Easter Egg Hunt #1

We were so excited to be home for the weekend of our neighborhood Egg Hunt.  All of our neighborhood friends were there and we got to play with some afterwards. Ryan didn't understand the egg hunt for about 2 minutes until the first egg Andrew put in his basket popped open and Ryan saw candy.

Andrew's buddy Joey

                                                   Mouth full of candy

Our little gal pal Abigail

What a feat! Max (below) didn't want to be a part of it.

Grace&Alex, Ryan, the boys, Gabby& Alex, Allie & Elly

It was so good to do a quick catch up with everyone! We miss and love you all!! 

Happy 60th Grammy!

This trip home included many gatherings, but one special one was Grammy's surprise 60th birthday dinner. Luckily, Andrew kept the few details he knew secret.  She was surprised and it was nice to see some family and family friends for the evening.  We missed you Mike! I didn't get too many shots, but here are a few.

 Can you tell someone wasn't feeling well? That has been his look all week now! Poor thing!

This guy felt great though!

Nancy, Steve and Don did a great job on everything. Happy Birthday Dottie!

Visiting the Easter Bunny

We have had yearly pictures taken with the Easter Bunny, so I couldn't let these few years in NYC be any different. On our trip home we made a quick detour to visit with the bunny. You know, it is quite weird though, because you don't do anything, speak to him, or anything. You just sit. My sister just told me that my nephew said that "that wasn't the real bunny because he talked and bunnies don't talk." Yep, and they aren't eight feet tall and they don't hop around delivering goodies, but okay:)
Ryan wasn't keen on the idea once we got with 20 feet, but we had to do it. I know, so mean. I had to put the whole transgression so you could see what the poor fella went through.

 I think it lasted about 10 seconds. Good thing it was a strong bunny! Maybe we'll have better luck with Santa!!

Dentist Trip

We went down to Baltimore for the weekend for a slew of appointments, to celebrate Grammy's birthday, go to our neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt, and visit with friends. Our first stop was the dentist for a check-up for Andrew and Ryan's first appointment. It wasn't too pretty. Andrew did wonderful. He told me his favorite of all doctors was the dentist. Took great x-rays, cleaning, flossing. Great job.

 Ryan, well, here is a pic. Maybe next time!

Just playing

We got together a few times this week with a few of our friends.  As the kids have gotten a little older, indoor play dates have become my favorite thing. I can (almost always) carry on a entire conversation with another adult.

This is currently Ryan's favorite way to eat a snack. Almost everytime we get in the stroller to go somewhere I give him something to eat. So as soon as he gets in his stroller he says, "Mommy, something to eat peas." So, now even inside, he wants to eat in the stroller. Silly boy. 

Natalie visits!

Our friends Mike, Olivia and Natalie came for a visit! Olivia and I said we should really just lock Ryan and Natalie in a room and let them beat each other up. They were great together. We spent the first afternoon walking around Central Park and letting the kids run around on rocks and at the playground.

 The boys had to be a part of their family picture...

                                            I will always love these shots

 We made it out to the Bronx Zoo the next morning. The kids did pretty good and we stayed for a few hours. The highlight of the trip was definitely the peacock at the end and the popcorn on the ride home.

That is a baboon in the background-

 We thought this was a good shot…until...

              Beautiful!! He just stood there forever parading around.

 Olivia made our bath time more fun (for about 5 mins for Ryan) by adding glowsticks! Andrew thought it was awesome.

                                                                 All Clean!!

 After a quick breakfast out we tried to go to the museum, but the kids weren't having any part of it. We were there about 30 minutes. The joys some days of 2 year olds.