Grammy Visit

We had a great time with Grammy this visit! I'd say the theme of this trip was ice water. It was incredibly hot when Grammy was here, feels like temps of 107, so mom was sure to have a never ending supply of ice water!

The girls were so excited for her to visit the humongous McCarren pool! After the pool, we ate lunch at Park Luncheonette and introduced mom to breakfast pizza! Each visit with Grammy usually includes some time when they are doing yoga or some kind of exercise together. This time Addison wanted to show Grammy how to walk up the wall! We ended the night at the new Whole Foods and watching the Minimalism documentary with mom.

On Friday, we went to the Swedish Marionette Theater in Central Park. The show was a modern take on Little Red Riding Hood. Let's just say we left craving cupcakes and deeply contemplating how much we are glued to our phones...haha. It was a really cute show! After walking through the park a little, we ate lunch and headed home.

On Saturday, we headed to the Bronx Zoo!

Audrey loved the photo props!

Even the animals were feeling the heat.

Here it is, the theme picture!

Cooling down with ice cream.

When Addison said, "let's leave this sweaty place", we knew it was time to head home! haha

Audrey likes to sleep on the way home from our adventures...here in the car, the day before on Grammy in the train.

Thank you for visiting, Grammy! As always, looking forward to the next visit!

Heat Wave

We met up with Tiffany and Rob (Tiffert, Robany?) to go see the fireworks on the 4th. The plan was to go to the waterfront, but it started raining so we chickened out. Luckily we got a pretty good view on our rooftop!

Experienced a New York heat wave this week and it was brutal.

Going to the playground was pretty uneventful this week: find shade, eat all the snacks, play for two minutes, go home and eat popsicles!

Same with Stella at the new dog park: she found shade, she sat on the bench, she panted, went home and guzzled water, and then napped.

Saturday we had a break from the heat and we headed to CP! We rented a row boat and Andrew rowed us around!

I didn't catch a smile on Andrew, but I know he was happy to work hard for his girls! haha!

Climbed on the Alice sculpture...

hit up a playground, and headed home to have dinner with Tiffany!

Next weekend I get to see Erin (and her parents!) at the halfway point...Seattle! It will be a quick and amazing get together. Now I need to quickly figure out who Meghan Trainor is and what she sings to get ready for a fun concert!

Pretty new dresses for my pretty girls

ssssswwsswwsss, Audrey's secrets are usually just whisper sounds.

This is her smile these days.

Eagle talons!

Band-aids are the best accessory.

"Our" water tower.

 I love my husband.

Our pumpkins are flowering!!!!!

Audrey loves this hat and her sunglasses!

Amazon subscribe and save = a new toy...a box.

We consumed a lot of watermelon this week. Cut up a 1/4 of it and juiced the rest! Wearing bathing suits to the playground is a must these days...also enjoying water balloons!

Excited for a long weekend!

Happy Summer!

Audrey received some pretty cool Paw Patrol undies from Aunt Donna for her 3rd birthday and she wanted to wear them at night, so we let her. Well on the second night, she woke up wet. So I ordered more pull ups. There was a 4 day delay between the last pull up and when the new box would arrive, so I was forced to give it another try with undies. SHE IS DOING AWESOME! So awesome that once the box of pull ups came in, we gave them to our neighbor. And just like that, she's lost all "baby" she had left.

Got rid of the dog bed today and here's why:

It's been fun watching the plants flower and produce in the community garden! Keeping our fingers crossed that ours will follow soon!

 Keeping cool at the turtle splash pad...only Audrey hated getting too wet.

 Addison LOVES it.

Spring soccer is over and she will start again in the Fall.

She made that necklace for her coach...she is always giving.

 Audrey loves plants, flowers, trees, sticks, leaves. Still trying to teach her to be gentle with them!

Scooter girl. The other day she spotted a wheelchair ramp and excitedly scooted down it...

Audrey doesn't quite yet have the interest or endurance to scoot as much, but she likes to try (AKA, mom and dad pull her around!)

Medal Day!

Addison's gym had a mini olympics today! It was great for Andrew to be able to see her in a gymnastics class! Tiffany and Robert were also there to support her!

Audrey will be able to start in the Fall!

Excited to follow the summer Olympics with the girls this year!

Afterward, we ate at Egg for the first time and it was delicious. I don't think we are ever going to have a bad meal here.

The girls are excited to celebrate Father's Day tomorrow! I'm sure the day will involve many sword fights and a little Mario.

I am blessed to have my father, stepfather, and father in law in my life today...as so many of our loved ones have had to say goodbye too soon. I love them all and still need them in my life as the girls need Andrew! My Dad still teaches me how to gain perspective when life overwhelms me. My stepfather still teaches me how to go the extra mile for people. My father in law teaches me how to be patient and listen.