Christmas tree

Here is Laurent helping to tie-up this year's Christmas tree to the roof of the mini-van.  This is our first year tying the tree to the roof of a car, in previous years we stuffed it into the trunk or hatch of the car.

Chuckie Cheese

We have been going to Chuckie Cheese (video arcade for kids) for several (5??) years now.  When you win a game, you get tickets ("points") that can be redeemed for prizes (note that there is a machine that counts the tickets from each visit and gives a receipt; we had ~ 30 receipts worth of tickets). 

Here is what we got for all the tickets (one for each kid):

2 plush dragons: 7,000 tickets
Lifetime of happy memories: priceless

New Car!

We finally traded in our old blue hatchback for ...... a new blue hatchback.

Only this one is a Subaru with all-wheel drive, which will come in handy for the winter.

Halloween!

The kids went to a party at Laurent's work (yes, his new employer also does a  party), followed by trick-or-treating at the zoo, parties at school, and trick-or-treating at home. This year's neighborhood theme was "super heros".

David was a ghoul, and Maddy was Stitch (from Disney's Lilo & Stitch movie).

Trick-or-treating at daddy's work

Check out all the loot!

Boo at the zoo!

Maddy at the haunted maze at the zoo

"Gotham City" right around the corner from us

"Arkham Asylum " also right around the corner from us.

Here are the snow leopard twins, born May 2018

David & Maddy's tigers (and pumpkins)

Halloween Beanie Babies

Really cool bird house

We discovered this recently on the bike path near home.
Wonder what the rent is like:)

Girl's day out..

While David (and daddy) were at Mass Jam, Maddy and mommy went to the local Barnes & Noble for an event, followed by some shopping with birthday money.  Meet the newest member of the family, Jazzy.

David at Mass Jam Scouting event

David (along with Laurent) had his first BIG scouting event at recent Mass Jam event near Cape Cod, MA. They camped out, meet a country and western star (Jessie Chris), and discovered fried bagels sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.

Kid's birthday parties

Here are a few pictures from the kids's birthdays in September.

Ice cream sundaes at the Cricket Club

Cupcakes at Uncle Bob & Auntie Dawn's

David and his buds at Sky Zone trampoline park

Maddy and her friends after painting pottery 

Maddy's new hair cut... and pierced ears

Maddy has wanted short hair for a while, here is her new "do".
Shortly after getting her hair cut, she got pierced ears.

First day of school

Picture from the first day of school. David is in 5th grade, Maddy is in 3rd.

Tea time

All of a sudden, the kids are into (herbal) tea.  Favorites include lemon and pomegranate.  Here they are taking an afternoon tea break.

Art camp Show

This year the kids did a week of Arts camp which included arts & crafts, music and drama.
Here are videos from their performances on the last day (theme was Myths and Legends).  Maddy is Prometheus, and David is a narrator for the story of Ganesha.

Fitzgerald camp show

The highlight of Fitzgerald camp (held at Peabody Elementary, the kids's school) is the Dizzy Lu production done at the end of camp. Here are a few musical numbers.  Theme was The Greatest Showman. First number is "a million dreams", followed by "I'll be there",  "the greatest show", "waiting for the world to change", and "dade county dip".  And yes, David is doing sign language.

Summer fun

Here are some picture of summer time fun.

Maddy at Circus arts class

Tree house at Storyland

Little miss Maddy sat on a tuffet.....

Checking out Peter Rabbit's house...

Magician who made Daddy's money disappear and re-appear in a lemon!

Overnight with scouts after Lowell spinners game

"Dinosaurs" at the zoo!

David's new dino friend

Space exhibit at the zoo

Snuggles day out

Here is a recap of Snuggles busy day with Maddy.

Waking up

Driving to work

At work

Time for a quick nap

Daily exercise

Quick snuggle before bedtime