Provincetown for Memorial Day Weekend

We walk to the sea's edge

Dip our tootsies in the cold water

We excited to be on the beach

Lots of things to do

Cant't keep still...

Cinnebun!

Trying out our ride in our bike helmet

Glamorous snails

Even  more glamorous

bubbles!

We try the bubbles

More bubbles

Can't stop the bubbles

A view of the area you walk through to get to the ocean

Very comfy in our ride now

Back to the beach

Camera?

Hi there!

That camera has buttons I can push!

Us in our tandom bike in the dunes

Mother's Day in the Arboretum

Ruby and Ethan and lilacs

and more Ruby and Ethan and lilacs

weeeee

Mommy, Ruby, and Ethan with lilacs

Mommy and Ethan with the lilacs

Ruby with the flower background

Ruby holding spring in her hand

Aww...Ethan want to smell the flower?

Arnold Arboretum

1...2...3....Go!

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd Sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!!!

Here they come

Whee!

Wheee!

Wheeeeeeee!

Ok, let's do it again!

A fine day in May for a day of sliding down the slide.

And boy do we like that.

A Day in the Life of Ethan

I'm not the most timely blogger of all time...so these pictures are from Ethan's adventures in daily life from the springtime.  This is what we were doing in April (and working on our standing and walking)

Kickin' it

And swinging!

Hi Seal - at the Aquarium in Boston

Climbing at the neighborhood playground - with sissy helping?

Ethan goes for a ride!

mmm....our favorite place for now - bang, clang, get inside and play open-shut

Ethan Ridge - First Words

Starting with his first word "Hi" just before his 1st birthday, 

Ethan has been acquiring language and sometimes its just gibberish and then there's definite words that become part of his emerging powers of speak.

Here is a run down.

Hi

Dada

Bye

Mama

Baba (bottle)

Ruby

Down

Poo Poo

That pretty much sums it up.

Ruby Ridge, Self Portrait, 1st Grade, 2018

Ruby Ridge, Self Portrait, 1st Grade, 2018

Meeting the Saints in New Orleans!

Who doesn't like a spring break?

That's right – so we took to the sky and flew south to New Orleans – we've never been so it was quite the adventure.

Here's some pictures from the things we did!

We went to a jazz show at Preservation Hall - the home of old school New Orleans jazz right on Bourbon Street

The line into the joint

Ruby and I got to sit right next to the players - and you can see this place is ooooold

The view out of the hotel room on our first night

Ruby plays in front of the view out of the hotel room in the morning

Chillin' on the roof next to the pool

The Pool on the Roof

More Pool on the Roof

We visited a plantation that functions as a historical museum - a trip that  functioned as fun and educational!

Here is a sculpture that memorializes the struggle and migration of slaves at the plantation museum

Back in New Orleans, Ethan and Tricia take a swing!

Here Ruby celebrates our gator lunch!

Yes - that's gator fried up for us!

They also have ridiculous donuts here!

Ruby taking me for a ride!

At the well-known "French Market" with Budsy in tow ;)

At the window to order some famous French Quartier beignets, yum!

A happy family with their beignets at the Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter

Tricia takes a rest next to a fun sculpture on a fountain in the French Quarter

Thats a LOT of hot sauce

This sculpture is "Second Line Sashay" by Madeline Faust

Ruby found this happy guy on the street



Whew, that was quite a trip!
Can't wait til our next one!