Shaz by the Sea

We survived our first trip to Boston with all three kids. Here I am with my boys....Con in the back, Cal in the carrycot, and Caden in front. We spent the day at the Rose Kennedy Greenway park - which has water fountains for the kids to run around in. There is also a big open grass area where people can lay out and enjoy the outdoors. We decided to go into Boston to get out of the house and do something different. We figured the splash park area would keep the boys cool, rather than going to a regular park where they would be in the sun and hot from climbing all over the place. This is how we started our day - we had french toast for breakfast...Cal even joined us! I had many inquiries about this bassinet when I posted it on instagram. It's actually called a "carrycot" and it was an add-on to my double stroller when the twins were babies. The brand is Mountain Buggy. You can find it here . There is a duet carrycot that I was thinking about getting for the boys, b...

The inspiration for this post came from an article by "Boston Moms Blog". I read it and immediately could relate. People are always telling time to "slow down" in regards to their kids growing up. Or, people always say their children grew up in a blink of an eye. They can't believe how quickly it went. And yes, while there are many days that I would love to just stop time (like the Fourth of July trip and the boys playing on the beach), there were a lot of days that I wanted time to hurry up because I felt like I was sinking fast (like when the boys were weeks old and Caden was colic). The Boston Moms Blog post made an impression on me when they said, "We have good days and we have bad days. Luckily, the clock keeps ticking either way."   Conor and Caden turned fourteen months old on July 6th and I realized they are indeed growing very fast. They are learning, advancing, and playing more and more together every sing...