Last Day of Soccer

Our first go round of an actual sport went better than I thought it would! There were only a few days where he didn't want to go/get out of the stroller, but he eventually did. He was a little sidetracked most of the time, but he had fun and that is what is most important! Ryan had fun too every week-being his goofy self!

 These horses were grazing near the "field" in Central Park. Ryan only wanted "mommy pet dem, not Iyan" (that is his name)

Pool and Street Fair Fun

Our friend Mary has a lovely ground floor apartment and patio and therefore has room for this big honking pool. The boys LOVED it!! 

                                  One of our meet-ups at the playground days with some friends.

 We made it to our first street fair of the summer. There was only a minimal amount of whining over picking a toy. Andrew wanted this balloon that was $12 (!?!?!?!?) I told him no, that he had $6 that we had just counted in his piggy bank. After much deliberation, he chose a cap gun (that Chris made me hide for the remainder of our walk through the fair). Luckily, the gun broke within 2 days:)

                                  Fresh squeezed lemonade and calamari-only at a street fair in NYC

Blowing the boats

This was a hilarious 20 minutes we spent with the sailboats. It was a really windy day so the boats kept getting stuck in this corner. These two knuckleheads would run over to them and try to blow them back the other way. I wish I had a video of it. 

Andrew's 5 year check up!

We finally had Andrew's 5 year checkup! He was not to excited to go, but by the end of the appointment he had warmed up. He was a whopping 41 inches and 41 pounds! (A whole 2 lb and 2 inch increase from last year).  He passed the hearing, sight and drawing test with flying colors. The doctor did refer me to a sleep doctor to hopefully deal with Andrew's major sleep issues. 

                                             This is about how he felt the entire appointment.

Sleep is overrated

We have been having serious issues with our sleep again in one little room in our place. We finally decided that they should be able to go down together like so many of our friends. I can officially say after 4 nights though, I am unfortunately back to staggered bedtimes. To put it nicely, it has been miserable here for the last week:( One major drawback of sharing a room if you are a Semesky and think you don't need sleep. These pictures were taken one night after they were in the room together for about an hour and this is how we found them on the top bunk.  Unfortunately, they didn't stay asleep the entire night. 

Summer 2012 has started!

The sun is out and the sprinklers are all on! Time for lots of wet clothes around the apartment:)

Random phone dump

                         The best way to travel in an elevator, on a box of diapers...

 This is a really cool cake place on the way to our friend Adela's apartment. We try to remember to go this way and check out the cakes in the window.

                                             You know you are tired when….

Since we went by the Statue of Liberty with Grandma a few weeks ago, we have gotten a few days of this-

 Andrew's friend Winslow's birthday party.  It was on Roosevelt Island at a Mini-golf course. We will definitely head back there!

Soccer

                                   First time in the water without clothes to change into

Our neighbor down the hall has a hamster. Five minutes after we were home Andrew informed me he wanted one too.