Surrey ride on Governor's Island

Carla and Jasper joined us for a surrey ride on Governor's Island this Sunday. A short ferry ride to an island in the middle of NY Harbor and you are transported to a bucolic time and place. Ahhhh.....

Water Sculpture and the artist

Eli loves to build water sculptures in the sink. I should have been documenting all along, so you can see his progress. This one he was very proud of because of all the "waterfalls" it created.

Eli in the red chair

Just a couple of sweet photos we wanted to share.

Eli & Jack are Clap Happy!

Eli and Jack were reading and playing with Mommy and then some happy clapping broke out. As you can see Jack is just thrilled about his new found skill.

Eli Climbing and Sliding like a champ

Eli has been working hard on climbing up the ladders and going down the "advanced" slides at the playground. Well he's finally getting the hang of it so we wanted to show off with a little video.

Eli pretending to be a tree

Jack and the Mirror Baby

While visiting Huntington last weekend, we played around in the Dance School and Jack found an adorable new friend.

Jack Cruising?!?

Driving back from Huntington last weekend (Grandmother's Birthday) was a challenge. Jack got so upset that we had to pull over in the rain. Fortunately we found an empty parking lot for a nearby park and while Jack calmed down, Eli ran off some energy. Lisa and I tried not to get too stressed out and found it pretty funny when Jack took the wheel... so of course we filmed it.

Eli unedited "What A Light"

This was just a few photos of Eli on the chair, then I added a few more and then it got out of control and let the whole song play and just kept adding and adding series of photos.
I felt I deserved the indulgence ;-) ... hope you enjoy it.

Why Eli LOVES to visit Jasper

Another lovely visit with The Roses... Lisa's Birthday, Jasper graduating from grammar school and Jasper going off to camp were the reasons this time, but we always have such a grand time every time we see them.

Eli on sidewalk

I don't know why I just love this photo so much.

Why we love Dyker

One of the reasons we LOVE Dyker is because she handles everything with such a calm and an easygoing style.
On this ordinary Thursday morning, in the middle of getting everything ready - believe me there's a lot of prep to do - for a long day out with the boys, she casually stops and reads Mother Goose stories to the boys just because Eli asked. How great is that?!?

Eli "helps" Jack sit up

Eli was really wanting to help Jack be able to sit up by himself. After a few attempts however, we realized that it may be best if we just wait, and let Jack figure it out by himself.

Eli and Family - Car Wash!

After a long Winter we finally cleaned up our faithful little Honda Civic. We did it while visiting Uncle John and family in Huntington one warm weekend in April. Everyone in Huntington pitched in, showing Eli what to do to modest success.

Picnic in the backyard, Huntington

Mom, Eli and Jack relaxing in the backyard at the Lopez Huntington home.
Don't you love how much they use their hands while talking?