Matthew

Amanda on October 14th, 2012

When I last left you, we were on the ferry and headed to Ellis Island…. It was a short ride over and soon we had arrived. If you can’t tell from the picture above, we started losing Matthew at this point.  He just didn’t care about the exhibits and was tired and bored. This computerized […]

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Amanda on October 8th, 2012

I actually took so many pictures on this day of our vacation that I’ve decided to blog about it in two parts.  🙂 The first day of sight-seeing started pretty early because we had tickets for the 8AM ferry to the Statue of Liberty.  I had done enough research to know that trains into Manhattan […]

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Amanda on September 13th, 2012

Most of the first day was spent in the car; driving to our hotel in Harrison, NJ. Once we arrived and got settled in our room, we decided to find some place to eat and then maybe drive to Liberty State Park to get a better view of Manhattan. Mike researching dinner options on the […]

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Amanda on September 12th, 2012

As I mentioned before, we decided to continue with swimming lessons in the summer since the boys hadn’t shown much progress in the spring.  My parents were very generous and took the boys for 30 minute lessons every Monday through Thursday for most of the summer. The last week of lessons, the swim coaches threw […]

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Amanda on September 9th, 2012

On Matthew’s 4th birthday, we took him to dinner at one of his favorite places: Quaker Steak and Lube.  The timing was perfect.  It was Kid’s Night so Ian and Matthew’s dinners were nearly free and they had video games to play!  Afterward, we headed back home for cake, ice cream, and presents. Watching the […]

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