carnival ride

dad and vera on an airplane ride.  unfortunately (luckily?) no pictures of mom squeezing her enormous belly into that same ride with vera the night before.   

phils hat

mom and dad went to a phillies game and brought vera home a hat.  that second picture is a frequent shot we get - "mommy,let me see the picture you just took of vera" as she walks out of the picture that i'm attempting to take...

swimming

i'm sure there will be plenty of swimming pictures this summer - vera is a big fan of the pool!

memorial day bouncehouse

spent some time in a bouncehouse on memorial day....

happy birthday!!

Vera turns two today!  happy birthday sweetheart!

truck washing

we put Vera to work washing the truck!  after working for a little bit, she decided she was a better supervisor than a laborer.

catching raindrops

wheelbarrowing

we had some yard work recently that necessitated a wheelbarrow.  and then we had a little girl that necessitated rides in said wheelbarrow. 

bounce house - last easter post

easter egg hunt

mom and vera look for the yellow eggs. luckily the family color codes the eggs and presents for each kid, so that they get evenly distributed - b/c vera and i were very very slow. she ended up with quite the loot - bubbles, shaker eggs, sidewalk chalk, and vera's personal favorite - plastic eggs full of hershey kisses!

easter at grandma's

a group shot of everyone at grandma's (vera's great-grandma)


all the kids inspecting their eggs after the egg drop to see which ones survived!


family pic

egg hunt

we had an egg hunt in our backyard on easter morning (to prepare for the big egg hunt at great-grandma's later that day!)

easter morning

vera woke on easter morning to two easter baskets - what a lucky girl! although, once she found the bracelets, she no longer cared what else was in the baskets.

playhouse smiles

vera is a big fan of her playhouse in the yard, opening and shutting the door is always a smiley activity