Preschool Graduation

I can NOT believe my big boy is finished with preschool. It really seems surreal and with the amount of tears I shed when he got his "certificate," I can only imagine the coming years!
The weekend before his last day the school held a picnic in Central Park with all the families. They had a bubble man, super soccer stars and games. We had a fun time and got to meet a few more parents. I think they should hold one of these at the beginning of the year too!

                                           The bubble man!

                                             The boys were actually pretty good at this

 

                                                  Playing soccer with friend Winslow

                   Busy with cones while Andrew played soccer

 Singing the days of the week and months of the year in spanish at school.  I asked Andrew if he could teach them all to me and he said, "I don't really know them."

                                    Proud of that trophy and bubbles!!

                                      Teacher Maria (maybe his favorite-he was mad one day that he was finished with school because he couldn't see Ms. Maria)

                                           Teacher Carrie

                                      Teacher Joann

                                                Next stop-KINDERGARTEN!!

Be still my heart

Tonight at dinner Andrew told me he snuggles Ryan when he asks him to because "Ryan is my favorite thing-my whole family is my favorite thing." Such a sweet comment. My two sweet boys (unless it is bedtime/middle of the night:)

Date night #3!

We made it out to our third date since we have lived here!! Woohoo! We went to a place called Graffiti that my friend Cady recommended and it was delicious. Tiny little tables and tapas, and we will definitely be back! We befriended the couple beside us because you are literally on top of each other. After dinner we asked where we should go to grab a drink (because they lived in the neighborhood) and we started walking towards a wine bar.  It had closed down and then we saw Crif Dogs, which is home to Please Don't Tell, a speakeasy that has been on our list to try out. It was still early so we decided to try to see if we could get in and we did! You walk into this phone booth and dial and wait for the door to open (where that menu looking thing is).  You would never know what it was if you didn't know. Cocktails were $15 a piece, but delicious, and you can get fancy hot dogs because it is in the back of Crif Dogs. Very cool! Only in NYC! Thanks Katie for babysitting!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

I ventured out and made Chris his favorite birthday cake this year. His mom usually makes Peach Cake and Chris loves it, so I welcome it. It didn't turn out as delicious as hers, but we enjoyed it!

Hope you had a great day Honey!

           Andrew wanted Chris to have a pirate birthday, hence the use of the pirate candle again.

Grandma came to visit!

Mom/Grandma got to come up for Mother's Day weekend. We tried to stay pretty relaxed, but wanted for her to be able to experience some of the city. Her first day here we got a little behind but Andrew got to show her some of his gymnastics moves. This was walking from gymnastics to school.

 On Friday we walked down to the zoo and go to meet up with Katie, Carly and Jacob to enjoy a picnic afterwards. The kids loved listening to the guitarist and even put some money in his case "that he was collecting" as Andrew said.

 We stopped to take pictures with the BallerinaMime. She changes positions after every picture. Very cool.

 We got to take our first Circle Line Tour around the bottom half of the island. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and we had a good time overall. The kids were done about halfway through, but they still had fun.

 So many people on the boat, good pictures were kind of hard to get!

 The next day we had family pictures taken. I can't wait to get them back, but here were a few I got with my own camera at the end of the session.

 And of course we had to visit the cool playground at 100th/Central Park West. We will definitely be back!

We made it to the Museum of Natural History on a rainy day for a short visit.

 We just played around the apartment the rest of the time! Hopefully Mom isn't so pooped she can't make it back again next year!

                                      Lounging with FasmaTas in the sunshine

                                             Happy Mother's Day Mom!

                                            Andrew and Ryan had to take a few shots-

                                     So glad you could visit!  See you in SC soon!!

Singer/Guitarist in the making

So, I still can't figure out why blogger won't let me add videos without putting them on youtube. So, if you click here, you can watch Ryan singing his heart out for about 5 minutes. It is long, but pretty stinkin' cute.