The Monteiro Family

Lauren got new slippers. Her old ones were squishing her toes! She picked these out. I like them because the strap in the back will allow for quite a bit of growth. They are a size 9-11! She is an 8 1/2 right now and they are a tad big but I bet they fit [...]

Friday afternoon/evening, I managed to make my homemade meatballs and the yummy blueberry muffins. The zucchini bread didn’t get made until later but that is because we were very busy having fun this weekend. When I finally got around to making it, wow, was it good! Saturday morning was the best kind of weekend morning [...]

This morning the kids and I headed out to Tangerini’s Farm in Millis to pick some blueberries. The weather could not have been better, 75 degrees, low humidity, lots of sunshine. Their website said that blueberries are ready for picking in July and August. I figured going right in the middle of this time frame [...]

When we first moved here almost 5 years agon there was an old birds’ nest in the elbow of the downspout, under an overhang, just outside our bedroom window. We left it there that first spring not knowing what kind of bird made the nest and not knowing if they would be back. They didn’t come back. [...]

Lauren recently attended a Toy Story themed birthday party for a friend and received a small Woody action figure as a party favor. While every other kid at the party knew who he was, Lauren was clueless. Thankfully she didn’t notice that she was the only one who has not seen any of the Toy [...]

Tuesday evening: We were all packed up and ready to go but left about 90 minutes late due to a few mix-ups. Rather than leaving around 6:00 and arriving in Laconia around 8:30, we left around 7:30 and arrived around 10:00! Some of the story books I had loaded onto the iPod for Lauren were a hit [...]

When Lauren was born she received a bunch of stuffed animals as gifts. My favorite was a very soft little brown bear that was wearing pink bunny pajamas. It lived with a few other animals in her crib and she slept with them all during naps and at night. At around 9 months old, she adopted this bear as her [...]

On Tuesdays and Wednesdays this summer I am watching Lauren’s friend Reed. We usually take him to Sher-Le-Mon with us but today his mom is picking him up early so we stayed close to home. After playing for a while at the house (play dough and puzzles mostly) we took a ride to my favorite place [...]

Now that I can update the blog via and app on my phone, maybe I’ll update it more often. Having a blast at the kids school…

Quick recap of February vacation so far…with a funny story to embarrass Lauren when she’s 16! Monday, I took the kids to Kidz Wurld in North Attleboro. Very cool indoor play space geared towards the toddler/preschool group. Was very fun. The kids loved it. I was very impressed by the cleanliness of the place. A [...]