Jan/Feb photo dump

We went back to the children's museum in Manhattan (thank you G & G Barber!)

Best Presidents ever.

I may need to get some of that tracing paper!

FINALLY, someone wears the dragon costume!

Strings concert!

 Audrey really wants to play the bass, but a cello will do : )

 Learning about Chinese New Year at co-op.

Rob and Tiffany gave this puzzle to the girls a few years ago, Addison colored it in today.

A few months ago, Addison wrote a thank you letter to President Obama and then she was ecstatic when she received a package in return! 

Audrey/Mommy/Stella/Lambie date.

 Kinex from the Ritter's

 Picking up packages

Addison's favorite color is.........TEAL!

I love when I see my kids hugging and acting sweet together, but I really love when they cuddle with the dogs!

Prospect Park Zoo Day... This girl and her turtles!

We spent a really long time observing the baboons...it was awesome.

Come on baby avocado!

Grammy, this one is for you.

Audrey doesn't know a thing about ninja turtles, but she just loves turtles so much that she demanded a picture on this bench.

Subway tunes.

Bryant Park day

She spotted yet another turtle...this time in front of the most amazing library.

Eating snacks and watching the skaters.

Crazy hair girl.

Lou Lou and her Christmas present!

We watched Hook today. Audrey loves to snuggle up with Aunt Tiffany!

Scootin'

Gymnastics

Making the perfect lemonade.

One Year in NYC, celebrated with SNOW!

This past week marked one year living in New York City. I don't remember the exact date...that was a very crazy time of life! I do remember that it was a week before Valentine's Day.

We had a snowy week! Addison is just as crazy about the snow as she is about sand. Audrey struggles to walk in the deep snow, but she LOVES to eat it!

Our tree on a snowy day.

Audrey in a pillow of snow!

Addison dutifully measured how deep the snow was in various places, then Audrey used the ruler as a popsicle.

Imagine tons of screams and laughter with this picture.

Tiffany got to work from home!

11 inches of snowfall = time to buy a sled

We bought our first sled and I took the girls sledding for the first time. We took the G down to Fort Greene Park and the hills were perfect! We had a blast! Luckily it fits all three of us and I got to join in on the fun!

We also had a snowy co-op day the week before!

Valentine's sun catchers

Had to put Audrey back in the backpack carrier this week as the snow has turned to slush, ice, and puddles too deep for this girl!

Oh, the things we do for our hairy dogs.

You know that children's book, "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"? Well, all day long I've been trapped in that book, only with a different theme...

If you give your dogs a bath, they will be really clean and wet. You'll realize you need a bath too. Oh and the shower needs to be scrubbed now too.

If you give them some time to dry off in the bathroom before letting them loose in the house, then you will have a very wet and hairy bathroom. You'll have to take the time to wash all the towels and rug, wipe down all the walls, cabinets, and floors.

If you clean the bathroom you'll feel good that one small room in the house is perfectly clean, but while you were doing that the wet, clean, spunky dogs have rolled around the whole house trying to play and dry themselves. So you'll have to clean the rest of the house too.

If you take all the wet, hairy sheets off the beds to wash, vacuum the floors and rug, mop the floors, vacuum and lint roll the couch, then you've let a lot of time go by without thinking about the mess in your children's room. You'll have to calmly, very calmly peek into their room.

If you're children have played on their own for an hour or so, then they are happily engrossed in their art work, toys, and dress up games. You'll have to break the bad news, it's time to clean up the room and walk the dogs. 

If you clean up their room, you will not only feel accomplished, but you will also want to do another purge...maybe tomorrow.

If you happily walk your clean, brushed, almost dry hairy dogs in the afternoon, they will love the fresh air and also love to roll in the dead leaves and grass. Then you'll demand them to shake it OFF and go home and repeat this story in two more weeks when it's time to bathe them again.

The End