Happy 5th Birthday Rowan Aislan!

I can't beleive my baby girls is 5 years old! She has grown so much in the past year and her little personality has just bloomed! She is quirky, funny, dramatic and crazy. Destined to be a class clown, she finds nothing more entertaining than singing and dancing until she gets both myself and her daddy laughing hysterically.

She is in love with Justin Beiber but would never admit it because... gasp.. that would be sooo embarassing.

She starts kindergarten this fall.... sniffles.

We had her party at a health club swimming facility this year. She felt she was "to old" for the Children's museum again. I did a beach theme, and I got the most amazing cupcakes made by a good friend. They came out adorable.

We swam, laughed, played, and ate yummy treats. Afterwards a good number of our guests came back here to brave the cloudy cold day to hang out around our firepit and BBQ. :) Good times were had by all.

3 Days until Christmas...

Watching the snow fall outside the window... and feeling the peace and slow comfort of the season.

A little homemade Christmas

Ingredients:

1 cup plus 2 tbs of Cinnamon
3/4 cup of apple sauce
Lots of Love

Directions:

Mix and roll out dough.... cut with cookies cutters... punch hole for string.

Bake at 200 for 2 1/2 hours.

Voila!!! Christmas gifts for the whole family :)

Let is snow let is snow let is snow.....

Our first snow fall of the year.. which is super late for NH.. so needless to say a certain 4 year was pretty darn excited about it....

Even at 7 am... when she insisted she get outside immediatly to taste the first flake.. haha

The moments that create traditions

I am such a traditions oriented person. I love doing things that create memories for the holidays, and that always includes Rowan and I building a gingerbread house.

Despite multiple conversations about why we couldn't eat it, we still had fun :)

Whooooooooooo

Loving this little Owl hat I whipped out for Rowan.... but I think she may be cuter.

Like Mother like Daughter

My kid is practically a computer genius. And without even being able to read, she can navigate the pages of Nickjr.com like a pro.... lol

What about Bob?

As I mentioned, Rowan has been taking swim lessons the last few weeks. One of her biggest dislikes about the class is having to wear her hair up. She is a very sensitive about things that feel different.. IE pants that are to tight, shirts that feel weird and especially pony tails!

After a few fights in the dressing room concerning her long hair and needing to put it up for her lessons, I made the decision to just go ahead and chop it all off!

I introduce the Bob! And she pulls it off fantastically!

Lost in a sea of Pink

Daddy is so good about playing "girl".....

Just keep swimming....

Now that we are finally settled into our new home and work life... I thought it was time to start searching for an activity for Rowan.

I gave her the choice of Ballet, Karate or Swim lessons.

She chose swim! That kid would live in the water if I let her.

She has been doing it for a few weeks now and has come so far.

She went from being terrified of putting her face in the water to swimming a few feet on her own and dunking her whole head under!


Yay to my princess!

Halloween.. BOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO

I wish I could tell you we had a great Halloween, but we did not.
Rowan is afraid of anything in a mask, and at about our 9th house into trick or treating, a boy jumped out from behind a door in a bloody scary mask and costume.

My child ran away screaming, faster than a scared cheetah.. down the driveway, straight into the car to the back seat, shaking and crying. I didn't even know what had happened until I noticed the boy... she ran off that fast.

It was borderline hysterical actually.... Until she refused to go anywhere else but home.

Boooooooooooooooooo!

Well here is the one cute pic I got.. before we headed out for the night.

My beautiful princess Ariel.

Children's Museum Day Trip

I was very excited when my BFF added Rowan to her family membership at the Children's Museum in Dover.... so on our first rainy day here in the new place, we headed over!

What a great way to kill a few hours!

Settled in

Its been a few weeks now and we've settled right into our new place. I have started a new part time job that I am loving, Mr. Boyle is enjoying his new 12 min commute, and being along as a family is wonderful!

We've dove right into the local activities we used to enjoy so much!

And since I now have "real" internet, please enjoy all the photos!!!

Playing in her new backyard


Wagon Hill with our friends


We're off to see the wizard.....


I love wagon hill.... it's just so amazingly beautiful!





We are cuteness!


Picking out our pumpkin at the Barrington pumpkin barn