January phone pictures

Chris turned in his paper on Jan 10th and the kids and I made some Congratulations balloons (and Ryan's banner was still up). He made it about 15 minutes before passing out after he got home. What a relief to have that paper turned in! Next up-the interview!!

                                                    Hard at work while eating dinner

 Andrew is playing soccer with other 1st and 2nd graders. He definitely isn't the tallest!

                                                         Sledding in Central Park

                                Loves watching and standing at the bathtub, but doesn't love being in it anymore

                                    The air mattress always provides lots of entertainment!

                                                         Checking out the snow

I really try not to complain, because really, who wants to hear it. But trust me when I say, if I never have to walk 2 miles a day in 1 degree weather again after this winter, I will be okay with it. Cold is cold, but when you HAVE to be out in it for an extended period-dang...

Straight trouble

                                                                Playing in some snow

 If I can't find him, he is usually opening food in the pantry.

                                                       Hungry much?

                                  All day everyday. Emptying out the pantry

                              Hot stuff. Or thinks so anyway. Will stand all day long, but won't take any steps

                         Finally painting our modeling clay!

                                                                               Blackberry much?

                       Drinking some milk mixed with mommy's milk! Such a big guy-didn't bat an eye! Guess I need to start weaning. Gonna miss my snuggle time with this munchkin.

Museum trips

We have been attempting to stay out of the cold AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, so we have been hitting up some museums.  Our first stop was the Brooklyn Children's Museum. I had heard great things about it and so we piled in and headed down to Brooklyn. Ryan enjoys his neck pillow backwards apparently. 

 The museum had a ton of hands on activities for the kids.  It was a lot like the Children's museum in Manhattan but much, much bigger.

 Doing our favorite pastime activity of tangrams-

 Hello?! Can you hear me now?

 Next up was a trip to the Natural History Museum. It was my first time taking all three by myself and I made the mistake of not bringing the stroller. It wouldn't have been that bad except the coat check was CLOSED. Too much stuff to carry.

 Then Chris took the big boys to the MET. They didn't last long that day but had fun while they scoped out a few things.

They don't realize it now, but they will certainly miss these things when we move home! Such an experience to just be able to hop on the bus and be at an amazing museum in minutes!