Monday, January 5, 2015

December Festivities

Grand Central train exhibit

with some of our friends

Bryant Park Carousel

SoHo fire engine - June told me to take a photo for her cousin Isaac (because he loves fire engines)

Anson LOVES to hide. He's good at staying quiet too - which could lead to some problems...

We went to pick June up from preschool one day and I just threw Anson in the stroller (with a foot muff) without shoes/socks. We had to stop at a park, so we improvised.

Anson found June's candy (from our reindeer friend Comet) first

Date night getting the best sandwiches (Toasties)

Seeing The Grinch - the musical - with Mom at Madison Square Garden

Playing in the playroom


Santa at Macy's. June was happy to sit with him and tell him she wanted a bicycle for Christmas. "And a doll. But I already have a doll."

Gingerbread house tradition


Christmas sugar cookies




Saturday, January 3, 2015

Our Warm December

The way we travel to church

Playing at an indoor children's gym

Life. Messy toys, loads of laundry, etc. I don't know why I'm putting this up except that I want to remember that sometimes messes are sanity.

Snack of Cheerios with a handy carrying bib

Catching the Messiah (by the NY Philharmonic) at Lincoln Center (with Mom)

This kid LOVES to eat

I love watching our kids sleep

The way a mommy catches a nap on a Sunday: Poked eyes, pulled hair, peek-a-boo, etc.

Doughnuts at Dough (yum!)

He had a lot of teeth to brush

Daddy couldn't find the pajamas so June got Daddy's shirt - so cool!

Typical breakfast

Marionette Christmas show at the Swedish Theater in Central Park-with Conner for his birthday - we had a fun day together:


Belvedere Castle with Conner

Alice statue in Central Park with Conner

Conner's 3rd birthday party

Friday, January 2, 2015

Thanksgiving, Moving and Grandparents

This was actually right before Grandpa and Nana left for the airport to go home, but I love it so it goes first. Grandpa and Nana came and celebrate Thanksgiving with us, help us moved and hug their grandkids.

The He is the Gift billboards and signs all over in Times Square


Hanging out with Grandpa Glen

Thanksgiving with 4 Elders from the Deaf branch that meets in our building. We were planning to do take-out or pizza for Thanksgiving but heard they had no plans. Thus we had a last-minute Thanksgiving dinner with the kitchen tools that were un-packed (and borrowed a few things from a neighbor)

Finishing up packing the night before moving. Grandpa and the kids enjoyed a movie together far away from the moving action.

Loading the truck and unloaded at the new place

Taking the handtrucks and dollies (and crib/table) that wouldn't fit in the truck. The truck we reserved was "unavailable" when we showed up to pick it up that morning and they gave us a smaller truck. Nice. Glad it fit as well as it did!


"Flexing" our 1 bedroom into a 2 bedroom apartment.

After hanging the door

Playing with Nana in the closet during wall construction

June likes to dress herself and is getting better and better at buttons

How the kids slept the first few nights in our new place (walk-in-closet in the hall). It worked surprisingly well!

Girls' Night Out - we went to a few shops, I got my haircut on a whim and we enjoyed the Winter's Eve festival on the Upper West Side



Last-minute haircut (called from Macy's, made an appt for 30 minutes from then, chopped my hair). In the before photo....I hadn't washed my hair for a couple of days and it had been in a pony tail....


A basketball competition with Tony Parker in our building. Neither Glen nor Curt won...but it was fun to participate and see Tony Parker shoot around.