Happy Valentines from 9B!

We had a lot of fun this year for Valentines. Andrew, Ryan and I made LOTS of crafts and spend WAY too much time writing names on valentines for class. Hope you felt LOVED today! And somehow, I managed to NOT get a picture of both boys together!!

                                          ANGRY Birds!                   PEEPS

                               Heart Shaped Sugar on Chocolate Chip Pancakes. What could be better.

                                        No mess here!

                                           Andrew's Superhero Valentines

 Somebody didn't take a nap today and instead played with his brothers rainboots.

                We LOVE and MISS you all!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!

Just Playing Around

The weather still hasn't been too bad lately.  Cold, but not too bitter. Even so, we have been spending WAY too much time indoors. Here are a few pictures of our fun times playing around.

Fasbee (sadly?) is Andrew's best friend. He draws pictures for him at school, gives him gifts, has nicknames for him and all. It is very sweet. He even tells me on occasion that he misses Oscar. 

                              This block sculpture has two of our four beloved animals. Icing and Cooby.

 Andrew has really been into drawing again lately. This is the Empire State Building.

 And this is our family and our house in Towson (because the van is parked outside). All the flowers are my tulips in the backyard. And if you look closely enough, you'll see Fasbee between Ryan and Andrew.

  This is a not so fun time. Ryan wakes up lately EVERYDAY before 515.  We can't let him cry/soothe himself back to sleep because he wakes Andrew up. So, Chris has some magic touch and jumps up to get Ryan and can get him back to sleep on the chair.

TV Taping

On my way to the gym I saw lots of signs for catering, dress, etc. I knew there must be a taping close! I was super excited and hoped it was a show I knew about.
Well, I kind of forgot about it and then on our way to school later we saw it again. After I dropped Andrew off I strolled down 82nd and watched a few minutes. It was for the show "Persons Of Interest." I don't watch it, and actually hadn't ever heard of it, but my aunt and uncle seem to love it. I tried to get a few shots but these were the best I got. They told me to back up one time so I wasn't in the frame. Dang, I thought, I showered today!!

Ball boy

Ryan received this foam ball and bat for his birthday from his friends Jacob and Carly. Thanks friends! I think it has been the most played with toy around this apartment in the last 5 weeks. If it isn't being used for its real purpose, it is being used to play "bad guys."  Ryan is pretty good at throwing it up and hitting it himself too!

The Doughnut Plant

Oh my. This place is close to Heaven on Earth.
We had been told by a few people to try out The Doughnut Plant, so we decided we would go down before church since it was within walking distance. There were soo many types we will have to go about a dozen or so more times to try them all. We started with four-

 Peanut Butter Banana filled with salted peanuts on top, cinnamon bun, creme brulee, wild blueberry (in honor of the Giants in the Superbowl)

 Do they look a little excited?

Andrew took this of Chris and I

                     The kids didn't like either of the creme filled, so Chris got them another (Lord knows these children don't eat enough sugar)

           Someone was excited about it, and someone else couldn't stop stuffing his face.

         Cool pillows on the wall-

                                             We will definitely be heading back there!
On our walk to church right in Flatiron is this Art Space. It was done really cool with a woman doing painted cups and hanging them.

Gymnastics!

Oh, how I have missed Rebounders. Andrew tells me all the time he misses his friends from there too. We missed signing up in the fall but I got both boys in at the same time at a place called NYCElite. Elite really just means "give me all your money so your kid can jump around in some space for 50 minutes." Really though, Andrew loved his first class and I think Ryan will love it once he lets go of my hand. Hope we can continue all summer!

Playground time!

It has been sooo nice out the last few days that we had to venture out. Over the weekend it was still a little chilly but we made it to Central Park and let the boys climb around and kick the soccer ball. Andrew loves this Alice in Wonderland Statue. 

 Then on Tuesday we made it up to Asphalt Green which has a great playground. Lots of swinging and climbing apparatus. Ryan really thinks he is at least 4, always having to do what Andrew is doing.

 This is Andrew's friend Noah from school. They were the last two on this train of 8-12 year olds going down the slide about a bizillion times.

 We were slack on getting Grandma Sherri a card, but we made this one instead!

The kids got some balloon swords and did lots of sword fighting for about 5 minutes before Ryan popped his.

This momma CAN'T wait for summer!! Or at least Spring!