Publishing Party and School Fair

Chris was away while Andrew had his last poetry publishing party and school fair but the boys and I rocked it out. 

 Andrew has written some amazing things this year.  This book has about 10 poems covering various topics he picked.

 The school fair is the same ole-how much sugar can one child consume. Yum. They had fun though!

 I don't know if this video will play, but it is of all three playing ball together and is pretty cute.

Happy Birthday Chris!

For Chris's 34th birthday this year I got tickets to Steve Cohen's Chamber Magic. It was down at the Waldorf Astoria and our friends Kathy and Jeremy went with us. It was an awesome illusion/magic show that I would highly recommend if you are in the city!

We celebrated at home with some delicious Two Little Red Hens cupcakes again this year. We will miss these!

Happy Birthday Chris! We hope you had a wonderful day and an even more exciting year ahead!

Mothers Day

Happy Mother's Day to the some of my favorite moms: 

To Grandma Diane-You not only brought me into this world, but taught me so many things about it. You have always loved me unconditionally and without reservation and have {only rarely} commented  suggested other options when I made a wrong decision. You have taught me many things about being a momma. 

To Tracy- You have always been my older, wiser, the one who can accomplish anything sister.  I don't know how you juggle so many balls in the air without letting any fall. You are an amazing sister, mom and wife. 

To Grammy- You raised a man who loves me unconditionally and isn't afraid to show it. I was lucky enough to marry into this family and be surrounded by someone who knows no limits on showing love.

It is a special privilege to be called a mom. There are so many days where I want to pull my hair out because I can't {insert ANY verb} but I try to remember that these days are numbered. These three CRAZY boys are mine. God entrusted them to me and gave me an amazing responsibility to raise them in his image. So Blessed.

We just did our regular venture into Central Park for an afternoon of playing and picnicking. The boys were SOOO incredibly dirty at the end, which proves a good time was had.

                                                    Think he is cheesing here?!

I love you boys! 

15 Months already?!

We have a mostly  sweet 15 month old already!! Julian is such a ham. He loves to dance-sitting, standing, wherever. If he hears a beat he likes, he can get down. His current obsessions are the cat, pulling every single book off the shelf, climbing up in the chairs to sit beside his brothers, reading Corduroy, wrestling, giving open mouth kisses, getting chased around the apartment, balls, vroom vrooming cars, trying to scoop the catbox, climbing up slides, taking out all the recycle, eggs, cheese, fruit, milk and his brothers water bottles. 

He is walking almost exclusively, unless he is in a real hurry. He is still doing a lot of babbling and saying a few words, but we are working on the language. I know from experience now, it will come. He can point to a handful of body parts and is very aware and receptive. My favorite thing is the night time hug I get right before I lay him down for bed.

What's this Mom?

 He seriously fell asleep like this. Sitting up. Catching flies.

                                        Another serious climber. Up on EVERYTHING

 15 month check-up stats: 22lbs (15%), 31.5" (60%) and head of 47cm-(95%). Of Course. Semesky HEAD.

KPMG Family Day

KPMG had a family outing day to the Bronx Zoo, which happened to be perfect timing for our last trip before we move! They have a new, short dinosaur exhibit that the boys enjoyed before digging for bones. 

 During lunch they had some face painters for the kids. Somehow the boys ended up with the same face!

 I didn't get to see the baby gorilla because Julian was asleep in the stroller, but Chris got this cute picture of the baby nursing while momma naps. Seems all too familiar.

 The last thing we saw before we left was the tiger. We had PERFECT timing and got to see them do a training demonstration with this lady, Alexis. It was AMAZING, and the tiger was only about 10 feet away.

 Ice Cream as the rain starts! This is one of the best zoos I have been too-although I know there are some better, we really enjoyed it!