Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Life and the Zoo!

It's interesting to see what games and activities the girls come up with on long rainy days.



This is the grassy area where we take the dogs. The colorful glass building on the right is our building. The fences to the left are the tennis/basketball/softball courts of McCarren Park. The dogs are doing really well. I wasn't worried about Stella, she is very easy to take on walks. But Lou Lou has done surprisingly well for Lou Lou. We can take her around those courts and do a loop without any anxiety from her...unless it's the weekend and people are playing ball. ha

This is on the other side of those courts, our dog loop. I am thankful for proper rain/puddle gear!


 This is our long hall. We live at the end of the hall. The girls pretty much always run down the hall. Audrey likes to walk the dogs back home.

 I have the chap stick in a reachable spot in the girls bathroom because I want them to use it...when the heater is on, their lips are usually chapped. Well, Audrey thought baby needed some too.

Andrew's work/life balance has been much more flexible!


Addison's secret elephant.

Addison is really enjoying gymnastics!


I really need to create an artwork display system in this house...



Addison's soccer game was canceled on Saturday due to cold, rainy weather. Audrey and I went to her first swim class, which was fun!

On Sunday, we met Tiffany and Rob at Prospect Park. First we loaded up on food from Smorgasburg then we went to the Prospect Park Zoo! Thank you Mom & Steve for the city zoos membership!


Thank you, Aunt Tiffany, for loving on my girls! 

The sea lion show was fun!





 The girls loved the Discovery Trail. It allowed them to play as if they were the animal. Here is a prairie dog tunnel.




 Lily pads


Egg shells in a nest

Spider web 

If I could figure out a safe way to haul my girls around by bike I would, they got home twice as fast as us!





Monday, April 4, 2016

Wishy Washy Spring

We enjoyed rain, sun, wind, heat and cold this week! 

The trees are all blooming!

Kissing the turtle!


Talking to the daffodils.


Addison was hiding behind the tall grasses and jumping out like a tiger to scare a little boy...don't worry he liked it.



Interesting Factoid: Addison has owned over 50 Barbies in her short little life, but NONE are loved as much as "Moving-leg Barbie" (who now has no legs below the knees).



Saturday we had a meet and greet with Addison's soccer league.
Lou Lou had a vet appointment. She has had 5 lumps pop up since moving here. The vet said they are very common in older dogs and that she will probably get more too. They are just fatty tumors and unless they harden and cause her pain, she will be fine.

Sunday we had grand plans to explore Prospect Park, but the wind was outrageous. So we explored closer to home and ate lunch at Bakeri and found this awesome tree that Addison wanted to share with you in video:



HUGE thank you to Tiffany and Rob for letting Andrew and I enjoy a date night at Fette Sau!


Sunday, March 27, 2016

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Yesterday we went to the Easter egg hunt at McGolrick park. 

First we layered up in sweaters and leggings! 



Tiffany and Rob met us there...oh yeah, we are neighbors now!

We did a lot of waiting in line...




Rob volunteered to hide the eggs! Poor daffodils!



Then they hunted for eggs!





Then they ate their loot!



We skipped the lines for the Easter bunny and art project to play with sticks!





All in all, it was a lovely spring day with family.

Hoppy Poppy and Grammy, your egg hunts are still THE BEST!

Thank you, family for sending the girls Easter surprises!

We ended the night with Easter egg dyeing.


We started our day with an Easter basket scavenger hunt (we make them work for their baskets!) and enjoyed breakfast bunnies.



Tonight we will have an Easter dinner with Tiffany and Rob!


Saturday, March 19, 2016

Nana and Papa time!

We were so LUCKY to see Nana and Papa on St. Patrick's Day!

We ate lunch at Park Luncheonette, played at the McCarren Playground, and hung out at home.


Addison wanted to take them to her favorite park, East River Park. Which is not a typical park, but they love the rustic feel of it I suppose...and the rocks.



Lunch at Urban Rustic, coffee at Blue Bottle, take out from Crif Dogs and Pies n Thighs...

Don't worry, we put in around 20,000 steps the next day!

We took the East River Ferry to the Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Then we determinedly found Junior's, ate a huge lunch, and (seriously) the best cheesecake ever.



Then we walked over the Brooklyn Bridge. The weather was cool and sunny. The views were awesome. Audrey slept over the bridge, Addison glided over the bridge, I pushed!


We took a quick trip to the 9/11 Memorial.

And headed home on the ferry.

Thank you, Nana and Papa, for the fun visit! We love you!