A Week on the Island

 

A kid doesn't need heat for the beach, just sand and water! We travelled with the whole family to Nantucket last week and a had a fun, exhausting time. We played in the sand, the ocean, in the cottage and around the "cobble'tone" downtown, as Jay used to call it. Ella loved the extra time and cuddles from Nana, Gramps and Aunties. We closed with 2 days in Portsmouth. Send more pics or fun times I left out! 

Jay's Party

Jay played a great host for his 4th birthday party. He welcomed 14 friends from school and the neighborhood and enjoyed Grammy Marsha, Grampa Hal and Aunti Les. Jay shared well and Mom cooked up a couple games, including "pin the Badge on the Power Ranger" and arts and crafts. Jay gave out goodie bags for everyone at the end. He's quite the big boy! 

Mornings At Home

With Alli home, Jay has been able to spend extra time in the morning with Ella before going to school. He's learning a lot from Mommy -- as these pics show! Jay's had a great couple weeks of acting sweet with Ella and being a Big Bro. 

"Why is this Day..."

We had a wonderful Passover in Chicago last week, filled with family, food, snow (!) and horses. Jay got to ask the first question of the four asked by the youngest children to help reflect on the year, "Why is this day different than all the other days?" He ran after some cousins, others ran after him. We saw Cinderella, met the evil stepsisters and Jay told them to shape up, in person! They said they would.