One of our playdates with the kids from Sarah’s class.

We got a new standing board for our stroller and Blaine loves it.

Andrew watched the kids one day and I went into Brooklyn to see how Williamsburg has changed.  A LOT!  Especially the Bedford stop.  Here’s a shot from the beautiful waterfront.

On 3/26 we took a family trip to the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT.  Blaine had been learning about ocean life in school and was particularly excited to see the octopus.

We drove down to PA on Friday, 3/17, to spend the weekend with family and celebrate Josie’s Baptism on Sunday.  Friday night we had dinner with Mom-Mom, Aunt Molly, Aunt Jane, Uncle Tim, Aunt Liz, and Josie.  Blaine helped with the salad.

On Saturday we got out the snowgear we’d brought and enjoyed the snow.

We even did some sledding in the backyard – there’s not much of a slope, but it was enough given the icy surface on the snow.

Uncle Tim, Aunt Liz, and Josie came back to hang out in the afternoon, and Uncle Fran and Alexis arrived from VA.

Sarah was having so much fun with this play vacuum that I had to take another picture to say thank you again to Uncle Jim for finding it in that thrift shop!

Aunt Molly helped Blaine get ready for bed.

The next morning we went to center city for Josie’s Baptism.  Blaine wanted to get upstairs to see the organ but the organist had to run off to another mass.

Sarah wore her panda suit for the occasion.

Then we all walked over to the luncheon at the Little Lion.

We drove back to NY on Monday morning, and we were so happy to see Daddy, who was back from his week in India.  Sarah loved this camel he brought her.

And Blaine got his first real legos (not duplos) – a fire engine set.  We were expecting this project to last for a few days, at least, but Blaine was so focused he finished it that afternoon.  Mommy and Daddy helped with following the instructions and choosing the right pieces, but he attached every piece himself!  We were pretty impressed at his attention span.

Here are all the pics from the first half of March.

I asked Blaine what he was painting, and he said, “a specially designed trap.”  “A trap for what?” I said.  “For a leprechaun.”

Sarah loves this new book set in China (and featuring a panda!), from Great Grandmom and Great Granddad.

Daddy was away for a week in India, and missed a big snowstorm!  We didn’t even venture outside the first day while it was coming down; instead we stayed inside and made chocolate chip banana bread.  We paid some nice men walking by to shovel for us.

We also had Blaine’s (current) favorite dinner, spaghetti and meatballs.

The next day we went outside to dig out our car, and found a thick layer of ice on top of the snow!  We could have built an igloo.