June17th-July 13th

 

 

 

She had her hands in her mouth in ultra-sound, a majority of the time.

Eye contact with my girl.

Little sleep those first few weeks!!




Safari Day. :)

Hairdo Bribes. ;)

Vivi went to her first movie at about 3 weeks old.  We saw Brave. 

Good Morning Baby Girl!

Happy Dreams.

 

 

Vivienne- 3 days old.

Sweet Vivienne is my first little baby to fit into preemie clothes.  For about a week. :)  Grandma Barbara had sent this cute preemie outfit, so we had a photo shoot with the tres chicas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxi's, Trains and Busses...at 4 days old!

This little babe was out and about in no time.  It was the last week of school, there was a lot going on with her sisters and we had to be there!

Lunch with Grandpa and Grandma at Artie's.

A beautiful old women was sitting across from us.  She sat and ate her Lox, Egg and Bagel slowly and glanced over at Vivi asking how old she was and told us how precious she was.  We told her she was 4 days old.  Then after she paid, she sat there at her table writing something down.  It reminded me of my Grandma Thelma.  Just enjoying her time, probably balancing her checkbook or making sure the bill was right...just keeping her mind sharp!  :)  Then she said to us, "Your baby is 4 days old.  And I am 32,0354 days old.  (That's an approximate.  :)  I can't remember the exact number but it was in the 32,000 area-- about 87 years old.  She's probably about 90 though, cause I remember doing the math then and it was in the 90's.  )  Of course my mom and I got teary.  She had been multiplying how old she was!  She was wonderful!  It's a fun memory of Vivi's first days.  It goes by so fast.

 

Papa cut a bunch of fruit up for Paisley's Class Party.  It was rained out, so they had to stay in the school to celebrate.  Did you know that my girl's school doesn't have air conditioning?  Doesn't that sound crazy?  Like it should be against the law?!  It is so blasted hot in that school...it's awful.  Look at these poor kids watching a movie, in the library!  Bless them!!

Paisley's stepping up ceremony from a Daisy Scout to a Brownie Scout!!  Grandma and Grandpa were there!  It was rainy!  And Vivi was 5 days old!  It was fun to be together and share some fun memories!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tangle- by Polyglot Theatre

So imagine a carousel canopy.  And real life Circ/ Dr. Seus Characters.  And a live band walking around.  A lot of elastic. And even more children.


 

All of the children wrap and weave their ball of elastic into the poles and eachother, making Tangle!

I have better shots on my phone...but this was a very fun interactive art exhibit at Lincoln Center, this summer!  It was pretty darn cool.

Pais (along with others) had the idea of tangling everyone up on the outer most edge of the exhibit.  It was hilarious.  At the end, the workers slid all of the elastic to the top of the poles, making a canopy of colors.  Then the next session of fun would start!

 

 

New York

We've had some fun NYC moments lately and I just have to document them.  So we can look back on the not so fun days (like when our car got smashed bad and our AC went out during a heatwave, just to name a couple unfortunate events that happened this summer) and think of how much we love it here.  I don't know if it's the weather change, the leaves turning colors, or that our car was finally fixed, or the good dose of oxytocin that is released through my body each and every day; but I am feeling blessed for the fun we have together and the opportunity we have to live here.

Tuesday was one of those insane NYC days.  It poured rain all day.  It was the first time I had to travel in it, with a baby in a stroller and trust me, it's not easy to do without a rain-cover and some really good shoes, both of which I have not purchased for the winter yet.  It was special.

But, Paisley was starting her first day at her new ballet school.  So we headed down to Lincoln Square for that.  I sent her off with her perfect white leotard and bun!  She has been so excited about it.  Ella did homework in the humongous waiting area/cafeteria while I held Vivi and cleaned out the diaper bag that had Ghiradelli chocolate smooshed all in the bottom from our recent trip to San Fransisco! (More on that to come!)  We went to pick Paisley up, and all of the little ballerinas floated out like butterflies, so happy!  We were all so glad they had a fun first day.  I asked Paisley if the teacher had taken roll before we had got there and she said no.

 "She asked me what my favorite thing about ballet was.  I said the splits and then she asked me to do them!  And then at the end, we all got a cookie!"  

