Last walk in the Dinosaur woods

Friday was my last day at Loctite. It was also my last walk in Dinosaur State Park during lunch. Here are a few pictures of the park in fall. P.S. Starting my new old job at Loos & Co., Inc. on Thursday--provided Sandy doesn't hasten the Apocalypse.

 

Happy to start my new job

 

 

.....on to a new walk.

Daily Happy: Shamelss Dad Blog

Another week with the tubbs. Another Excellent week with the tubbs. And, a Halloween party!




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Up....and Down

 

Nap time

 

Party Cupcakes

 

Scary! (Thanks Grandma--they were delicious)

 

Party Sign

 

 

My little woodland fairy

 

Great costume Christina

 

Waking up with Grandma

 

Eating a sock

Baby in Town

Here's another look at where we've taken the tiny tubbs over the last year:

Groton

Mystic Aquarium

Stafford

Ice Cream and Church (not pictured. Instead, Robby at his first Thanksgiving)

Woodstock

Christmas Tree Pickin' 'n' Choppin'

Hartford

Lego Show

New Britain

Museum of Modern Art

Vernon

Mommy and Me!

Towns Visited: 12

Towns to go: 157

Running List:
Windham, Ashford, Mansfield, Manchester, Brookfield, Madison, Groton, Stafford, Woodstock, Hartford, New Britain, Vernon

Baby in Town: Connecticut Adventures Town by Town

I have a simple dream: take Robby to every town in Connecticut. Not just drive through it--that's no fun, but actually stop and do something in each town. It may be as simple as having lunch or taking a walk, or as involved as taking a hike or a boat ride. We will, however, keep track of all our adventures, town by town, and document it here on Ashford Living. By the way:  I have other dreams, but this is the one I'm writing about now.

We'll do a few towns per post, and give a brief recap of what we did. I'll also keep a running total of all the towns we've been to, with a count, at the bottom of the post. You'll notice that we're recycling content from past blogs--some may say that's cheating, I say we're going green. They'll be in rough chronological order. So, here we go!

Windham

Robby was born in Windham Hospital in Willimantic. 

Ashford

Robby lives here. Pretty easy to check this on off

Mansfield

Doctor's Office. Check! Plus numerous hikes and bike rides and library time and mom's club meetings and walks. It's the next town over to the south of us.

Manchester

Catsup and Mustard lives in Manchester. That was so delicious taking him there.

Brookfield

Over the river and though the woods...Robby's introduction party was at Grandma's house

Madison

The Ash-fugees lived with Aunt Sue and Uncle Jim during Winter Storm A-Hole in October of 2011.

Towns Visited: 5

Towns to go: 164

Running List:
Windham, Ashford, Mansfield, Manchester, Brookfield, Madison

Daddy Baby time

Fall is here, and Robby and I did a little fall clean up. After playing in the yard a bit, of course. And we saw a fox. Big weekend!

Tuning up the bike for a morning ride

Daddy's got a great workshop

All set

I even have my helmet on.

What a great view we have out here

I can wait to tell mommy about my bike ride

What is that?

A Fox! 

( We were actually inside when the picture was taken. No Tubsters were exposed to foxes during the filming of this blog post)

He's looking for some food

Shew Fox!

Me and daddy taking apart the old antenna

I don't think this is working

Much better

oo much working. Time for a walk

Check out my walking stick

Scoping out the place

Big adventure

Now lets go get mommy!

Daily Happy: Shameless Dad Blog (Video Stylez)

Robby has figured out that flatulence is funny. It was going to happen some time, I suppose.



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Mt. Tom

The family took a nice day trip yesterday to Litchfield and Mt. Tom State Park. It's not a very big park, but the hike and the view are quite nice. It's perfect for trekking with a toddler in a backpack. After a PBJ picnic lunch, we hiked to the top of Mt. Tom and climbed the old fire tower. The round trip took about an hour. Robby waited til the bottom of the hill to fall asleep. Then he slept the entire ride back to Ashford.

Mood setting fall leaves shot

Packed in and ready

Mommy!

Yellow blazes

Climbing toward some big rocks

Adventurers

Rock Climbing Momma

Look at the view

She's Beautiful. 

Looking west toward New Milford

Same view

Can you see the tower?

It's quite tall

I was waiting for archers to draw their bows

Looking up from inside the tower

I have to climb this with a baby?

Robby and Stina checking out the view

Look at the New England hamlet

New England at its finest 

Heading back down the steps

Looking out the windows

Bright in here

Are you coming down, mom?

Whoa!

Like a castle wall