Christmas Vacation

A day after Christmas and here is the Griswald Dubow recap...

• It was the first time since being married that the Dubows did not travel.  Christmas was celebrated in Haverhill with Tom, Karen, Molly and Chris (Molly's friend).  It was great time, the kids and adults had a blast. 

• Joe gave everyone gift cards for x-mas....Amy told him this was boring and to get creative so he put the car is Bilz Boxes.  Not able to open, not able to use the gift card.  Some people were better than others at it.

• Good thing Molly and Chris like kids because Amy and Joe pawned the kids on them while they hung out...just kiddin.  The kids were all over Aunt Molly and Chris.  Fist bumps all around.

• We did some intense moving watching....Cars 2 and Tinkerbell.

•  The new Fireplace kept us warm on Christmas Eve.

• You will notice that several pictures have booze in them.  It started early with Bloody Marys.  Life was good on X-Mas

A few pictures by Amanda Feagle

A few weeks ago we had our Christmas pictures done by Amanda Feage, my sister's sister in-law (see if you can follow that one!).  Here is a sneak peek...

How to have a conversation with a four year old.

Sorry for the direction of the video, but I could watch this conversation over and over again.  How long did it take you to figure out what they were talking about. 

Its been awhile....

We know, we know....we are not the best bloggers.  It was late September when we last posted on the blog and it wasn't much....the length of the post, not our sweet little Cakie.  We are using the "busy" excuse......So here is an attempt to improve on our recent performance.

Since we have been "busy" we thought it would be a good idea to you give you stalkers a brief run down of what we have been up to over the past couple of months (in bullet point form).

• Joe is finishing up school...only 4 more classes left.  
• Both Papa and Coco (separately) visited last month.  They were supposed to visit at the same time and watch the kids while Amy surprised Joe with a weekend away....but Joe ruined the surprise by not writing his plans on the calendar....but hey, Amy did not write the surprise weekend on the calender either.
• We made a visit back to Michigan to visit Grandpa and Papa.  Good times.
• We are knee deep in urine while Kate is learning that she needs to sit on the potty to pee....you can't pee out the belly button. 
• We are in the process of buying another house.  Only a structurally unsound foundation wall, potentially  chemical drenched soil and a broken furnace stand in our way of closing by December 23rd. 
• It was our last pick-up of the season from the CSA today. Kinda sad,  Grabbed a bunch of apples from the farm and I am making Joe's world famous apple pie while I write this blog. 
• When the kids are older and can read, they are going to find out by reading this post that Joe ate all the good candy and left Darth Vader and Minnie Mouse with Dots and Tootsie Rolls. 
• Finally got to use our generator...for THREE STRAIGHT DAYS!!!  Joe was very happy in the investment. 
• Amy is dominating the 5K race circut and getting in great shape.  Joe is dominating the Juneau Ave Fritos eating competition on the couch.  He claims he needs to bulk up for the upcoming cold winter. 

And now some pictures for you people who get headaches from too many words.

Our little Strawberry Shortcake

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Hollywood....Here We Come!

Smartypants Academy had their annual Ice Cream Social last night and Tommy was a star!!! He did a great job with Row Row Row Your Boat and the We Are the Sharks song. We are very proud of him!

Unfortunately Kate was home with a bad case of the poops and was unable to make her debut as a bumblebee. We have included a video of her from a few weeks ago so that she doesn't feel left out.

Feeding the animals at the CSA

Mass Audobon

When we were on the cape, we bought a membership to the Mass Audubon. Today the family made its way to the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. It was a great time. The kids really enjoyed themselves. Below are some pics from the day...

Goofing off in the rock caves

Checking out a .......

...Blue Heron.

Can you spot the BIG snapping turtle...not the little one.

Yummmmm

Enjoyin' Red Raspberry ice cream from Bensons

Band aid and make up

Or black eye and bruised forehead

Sammy the Snail

We found a couple of snails by the cottage on Cape Cod. We tried to create a homely environment for them, but in the hot sun the black dish was probably not the best option....I probably should have put a little garlic and butter in the dish instead of water, sand and rocks. Below is the 1st snail we found. Tommy named him Fireman Sam.

Grilling in Paradise

T-Ball

For the past several weeks, the family had been spending Saturday morning on the baseball diamond. Tommy is part of the YMCA Pee Wee T-Ball league. His team, the Orioles is undefeated and he is batting 1.000.

this pic has nothing to do with baseball, but everything to do with art....

Material for Future Use

Is it bad that I am already thinking about sharing this video and the picture in the post below with Kate's future husband?

She Dresses Herself

The Birthday Month

May is a very busy month in the Dubow household. It is filled with birthdays. First we celebrated Kate's two year birthday. We can't believe how big she is getting!

Her favorite gift this year was a new dolly. She likes to push her around in her stroller and strip her naked. We hope this isn't a sign of things to come.

Then we had a joint birthday party for Tommy and Kate. They wanted a Dr. Seuss themed party, so we thought it would be appropriate for them to be Thing One and Thing Two.

Princess Kate at her party....There friends liked to dress up too!!Then it was time for cupcakes...yummy!We were so happy the Papa could join us for the party!

Long day after a great party!!!

Next is was Mommy's birthday!!! I think the cake now breaks fire code.

Then finally it was Tommy's birthday. He waited all month. He had to sit through everyone elses's day. It was tough, but finally it was his turn.

Future rock star with his new guitar.