Ireland

Samuel was too excited to sleep on his first transatlantic flight, until 7:30 in the morning. But he recovered soon enough to discover playing in the back yard with Matty. He unfortunately got very territorial and came up with a nickname for Matty's little 10 month old sister who would want to play with the boys and their toys: "Steal Baby".

At Rossnowlaugh, the boys discovered an amazing stretch of beach, wide and with SUPER (that's for our Irish relatives) fine sand perfect for digging and building.

Many tidepools to explore and cockles to collect.

Amazing hike along the coast.

Beach Day

The boys are construction buddies, and can spend the entire day playing with trucks in the sand.

Cana

Samuel was in the 1-2yr old group at the marriage conference that Annette and I were serving at. Having been so used to seeing him as the youngest baby in our regular group, it was quite eye opening to see him as the oldest toddler in our group of 7 children, and able to do so much compared to the other children. He would sing along with the songs, dance, make up new moves, like holding the maracas with his toes, like he was a big boy. Well I guess he is becoming one!

Uncle Ryan's visit

More Samuel sayings

While filling and emptying his water bucket on the beach, he sings, "Praise ye the Lord, Hallelujah!"

He spontaneously tells me today, "I want to be a policeman when I'm grown up, to help the people!"

Samuel says...

"God Bless you Daddy!", as he hears me sneezing through the house (happening a lot now due to allergy season).

"I need privacy," as he closes his bedroom door to go poop or play with his toys.

"I love you very much," he whispers into my ear when he tells me that he is going to tell me a secret.

Swan Boats and Tulips

We went for our first Swan boat ride of the season

The tulips were out in full bloom.

Sorry Samuel, you can't pick these for mom.

Samuel explains what subway we need to take to get back to MIT.

And finally catch up with mom at work to bring her lunch.