My favorite Christmas present, made by Amma.
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The Swergerts
Thursday, January 26th, 2012Second Christmas 2011
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Strong National Museum of Play
Opening presents on New Year’s Eve with cousin Josh.
Flora and Rusty’s namesake, the “real” Rusty.
Christmas 2011
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Christmas Eve dinner at Taiwan Cafe.
Evidence that Santa and his reindeer were here.
The tree, minus a few ornaments.
The stockings.
Christmas morning loot.
Unwrapping presents.
The aftermath.
Christmas Dinner table. Flora filled out the seating cards and decided where everyone would sit.
Flora and her American Girl doll, Lizzy (short for Flora).
Charley getting steamy with Amma in the hotel hot tub.
Flora dunking her head in the hotel pool.
Mass Ave.
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Christmas shopping on Mass Ave. It was really, really cold.
Poolside
Sunday, November 27th, 2011
At the uber-mod Element Hotel in Lexington.
Decordova
Friday, November 25th, 2011
To work off some of our Thanksgiving girth, and take advantage of the 60 degree weather, we took a stroll through the outdoor Decordova Sculpture Park Thanksgiving weekend.
Thanksgiving 2011
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
Flora reads her “My Thanksgiving Book” during our Thanksgiving Meal Halftime Show. By the end of the meal, we were all stuffed on turkey, scalloped potatoes, spinach souffle, stuffing, roasted root vegetables, butternut squash, bread (Flora’s favorite), cranberry sauce (Charley’s favorite), and pie! We were all thankful to have Aunt Tracy, Uncle Chuck, Cousins Gregory and Jen, and Cousin Alex at our table this year.
Halloween Cookies
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
In between multiple Halloween parties and trick or treating opportunities, the kids made festive cookies with Gram K.
41
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Daddy turns 41.
Wedding Weekend
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Uncle Greg and Aunt Mel tied the knot on July 9th — it was a beautiful weekend with the family. A lifetime of happiness goes out to G & M!
Boston Hill Farm
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Apple picking, taste-testing, animal feeding, and playground playing with Cuz Seneca.
Plum Island
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
More fabulous pictures taken by the even more fabulous Jessica Nyredi this Halloween season on Plum Island and in Newburyport.
Nana
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Sadly, my Mom — Nana, as her four grandchildren lovingly called her — passed away on August 18th after a short illness while we were away. Having just been diagnosed with cancer at the beginning of July, her passing was suddenly unexpected. She will forever live in our hearts, and will always be remembered as a great Mom and an even greater Nana. You can read her obituary here. Please consider making a donation to the American Lung Association in her name.
Cape Cod 2011
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
We had all but given up on finding a Cape Cod vacation rental for the summer, but Marty managed to find a great, little place right on Saints Landing Beach in Brewster at the very last minute, so we booked it. We did the usual: played and swam at several of the beaches, visited the Natural History Museum and hiked out to the ocean, checked out a few sunsets and explored the tidal flats, and ate lots of yummy food.
Lunch With Daddy
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Just for the fun of it, we took the commuter rail to subway into Boston to meet Marty for lunch. After Charley terrorized the offices, we all picked what we wanted from the very swank cafeteria, then walked across the street to the Chinatown “fountain” to eat dessert and dip our toes.
Rochester 2011
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
This July we made the trek to Rochester for Uncle Greg’s wedding to Melanie, and made a week out of it to visit all of the Swans. We made our usual outings to the Seneca Park Zoo and the Rochester Museum and Science Center, and of course Pontillo’s Pizza and Abbott’s Frozen Custard. New this year we discovered the spray park and playground at Manhattan Square Park, a hipster coffee spot called Spot, and some yummy places to eat on Park Avenue. Rehearsal dinner and wedding photos coming soon …
Father’s Day 2011
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
Father’s Day started out with breakfast in bed (including a homemade placemat), followed by relaxing at the beach in Beverly and lunching at Billy’s Roast beef.
Father’s Day Breakfast
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
Kansas City 2011
Monday, May 16th, 2011
Charley beating the heat with a run through the sprinkler.
Flora in the Australia section of the Zoo.
Charley (with Amma) picking a tulip for Mother’s Day.
The kids posing in a tree at Burr Oak Woods.
Flora chalking it up at Science City.
Charley being charming at Pizza Bella.
Flora discovers cake pops.
It was a scorcher of a trip to Kansas City this spring with temperatures in the nineties the first half of the vacation, so we had several indoor, air conditioned adventures like a shopping trip to Bass Pro Shop (lots of taxidermied animals and an aquarium), Paradise Park (children’s museum plus play space — the kids even got to make and bake a bug cookie), and Science City (tons to explore including looking for fossils in the Dino Lab). We did brave the heat for a hike through Burr Oak Woods on Mother’s Day, a visit to the Zoo (worth the trip just to see the Polar Bear Exhibit!), and a run through the sprinkler in Papa and Amma’s back yard. Flora scored a mani and pedi with her Gram Kaye while Charley, Marty and I shopped on The Plaza. And we ended our vacation with a BBQ and the Hergert side of the family where the kids and I met some of the aunts, uncles, and cousins for the first time.
Feline Friend
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Finn settled right into Charley’s empty Easter basket. Flora wasted no time snuggling.
Snuggin’
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Merry Christmas!
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Christmas Eve, Taiwan Cafe.
Charley’s Christmas.
Christmas Morning Loot.
Flora’s Christmas.
Christmas Gingerbread.
Christmas Card Posing.
Christmas Turducken.
Christmas Visitors.
Happy Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Stu-Stu-Studio
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Chuck Wagon
Thursday, November 11th, 2010