Playing with the girlies

Somerset Patriots

Eating dinner. We sat 8 rows from the field on the 3rd base line.
TD Bank Ballpark, Home of the Somerset Patriots
Alec and Lauren
Lindsay, showing off her new bat.
Strawberry moon on the rise.

Cotton candy.

Maybe too many treats! Whee!

Zoey Elizabeth - June 10, 2011

How beautiful is the rain

Spring concert

I can't remember how many times I wore white blouses and black skirts. Lauren in her first set before her spring concert at school. Lauren is in the third grade chorus.

Visiting Boston

We went to Boston over the weekend. It was a great couple of days.

The tulips were in full bloom in the public garden.
And the girls were in full Mother's Day cuteness.
At the playground near the frog pond, there was a sprinkler. It was way too cold to go in the sprinkler, but girlies did anyway, and were soaked. An extra pair of sneakers and hoodies were not among the things I packed for this trip. Thankfully, everything dried out nicely overnight.
By the frog pond in the commons.
This was an empty fountain in the public garden that the little kids were running in.

Lindsay loves a good carousel. I don't remember that there used to be one in the park, but hey, it was fun and $3 a ride!
Girlies outside the New England Aquarium, after having navigated the T.
Riding on an Old Town Trolley.
This was my favorite part. I love these little cheesy tours around cities. The girls have their stingray stuffies, which I surprised them with - they were too busy watching the stingrays to see I'd bought them from the museum store.
We rode on the swan boats, because, what trip to Boston is complete without a ride on them?
This was the girls' favorite part of the trip. We spent 2 hours petting the animals in this tank. Approaching is a sting ray. There were also sharks in the tank.
The girls playing with a pulley attached to a bowling ball that propelled a tennis ball about 30 feet into the air. It was Lindsay's favorite exhibit at the Children's Museum.

Finally, We Got to the New Yankee Stadium

Bud and Ben, April 30, 2011

Eric Chavez

Today the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4. Eric Chavez drove in a run and broke up a potential double play that helped lead to three more, making the most of a spot start. Derek Jeter hit a sacrifice fly, and Curtis Granderson, Russell Martin and Brett Gardner also drove in runs for the Yankees, who played small ball to perfection against Toronto.

A. J.

A. J. Burnett (4-1) pitched 6 innings. Joba did the 7th, Soriano did not crash and burn in the 8th and Mariano Rivera earned his 9th save.

But the day was about a father and son returning to the Bronx to see the Yanks again. Ben picked me up and drove us to New Haven where we hopped on a train that dropped us off at The House That George Built. We loved the new place, and while being more comfortably it has all the charm and feel off the old ballpark. I literally got home from the four o'clock an hour ago. Here are more photos that I shot. (I did not shoot the Burnett photo.)

The Captain

The House That George Built

Robbie

Mark Teixeira

The new scoreboard.

Joba Chamberlain

Check out our final sojourn to the old stadium here.

Easter

Easter Egg Hunt

Lindsay is super cute

Self portrait. This is apparently her "thinking" face.

Very intense. Would you believe her eyes were once the same color as mine? Now they are green!
Giving kisses to Chica the cat.

UConn Gets to the Final Four Because We Cheered Loudly

On the morning of the Elite Eight game, Mark called me. We were watching the game at Dad's. We were getting the band back together. It worked. UConn's off to Houston.

5-28-11 Editor's note: The UConn never lost a game after the regular season. Five nights in a row to win the Big East. Never been done before. I mean a team winning five games in five nights. Ever. 


They won the next six, winning the Men's National Championship. For the third time. Calhoun at 68 is the oldest coach to win it. Calhoun gave us one hell of a run.

We Went Out to Flemings

It was a Tuesday night. My mother, Kathy and I went out to Fleming's in West Hartford's Blue Back Square. Possibly we went because Mom had a gift certificate. While it served great steaks, it was both noisy and every other thing but the company, sucked.

The waitress took this. She never responded to anything without saying "perfect". Had we had a gulp of Ketel each time she said it (think 24), we would still be there. It was anything but perfect. I drank for only the second time since the hospital, so I took it slow.

This is the first good picture of us since the Vietnam era. I think my hair was longer, then. Anyway, we had a good time. There should be a punchline here. Make up your own. Perfect!