Thursday, April 20, 2017

Spring

Tiffany and Rob introduced the girls to the Primitive Technology YouTube channel recently and Audrey LOVES it. She has begged us to go camping for her birthday, so we booked a two night trip in May to the Malouf's Mountain campsite! The girls want to build shelters, weave baskets, and play with clay! I got some air dry terracotta clay to build with in the meantime.




Audrey, don't worry, we are all confused with what to wear in Spring.

 Mermaid pose.


Spring picnic in CP

Concrete thrones!

We all went climbing!




Peeling onion skins.

Chopping beets.

Drawing on warm hard-boiled eggs.

Ready to make dye! 

It worked!


The building playgroup took over the courtyard for an egg hunt!



Easter Day!

Another mermaid pose.



The girls had their eyes examined and Audrey hated the drops, but her vision was good.

Addison loved the eye exam and was the best patient, but ended up with reading glasses!

Their eyes were dilated for two days.

Audrey said when she needs glasses, that she will choose these:

Chocolate bunnies! Oh, and here is Addison in her reading glasses!


Making paper from old newspapers and dried flowers.

Model of the Nile, cha cha cha chia style.

Mummy time!


And pyramid time!

Oh, the life.


Daffodils

I have to thank Nana for these as I splurged and spent a Christmas gift card entirely on cloth napkins (16 of them) in January. The print I wanted was on back order and didn't arrive until this week. I already love it. Happy Earth Day to me!

And here is some great news:

ANDREW GOT ME A FAMILY BIKE!!! Happy Easter, Happy Earth Day, Happy Mother's Day, Happy Birthday, and probably Merry Christmas to me too. I have been dreaming about having a family bike in Brooklyn for a year. Waiting on a few accessories then I'm ready to roll. Should we give it an "A" name or just call it the Mother-shuttle II?! haha


I'll leave you with this sweet bedtime video:



Friday, March 31, 2017

March catch up

March weather can be crazy...so it's nice to be crazy inside too!

BFFs...for the moment!


Give Audrey a writing utensil and you'll get some As!

The secret William Vale Park.


Trying hard to get that cartwheel!

MORE SNOW...The storm was named Stella!




Time for more As!

This dog...

The girls rather clean the house than their own toys...so let's make it happen!

And more As, this time on the wall in Audrey's "cave" (her bed).

Book lamp!

Grammy came to visit! She was scheduled to come on Addison's birthday, but had to postpone due to Scotty's accident. We will take her whenever! We took a cold trip out to Queens!

First to check out the Unisphere!


Then we walked/shivered to the Queens Zoo. The animals were all out and happy! Especially this Andean Bear.

Addison's aviary video:




Addison's bunny video:

We stopped by the science museum since it was a free Friday.


Audrey loves tape and her "heavy" baby from Nana.

Addison turned 6 and lost two bottom teeth! She pulled both out herself.

 Selfie window in Greenpoint.

Still dreaming of my family bike.

Addison loves the parkour class at the Brooklyn Zoo gym!

I love how Audrey draws her people.

We've been waiting and watching April the giraffe.

Tiffany and I flew home to see Dad and Scotty (and Benjamin!!). It felt so good to see them face to face and know that they will be well.



Friday, March 3, 2017

SIX!

Happy Birthday to Addison Jane!

Here it is ... Lego City Prisoner Island! She has talked about this nonstop for weeks.

We headed to the Rockefeller Center on Addison's birthday to ice skate and shop at the Lego store.

Lego cakes are harder to make than I imagined!







Step, step, glide, fall, repeat! SHE LOVED IT!

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Hard day

Wishing today I could be making silly memories with these two Barber boys... 



 I love you both and will be praying for days like these to come again quickly.