Jack's 2nd Birthday!!

Jack had a wonderful midday Birthday Party with his regular crew of friends and babysitters.

The Birthday Boy!

The whole party!

Eli and his buddy Alex!

 Outside causing a commotion on the street.

Every 2nd Birthday Party needs some "Craft Time"!

Jack's Excited Dance

When Jack gets excited he just can't contain himself. He has to dance or explode!

Mom's Birthday Movie!!

A quick little bit of fun Dad and the boys put together for our WONDERFUL Mom and Wife - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Great Beach Day in Brooklyn!!

We had such a great day at the ocean. All we had to do was drive down Flatbush Avenue until it ends, and suddenly your in...  Cape Cod? The Hamptons?? Montauk??? Nope it's Brooklyn.

Eli gets ready for PreSchool!

In September Eli will be starting Pre-School at Beansprouts, here in Park Slope.
Today we had a pot luck brunch meet and greet at the school to meet his
Teacher, Classmates and their parents.
It was a nice morning and Eli seemed excited and ready to go to school!

On the way to meet his teacher and fellow students with Mom!

Eli a bit nervous, but very happy with his new teacher... Catherine!

Meanwhile Jack stayed home and practiced being a very cute little Brother

Jack Rides a Pony!

A thrilling day at the petting zoo and our first attempt at a pony ride.
Eli is thrilled from afar.

Balancing Boys

They had a great balancing exhibit at the Brooklyn's Children Museum today and we took full advantage!

Brooklyn Boys

Hanging out in front of the pizza place, eating ice cream and "icies" (italian ice) after and exhausting session of splashing in puddles with our cool rain boots.

Slice of life Memorial Day weekend 2011

We just wanted to catch up a bit and decided to throw a few pics up from this last wonderful weekend.

We were able to take a much needed break for a few days out at Grandmother's house on Long Island.

Petting Zoo - Ducklings!

This place was amazing! They let us hold these little ducklings for as long as we liked.

Jack's First Passover! OY!

Getting bigger everyday.

A much needed rest

After a looong week - milk bottle and off to bed!

Choo Choo! Visit to the train yard

Cousin Vito was kind enough to offer us a tour of the LIRR train yard in Long Island City. He is a Brakeman, but apparently he never actually slows down or stops the train - who knew? We had a great time in the "cockpit" of this very powerful engines pushing all the buttons, pulling all the levers and even blowing some of the horns! Thanks Vito!!

Mom and her boys in 2 different "jungles"

A Big Boy Bed!!

That's right! Eli now has a big boy bed. Best of all it's a Thomas the Tank Engine themed big boy bed. He gets so excited and jumps in and pretends to sleep.

A break in Winter!

I wish I had my better camera - these "cell phone" photos will have to do...
The sun was out, it was a beautiful 50º day and Park Slope was buzzing!
Eli was back in a swing after a very loooong break. At first he just smiled, but then the sheer thrill of swinging after so long be bottled up indoors became too much and he started giggling and laughing for no apparent reason for a full 5 minutes. It was wonderful to witness. Jack and I couldn't help but laugh along - that kind of joy is contagious.
We wandered as far as we could into Prospect Park, but were blocked by paths that still had too much snow. It was a much needed break from this "real" Winter we're having this year.

Breakfast gets silly!

Somehow Jack figured out how to make this noise and thought he was oh so funny. That same morning Eli tried getting his water in ways that other animals do... you'll see.
There was something odd in the air this morning and we just went with it.

Jack rides vacuum!

Jack really wanted to help with the vacuuming. As you can see!

I don't know why, but I like it

This is just the guys relaxing (taking a "lollipop break") after a big day out at the Children's Museum before we go back upstairs.It's taken with my iPhone, so the quality isn't very good, but something about this picture just strikes me and makes me feel like I'm capturing them in the transition from baby to toddler. I hope you all like it too.

Snowy Brooklyn Blues

This is really our car! Also, the black, funky lower half of the snow wall around my car was solid ice created by snow plows and cars pushing the snow higher, blocking my car in. Then it snowed again and again and then rained and then the rain froze sealing it all together. Then our sweet little Honda wouldn't start, and I had to call AAA for a jump, then off to buy a new battery - OY! I thought global warming meant that Piña Colada season just got longer - Dang!!

Watch out Tom Cruise

Check out those "Jazz Hands". Go Eli!!

Jack is now finger painting!

Jack had a great time, but was ready to jump in the bath after this first session of finger painting. I think you could guess why.

Jack up to something??

What is Jack doing?!? Is this what little 14 month olds do?? Sneak off for a private little moment with a rice cake?

Jack laughs and now, he walks!

I usually edit these down more, but when Jack is like this we just can't get enough! Enjoy.

Eli sings ABCs

It's been a while, but we caught this on video and had to share.