michelle on our visit to Ohio

We started scooting, and climbing on things (in October and November!)

Pumpkin Time

In October, 

we choose to spend a crisp Fall day to take to kids to the local pumpkin patch (@ Alendale Farm) with their pumpkin shirts on and match orange with orange.

(This is a little out of order, but it's still a lot of fun in Orange!)

Look at the two of them

Lost in a sea of orange

Hay!

More Hay!

Fun!

Little pumpkin

Now its carving time!

Ruby busy on her design

Looks like a cat

Mommy and Ruby carve together!

Our neighbors join us!

Daddy's, Ruby's and Ethan's Jack o' Lanterns (right to left)

Us in our Halloween outfits (Monkee Emogi, Lion and Ballerina Princess)

There's the little Lion

Ready for some trick o' treating!

Another pic of the Ballerina Princess

Happy Halloween Everyone!