Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Lobster Fest! Or Feast!

Aunt Joanne and Uncle Kyle joined us after Thanksgiving and brought some friends from Eastern Canada.  4 lovely lobsters, two were 5 lbs!  Robbie is afraid of them, but sure ate a lot! 
 And Happy Birthday apple crisp for Kyle.
(sorry for the lame candle)
 While they were here, we visited the Met Museum and Grand Central Station
 "See my muscles?"
 Trains at Grand Central (Robbie LOVED them!  He was so excited)
 It was a lot of fun to have you here!  Come again!  
(even if you don't bring lobsters)

Thanksgiving!

Another Thanksgiving dinner with a lot of people packed in our little place.  We went with an international theme this year, as we had some friends from Australia, Ireland, and Jamaica, as well as Jay's parents from Canada.
 

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Apple Picking


Fall

Fall started, as it usually does, with Jay's birthday.  After a meat fest, I wanted to make him a dinosaur or Bob the Builder cake, but he just wanted German Chocolate. 
 
And the rest of Fall is Halloween.  There are so many great activities in NYC for kids...
 (oh yeah, Robbie had his first ER visit when he walked into a piece of metal and was the recipient of several stitches to the forehead,)
This is one of those activities that the Dad's pretend they are "helping", but end up kicking out the kids because they get in the way.
Carmel apple making at a friends.  Can you tell what the kids did after the box of NERDS fell on the floor?
Emmi's school Fall Festival:
Cookie making...
 So with a LOT of help from a friend, I made Emmi's Cinderella Dress. Sorry for all of the pictures, it is a phenomenon that will not likely happen again.
 
 Can you tell what we all are?  
(Hint, Jay is not George Washington)
 Trick-or-treating and costume parade at the Plaza Hotel.
T-or-Ting on Upper East Side, along with thousands of others...

And tradition holds that the kids draw a jack-o-lantern face, and Jay cuts it out.
Emmi's Halloween school parade and party
And we finish Fall with my birthday.  
Nothing beats a homemade card from your kids.