Hahahaha!  That's why they were all happy!  Adorable!  She also was excited that the pianist played Do-Re-Mi from Sound of Music, that they danced to.  Along with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Then, after that, we rushed to get Paisley in her rain gear and head out in it once again...headed to Bankstreet Bookstore.  We were about to meet The One.  The ONLY.  Julie Andrews!!!
We arrived and although we had made reservations for her book signing, a long line was to be expected.  So, we stood and waited for a few minutes.  The rain was hitting Vivi's face as I held her in the Moby wrap.  She just held her head up at the sky with her eyes closed. Then, we decided to just go get something to eat and by the time we came back, the line was just about inside the bookstore!  Yay!  Vivi sucked on her rainy, little hand for 30 minutes, it was SO good!  :)  Not only did we not have to wait as long in the rain,  but we were one of the last groups to meet her, so we got 2 extra books! Score!  Now our children won't have to fight over them when they get older, possibly have their own room and then move out! :)

Julie Andrews is absolutely lovely.  Before we met her, I googled her so the girls could know a little more about her.  Her birthday was just the day before, so after we walked up to meet her and after we said our hello's, the girls said "Happy Birthday Yesterday" to her.

"OOOH!  Thank you so much, I had the best birthday yesterday!  

And I feel it's my birthday today too!"  

Then she asked all the girl's names.  I was sure she didn't hear Paisley correctly and when I said Vivienne she let out a loud "Awww!" and laughed.  But then she repeated, "So Vivienne, Paisley and Mariella!  How lovely!"  Seriously couldn't get better than this!  I had to maintain composure!  I then told her that she and I shared the same name and she said, "Oh, you do? That's wonderful!"  You know her perfect accent!  Of course she used all those yummy words like, magnificent, wonderful, stupendous, lovely!   She sounded just like Mary Poppins! It was so dreamy!  She then told us she hoped we like the new book, to look at the beautiful water color pictures and that it's a book you can read all year long.  The book is titled, "Treasury For All Seasons" and it's a compilation of favorite poems, stories and songs.  We got her autograph in each book, said our goodbyes and somehow made it down the stairs though I don't remember that part because we were all in awe!  The girls mentioned how  beautiful she was and she is!  Then we changed Vivi's poor diaper, that little baby girl was a trooper on Tuesday!  SO I've said this before and I'll say it again, the only thing that could have made this even more special is if MY Mom's were there with us!  That would have been the icing on the cake!

We finally got home, I'm not gonna lie, we had to Cab it some of the way!  I'm so glad a cab was an option!   Sometimes, there's just no other way and I knew I'd regret it if we had missed this opportunity!  Ya just had to stick it through even though you wanna quit because you're soaking wet and you've got sludge in your toes and you smell like a subway rat and you're carrying a bag that's 30 lbs!  That's when magical things happen!   

Ballet+Julie Andrews+My Favorite Girls= A favorite NYC Day!  Kisses!

Lee's Turkey Farm

Two years ago, we fell upon a Turkey Farm in New Jersey.  (It's an actual picking farm as well, all the fruits and veggies you could ever imagine for this area!)  We wanted to go peach picking and this place looked like fun.  Too bad the day we went two years ago, I forgot my phone and our camera.  So the only pictures we've got are the ones from Scotty's phone, thankfully!  Where are those pictures by the way? Hmmm...Anyway, we decided to come back for more of the golden peachy deliciousness!  We blackberry picked as well!






This is a family owned farm.  So many things I love about that.

Like when Peso accidentally dropped her cold Coke on the ground and the gravel put two holes in her can...the owner went inside her house and brought out a Zoo Pals cup for her. :)

And, we're off into the fields!

With a stop at the swing on the way...

 

 

 

 

Ella picks.

Paisley picks.

Vivi sleeps and mommy drinks her San Pellegrino.  It was a super hot day!  Humid, 100 degrees...our sweet baby was so good.

Our family picture.

Love this one.

Ooh.  And this one too.

 

Daddy does hair.  He's a keeper!

Blackberry picking.

 It's nice to get out!  Lee's Turkey farm is kinda amazing.  We bought some beautiful home grown flowers on our way out, ran to Taco Bell (cause we don't have the opportunity to eat it as often as I'd like :) and then headed to Bradley Beach! 
I believe this occasion was to celebrate Vivi's 6 week birthday!

And then we ate peaches all week!