At the farm

Amy and the kids went over to their friends house and farm in Pittsfield.
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The lamb is a couple of weeks old.






Lily in the manger.





Is your mama a llama?








Leah feeds the sheep.

Snow in APRIL!?!?!?

It is April 15th and we had enough snow that Charlie had to use the snowblower!! The
kids had fun though playing in the snow and making giant snowballs. We got quite a bit
of this wintery mix. Enough is enough. Isn't it springtime?

Najimy Family Web Album

If you're interested in more pics of the kids and stuff check out our web album (link to the right). We post the better/more interesting pictures here and the rest are in the album. Let us know what you think.

ps- where is spring???

Sugarin' part II

Mmm, Mmm we spilled some!

Sugarin' part I

Cal making the first hole.

JB helping to drill a tap hole.

The boys!

New town police?

The other night James and I went to the town hall to get my renewed FID card. The town police chief gave James some red, battery-operated clip on lights. These are the kind from the McGruff dog to promote safety. As we were walking into the house I told James to turn it on and maybe his brother or sister would think he was the police. Anyways, the kids all went to bed around 7:30. At 9:30 James comes out and asks for some help with his blankets on his bed. As I was fixing his blankets I realized that he didn't look sleepy or like he had just woken up. When I asked him if he had slept at all yet, he said no. I asked what he had been doing. He said he was playing with the light. He went on to say he was standing in front of the window with his new red, flashing light trying to stop trucks going by our house. Needless to say, nothing stopped. He was up until 9:30PM doing this!!! Boys.

Champions!!

Woooohoooo!! Congratulations to the Northern Berkshire Black Bears - Mites!!! They won the bronze in the NBYHL Spring Fling Tournament this weekend!! The players and parents were very excited!!! Cal (goalie, bottom row, right) made 12 saves in the bronze championship game.

All JB

Where did my baby boy go? He's so big now!

Ready for school?

Lily's ready to start school. She's recently discovered she likes to color with crayons.

Snowshoe Walk

We all went

for a snowshoe walk today

at the Glendon's farm.

What a beautiful day to spend together!!

Sad Day

Today is a sad day. The backyard rink is done for the year :( . The strong sun high in the sky has been causing trouble for a couple of weeks, but I've been able to nurse it along. The kids skated yesterday, but the ice was pretty soft. The wet snow and rain today was more than it could take though and it's all slush now. It was a lot of work, but it was more fun! We skated from Jan. 18 to March 1, 2007.
Oh well, as Cal just pointed out now it's time to make maple syrup!

The Peanut

Lily went to the doctor recently and is only in the 25th% for height and weight. She's still a little peanut!! She's saying all kinds of words. Some of her new words:

yeyyoh (yellow)

kuut (cute)

dow (down)

sha go! (shot, goal!)

Cal and his girls!!

Travel team hockey

Cal impressed the coaches with his play in goal during house league games, and they asked him to play during the travel game. The team lost 7-2, but Cal made 22 saves, and earned compliments from parents, visiting coaches, and refs. He had a great time.

Primitive Biathlon

Charlie at the Primitive Biathlon - a 1 1/2 mile race on snowshoes with targets to hit along the way using a black powder gun. http://www.svtpb.org/ to see the results and other pictures of the race.

Cal, James, and Leah making new friends while playing in the snow!

Lily was all bundled up and attracting much attention!!

Let it snow!!!

We got over 18 inches of snow!! The kids were excited to get outside and use their snowshoes!

Hockey Stars

Cal's hockey team won 9-8 for the first game Saturday morning. Woohoo!!








For the second game on
Saturday, Cal was the
goalie. He loved it!!
















Lily loves to watch her brothers and sister play hockey!!!

James goes speeding by during his hockey practice. Go JB!!

























Leah at hockey practice. Way to go Leah!

School Day

Cal and James doing their school work on a very cold day.

Later in the morning, James and Leah were doing an activity in which I had given them letters of the alphabet and they had to stick it to something in the house that began with that letter. Below is the object for the letter "L"walking around. Very creative!

Leah and Mommy's Special Day

Leah and Mommy went to see some figure skating at the Baystate Games at Williams College rink on Friday night. She loved watching the girls skate!!

Leah also practiced her figure skating moves! Don't let her fool you, she's a hockey girl at heart!!