finally some pictures--July 4-ish

I got my new computer, thank goodness, so I'm back from my 1998 level of technological functioning. Here is a bunch of photos from the past week, around the 4th of July.


We spent all afternoon at the beach the day after the 4th. The water was so warm, and our beach stays shallow for a long way out. There aren't any waves, so Noah can hang in the sand by the water, and Maya can play out a little bit with her friends, and go in and out, without us having to hover too much. Maya has another little friend named Maya, which is fun (and confusing as both moms call for their Mayas). There's an outdoor ice cream shack down the street from our house, so we went there afterwards.

This is to show that Noah is all about the sand now :). He loves the water too!

Our town has fireworks on the beach (well, from the water by the beach), so we parked at Anil's friend's house (his coworker from BI--one of the two that recruited him up here) and walked to the beach with our beers and camping chairs. It was so great! Anil has a lot of better pictures that I'll try to share. There is snack shack at our beach, and they had a small orchestra out that played during the fireworks. There were kids running around; the beach was packed. It was a pretty unique way to celebrate. 

I'm still working on unpacking, but I finally got the bikes out of the garage! So far, this is about all that Noah can do on his little bike, but he'll start moving his feet soon :). Maya was happy to see her bike again. I miss our culdesac, but we have a long driveway that Maya can ride up and down. There is a one-mile bike trail in the neighboring town that we need to check out. I think we could walk and have Maya ride, or we can get a trailer for our bikes that the kids can sit in while we ride. Lots of things to still check out about this place. 

clambake

Anil's emergency department had a clambake in Rhode Island last weekend. Noah was sick, so he stayed home with my parents, and we got some fun time with just Maya. I'd forgotten what that's like! It was at an outdoor space made for large gatherings, with huge picnic tables and tents. There were lawn games and chalk drawing for the kids. And beer for the grown ups, of course.

Lobstah. 

Anil tried to get Maya to try some steamed clams and muscles. How do you think that one went over? I didn't let on how freaked out I feel about them, but she came to that conclusion herself anyway. 

I think this was the third or fourth piece of watermelon. Happy kid.

town beach

There's a "town beach" here, meaning you need a resident sticker on your car to park there. I'm hoping that means I can do some friend stalking there this summer, since assumably the other people there will also be residents. Here's to hoping that this town is full of cool people with young kids that will magically appear in the summer. So far, we can't keep Maya from covering her entire body in sand, and Noah won't let his feet touch it.

June 1

Moving in!

Creative uses for moving boxes and painters tape (doesn't stick to walls--it's my new favorite household item). 

Baby stair gate. 

Canvas.