Macy's Day Balloon Inflation

We were sooo excited to stay in the city this year for the balloon inflation and the parade on Thanksgiving! We took the bus over around 4 in the afternoon and took our stuff to spend the night at our friends Mary and Dennis' apartment because they live right on the parade route. Just before we left, our neighbor gave us a pass to walk on the sidewalk of the inflation instead of with the masses. It was AMAZING. Hopefully if we stay next year we can get that pass again!

                                         Being snuggly on the bus ride over-

Not a lot of great pictures. I was trying to play with the settings on my camera and of course never really figured it out. 

It ended up being a beautiful night out and wasn't really too cold. We went over to some KPMG friends afterwards for dinner and to let the kids play before we headed out. It is so nice to have this built in friend network!

NYBG Train Show 2012

Grammy and Papa got to come up for the weekend and join us this year at the Train Show. It was such a great show last year that we thought anyone would love to see it. It was another BEAUTIFUL day in the 50's and you can't ask for much more than that in mid-November!

The kids area has a ton of crafts and learning centers. All Andrew could remember was icing, decorating and eating the cookie. 

                                      Loving these butterfly chairs

                                                             New Macy's building

                                                              Ryan being Ryan-

                          The intricate designs on these are really just crazy. You really have to see it in person to appreciate it. And the greenery they put around it is insane too! Dottie and I said this is probably one of the only places you'll see something as crazy as this!

Buddies

They are both asleep here on this pallet. I am pretty sure Andrew will be 40 sleeping like this. He is always soaking wet with sweat. I should probably stop bathing him at night because he is going to start smelling worse than a normal boy soon.

This is the new gym where I go. Andrew hardly ever gets to go but Ryan really wanted him to see the shows they have there. At least its a room and not the couch like the last place ended!

                               
              Special Mommy-son lunch date with Andrew one day while he was out of school and Ryan had school

Ryan 'dis is my boat mom'

Ryan and his buddies Ryan and Olivia.

 Our friends Kathy and Jeremy are expecting their first baby in January and had a shower here in the city. Jeremy's mom made us this beautiful quilt for baby #3! So nice!

 Andrew and a lot of his friends on the tire swing

First snow of the season. Yes, you are looking correctly, Ryan is not wearing a coat. It is like pulling teeth. Pick your battles right?

 First Hot Chocolate of the season, and now it is a daily request….

                                           Happy Birthday to my Daddy today too!!

Last Day of Soccer!

Our fall season with Simply Sports Soccer has come to an end.  The last 10 Saturdays have been consumed with rushing out the door at 8am to go watch Andrew gaze at the clouds above. Chris told him this was his last week and he HAD to help his team out to get his trophy. He actually participated. Maybe I should have trophies made for each game?!  He always said he had fun and really that is all that matters. I am not sure if he learned anything about the sport or not, but he says he wants to play again next year-guess we will wait and see!

A trophy and chocolate chip cookie-is there anything better?