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Father's Day

This was the first year that the kids and I made a card for Daddy's Day - last year they were still too little for art projects :). A few weeks ago Aditi had everyone coloring on construction paper with sidewalk chalk at EI playgroup, so I decided that could be the background for a card with handprints/finger painting. Gramma & Grampa kept the kids busy on Saturday night with crayons while I got the paints ready.



Not exactly the perfect handprints I envisioned, but it turned out pretty darn cute.


Derek's family has a tradition of doing New England Clam Boils for holidays like Father's Day and Labor Day. His parents make the same type of clam boil that Joanne's dad used to make. I will post the recipe at some point so that S&Z have it in their blog book, but it looks something similar to this. Since my Dad & Mary were visiting this weekend, Derek & I thought it would be fun to host a clam boil at our house for a Father's Day get-together. 

Since everyone was together I used it as an opportunity to take lots of cute pictures!

Derek and his parents

Me with my Dad & Mary

The cousins!

Zoe giving a nice hug to Great-Grandma Sally

The Dutra Family

3 generations of sons & dad's

Many thanks to Joanne & Denny for putting together an awesome clam boil! We had such a wonderful day! It was amazing to be able to celebrate with Derek, my Dad, Denny, Doug, and Derek's grandpa Bob. I also skype'd with Dave before the kids went to bed, so I was able to see all the dad's and wish them a Happy Father's Day "in person"!

Still more to come from Dad & Mary's visit - in the meantime, here's an adorable good night photo from Father's Day...



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