Winter Blog 2010

Here are a few pictures from some fun adventures we have been on this winter. The highlight is the trip to Vermont to see our good friends Maddie, Brad and Emily. They live on ALL Together Farm and have live stock and a garden. Click on their name to read more. We celebrated both Maddie's 6th birthday as well as her final treatment for leukemia that she has been battling for two years. They have a horse names Pete and Brad was given a one horse open sleigh. We all took rides - MK more than others and had a great time.

You will also see some pictures of our home in the snow and MK and Huck in all their glory. Plus pictures of our chickens. We are getting 5-7 eggs a day thanks to Matthew's hard work. We hope this finds all of you happy and healthy. Love, Cathy and her boys!

PS - MK "knows" his ABCs - check out the video! Not too bad huh?

Polar Express 2009

Once again we were able to take MK on the Polar Express thanks to Uncle Hans! Two of our favorite people came along with us this year - Caitlin and her son Ashby. We road the train, sang songs, listened to the story, and drank hot chocolate - a grand time. Santa joined the fun, too and we were able to get a moment to tell Santa what we wanted for Christmas. We are looking forward to a fun holiday season. We have been to the LL Bean tree lighting, we saw the Sparkle Parade in Freeport and we are decorating our house for Christmas this Sunday. MK's favorite carol is Jingle Bells and he is digging all the Christmas lights we see at night. He is very good at spotting them. "More Christmas light, Mommy, over there!", he exclaims as we drive through town. The eve of the eve of Christmas we are headed up to Rangeley to spend the holiday with my sister Mary and her family: Hans, Peter and Eileen Rose, at their camp. We are looking forward to have this time away. So here at the Douglas house it is out with the pumpkins (almost) and in with the Yuletide. We hope that all our friends and family still hold some of the wonder and spirit that the holidays bring. We are truly enjoying MK's wonderment and surprise at all the "treats" he is encountering during this Christmas time. Love to you all. Enjoy the pictures and the video.

Happy Halloween!

Our third Halloween and we found ourselves yet again amongst the goblins, princesses and freaks at the annual Brunswick Halloween Parade. Here is a slide show of pictures from our weekend and a video wish from MK. We carved pumpkins Friday night and then enjoyed the festivities on Saturday. MK went trick-or-treat-ing with a pal and it could not have been cuter. The "bat" and "lion" were beyond cute when they went up to the neighbor's doors and called out "trick or treat". Wish you all could be here too. Happy Halloween!

Happy Birthday Grandpa

Today is MK's Grandpa Callam's birthday. Here is a special message from MK to him. Have a great day, Dad!

The Beginning of Sumer

Life on the "farm" has been grand. Summer is here, I am off from work and MK is down to less than 19 hours at daycare per week. So much happens with toddlers that it is hard to summarize however, he is in the parrot stage, repeating everything we say. He is developing a fun sense of humor and he LOVES to tease Huck. We have a gorgeous backyard that becomes another "room" for us in the summer. Our garden is full of veggies and fruit. We have strawberries ripening and broccoli to pick. Our hens have a new home, and they are laying 2-3 eggs per day. We also are raising meat birds for the fourth summer. Matthew just finished the Hen house. We love it. He has also been busy working three jobs and keeping our house in order. We have visitors coming this weekend. The Endrud's will be here with their two girls and we can't wait to host them for the second summer. Then Matthew's family comes to stay over MK's 2nd birthday. So glad they are coming. We have not seen most of them since last July. My family comes at the end of July and up to Rangeley we go. Our days are full (Eileen) getting our house ready for the travels to stay. But we always have time for visitors. Enjoy the pictures. Hope this finds all of you happy and healthy. Love, Matthew, Cathy, MK and Huck

Sandbox

Here is the sandbox for KK - his first approach! Matthew built him a sandbox yesterday for the summer. The swing set is next. :-)

Easter 2009

We had a great Easter Sunday at home with the just the four of us. Enjoy the slide show. It was as if MK was born with the instinct to hunt for Easter Eggs. It was fun to watch. We were all glad to be able to spend the day together - even if it was a chilly 40 degrees. Hope this finds everyone enjoying the arrival of spring. Much love to you all!