Cub Scouts

Lucas joined Cub Scouts and was very excited to earn his first merit badge. Another one of the activities was to see the Harlem Globe Trotters! Hailey got to tag along and Tom and the kids even got to meet and greet with some of the players. FUN!

Bird's Eye View

This beautiful hawk perched on our porch and I just had to snap a shot (from inside)

Winter Break

Due to August's hurricane, East Lyme Public Schools cut 3 days of the regularly scheduled winter vacation. We were still happy to get together with the Lloyd cousins from Boston.

Mardi Gras

In Tom's glory days, he lived it up in New Orleans. One of his fondest memories was celebrating Mardi Gras. KING CAKES are a tradition- a plastic baby Jesus is baked inside the pastry. The fun is in getting the piece with baby Jesus. Sometimes people contribute to a pot of money- a certain price per slice and the winner gets to buy next year's cake. LUCAS will be fitting the bill for 2013's king cake! We thought the kids would enjoy the anticipation...and we were surprised to discover a local bakery that actually made the cakes.