Jackson, age 6, grows a mustache

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Pretty Girls

The girls try on some traditional Chinese outfits.

Busy Summer

I know that we have been neglectful of our blog lately. Living with 3 kids takes a lot of time. But today is our one year Gotcha Day anniversary. This day last year met the girls for the first time in a Chinese hotel. It has been a whirlwind of change and development since then. Here are some pictures from last weekend at an arts fair.

Because it's the cup!

Summer days

More friends. . .

At another stop on our trip, we visited some friends that we have known since high school.  We went to  fundraiser where they let the kids get into all different types of vehicles.  Here Jackson is in an ambulance.  

And a firetruck .  .  .

Here he is getting a tattoo. . .

 Here are Kate and Benji trying out the police motorcycle.

And Jackson and Mr. Daddy.

If you look really closely, you can see Jackson and Mr. Daddy sticking their heads out of the top of the police hummer.

 And the police car . . . He likes police vehicles.

After the festivities at "Touch a Truck" we went back to the Bares and hung out in their fenced in backyard.

Reconnecting with old friends

When we were in China we met a couple who were adopting a daughter just a few months older than the girls.  They were not with our agency but were staying at our hotels and we got on.  They live in Connecticut and so we decided to see if we could see them while we were on the East Coast.  Here the girls are with Maisie.

Here the girls are with their older brothers.

Plymouth

So I took the family (mostly unwillingly) to Plymouth.  I had fun but it was very hot (90-something).

Some time I am going to do a post just of the girls sleeping in their strollers at museums, aquariums, historical sites and the like.

Jackson is inside that hut.  He just cut in front of that long line and they let him.

Here he is watching one of the men in the village carve a log into a boat.  He was very interested.

There are no pictures of Addison.  Did she somehow get out of this wonderful adventure?  No, she was sleeping in her stroller with Mr. Daddy who was on a conference call.

The New England Aquarium

Okay, so I don't have a lot of pictures of the kids at the aquarium because most of them would look like this. . . .

And this . . . .

Boston Commons

Mr. Daddy had a break in his schedule so we walked over to Boston Commons to burn off some energy.  Jackson had Reagan were rolling around in the grass and a tourist took their picture.  That was kinda weird.