Annual Valentines Flowers

The boys got to do the conversation heart vase all by themselves this year. It was successful until Ryan figured out he could eat them. Also notice how CRAZY Ryan's hair is getting. I absolutely love it and need to get some good pictures of it before it gets long and the curls fall out.

The Naked Chef

I have been meaning to post about this, but somehow keep forgetting. In the building across from us and down a floor or two, there lives a little (or well, well endowed) woman who likes to cook and clean in the,well, ahem, nude. Sometimes she may don her underpants, but most of what we can see is just the top half anyway. Cooks, washes dishes, rolls dough. You name it, we have probably seen it.  Oh apartment living, some days you make me laugh:)

Kitchen Fire?!

In case you are curious as to what happens if a plastic coated knife meets the open gas flame of a stove burner, this is it. 

We don't exactly know how it happened, but this morning we were in the middle of cooking eggs and oats and I looked over and noticed the flame coming way out. It was running down the length of the knife. Luckily nothing was ruined besides the knife. Crazy!

BEAUTIFUL DAY!!

We had a beautiful 50 degree day today. Right after school we headed to the playground to run around. EVERYone had the exact same thought. We also got to cross the pedestrian bridge over the FDR that has been closed since we moved here. The boys thought it was super cool.  I, on the otherhand, saw some great steps I'll be running soon!

I love these moments. All these pictures were taken with my phone, so they aren't the best. This last picture was how they ran home most of the way. Chris had a great statement and said what we can't see is Ryan is probably sticking his tongue out (because that is way to greet people) and Andrew is talking about poop. Unfortunately, probably so true.

"NO, NO"

We got lots of "NO!!"
The boys were so excited when we woke up and had snow outside. We knew we would have to venture out but it was COLD!! They spent the morning admiring it out the window

We finally made it out for a short playtime before Andrew threw snow into Ryan's eyes.  Ryan loved the "NO" and "ICE" and could have played all day once his face was cleaned off. I would be perfectly content if that was all the snow we got this year.  I doubt that will be the case, but I'll put it out there. With those few inches the sidewalks were nasty for the next few days. Luckily it warmed up quick and most of it is gone!

Kindergarten

I registered this little book worm for kindergarten today. I CAN NOT believe it. I don't know what I will do when he actually starts :( Where have the years gone?!?

A new baby!

 We got to visit our new friend Quinn today and mommy Mary. The boys loved him, especially Andrew.  He told me that night that his favorite part of the day was getting to give Quinn his bottle. He was a cutie pie and looks just like his daddy Dennis (or Dentist as Andrew calls him).