Happy First Day of Spring

We had a super busy first day of spring with our friend Mary and baby Quinn. Shopping in the Bronx, school, then a trek down to FAO to play on the piano and then a run around Central Park.  

 We had the entire piano to ourselves! It was great timing! Andrew could have played all day.

                                                 This picture of Quinn cracks me up!! Too cute!

 Robot hat off the hat wall!

 Andrew doesn't like ANY nuts, except the delicious almonds off the cart! YUMMY!!

The writing machine

Some days all Andrew wants to do is write. This was one of those days. He usually asks us how to spell things, but for this one paper today, he did it all on his own.

In case you were wondering, it says, Little Munchkin (drawing of a dum dum), Mustache dumdum. We aren't sure where the mustache idea came from, but…

These are some of the others from the day. Ryan loves to say HohOHo, that is why you will see it so often.

 This was my special one. He asked me how to spell because, then he asked what I loved. I told him, reading, exercising, and taking a nap, but then he never asked me how to spell them. Then he brought this to me. Its a picture of a bed, treadmill and book.

I love this creativity. I hope his love of reading and writing never ends! I can't wait to see what Kindergarten will bring! I love my sweet boy!

Cool Dude

Step aside Gap baby models, Ryan is coming through. Seriously, if I could sign him up to be a hat model, he would make some cold hard cash. The boy LOVES his hats. On HIS terms of course. 

                                                   The lining up begins...

                                           SCOOOOOOOBY!!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

We are gearing up for the parade today, but in the meantime, I have two sneaky leprechauns running around the apartment!

Sleep No More

A few months ago we bought tickets for a show called Sleep No More.  It looked like a really interesting, mysterious date night.  We really didn't know what to expect going in. And, coming out, we really don't know what we saw either!
 It is a very different type of theater experience. On the website it says, " the legendary space is reinvented with SLEEP NO MORE, presenting Shakespeare’s classic Scottish tragedy through the lens of suspenseful film noir. Audiences move freely through a transporting world at their own pace, choosing their own path through the story, immersed in the most unique theatrical experience in the history of New York."

When we walked in, we were handed these mask (Andrew modeled for me). You had to wear these the entire time without talking. You wander through different rooms waiting for actors to run into the room and act out a scene, and then you try to follow them so you can catch a different scene. It was very interesting (and quite a workout because you are running up and down 5 stories), but we never quite got the entire story (which I don't think they necessarily want you to).  They try to sell you a book at the end summarizing what you saw, but we didn't get it. 
I think it was a great date night, mainly because we got to go out and check out a new area of Manhattan, but I don't know if I would recommend it for the price. Then again, there aren't many things in New York that are reasonably priced! Thanks Cady for watching the boys!

NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade

We made it down to our second (Chris's first) parade while living in the city! We got there a wee bit too early, because I wanted to make sure the boys could see, but we had fun while we waited! There were really only people walking/bagpipes/bands/service men and women in this one and not quite so many vehicles. Andrew must have asked me about 100 times where the trucks were!

                                                    Patiently waiting….

           Mayor Bloomberg.  Later as we had stepped away, Brian Williams walked by!

                                                               Yay!

                Right as we were leaving we saw our friends the Mattsons and Schilbs.
               Mr. Travis and Adela                                            Ms. Katie and Carly

             Ms. Cady rocking the Leprechaun hat

                       The girls

 

Family Photo! Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Brooklyn Bowl

I had a chance to go out with my friend Kathy to see Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers at the Brooklyn Bowl last night. It was so much fun! I had heard of the band but didn't really know their music, but am loving it now. The opening band was called Native Run, and their music was really cool as well.

Again, these pictures are all from my phone so they aren't the best.  We were right at the stage and they all had such great stage presence. It was my first concert since living in the city and I can't wait to go to some more.

The venue was also very cool. I would love to go back and actually bowl, so we may have to make it a date night sometime since its not really too close. Brooklyn was like a miniature Manhattan-very cute!