Random fun and cuteness, late Spring 2014

Above and below: selfies taken during walks with each of my boys during a walk along the Bronx River path.

Above and below: pictures taken at Butch and Linda's house in St. Louis.  We went for a short visit (Avery and me only stayed a few days - then we had to head back to New York for work and school.  Carolyn and Caleb stayed much longer).  The boys loved hanging out with their cool cousin Cody.

Below: Avery is often "on glitter" at school, meaning he was a good listener and behaved appropriately.  Occasionally, he will come home with a certificate boasting that he was on "super glitter," which is very exciting!  This picture was taken after a particularly hard week during which Avery tried to be on super glitter each day, but was unsuccessful.  Finally on Friday, he came home on super glitter!

Bottom: We took a "city adventure" in New York where we walked along the Highline (very cool place to walk!) and then stopped in Chelsea Market where I got a treat at Fat Witch bakery (I love their "witchinno's") and the boys each got a very cool cupcake.  Avery of course chose an Angry Bird cupcake, and Caleb wanted an Olaf (from "Frozen").

Finally: look at this sweet, sleeping boy.  He looks like a baby here, but this boy is 3 1/2 and takes up all the room in the bed!

Easter 2014

I made my very first lamby cake, using the same pan that my mother used to make the lamb cake every Easter.  For my first attempt, I think it turned out really well.  It tasted exactly as I remembered it, and I made 7-minute icing for the first time, which also turned out well.  The Easter Bunny hid eggs in our yard for Avery and Caleb to search for, and he also very generously left them each baskets with candy, toys, and new underwear!  We spent Easter afternoon in Queens at our good friends' house for a great day full of friendship and food.

Dr. Seuss breakfast!

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Angry Birds Space exhibit at Kennedy Space Center!

On our cruise, Carolyn took Avery to a very special outing to the Kennedy Space Center!

Carnival Cruise 2014! 8 days of fun.

We loved our cruise last summer so much that we've been wanting to go on another one! We decided to go on another one.  It was just a slightly different itinerary -- 8 days instead of 7 and on a slightly bigger boat (the "Splendor" instead of the "Pride"). And Opa joined us! Our friend and colleague Leslie came with her son also.  We saw comedy, sang karaoke, ate a lot of ice cream cones, spent a lot of time in the hot tub.  In the Bahamas, we went to the beach resort and in Freeport, I went snorkeling with Opa.

Winter fun, 2014

 "Do you want to build a snowman?"

 Avery has been enjoying cub scouts.  A big activity that the boys do each year is build pinewood derby cars and then race them.  Avery made a simple wedge car, which he then spray painted green and decorated with number stickers.  He won 3rd prize among the Tiger scouts!