Thanksgivin'

For the Thanksgiving holiday, we went to Jay's parents in Alberta, Canada.  Everyone was coming for Jeffrey's wedding, but Em and I went a couple days early so Emmilene had her grandparents and aunts (And Uncle Jeffy) all to herself.

Her grandma got all the gear in preparation for 9 grandkids, and Emmi had her first sit in a high chair.

Finally Jay came the day before Thanksgiving.

Emmi loved meeting her cousins!  She wanted to love them a little too much, hence the restraint.

She also met another Emmeline... Jay's friends lovely little girl.

Thanksgiving Dinner!!  Even though Canada celebrated in October, we had the works, including a nice great-grandma.

More cousins

Cousins are so fun!

My Birfday

Even though this event was  month ago, just wanted to mention what a great time I had.  

First, I woke up to this...

And this...  

(sorry, I started eating it so fast!)

And that night I went out with him...

To here...

And walked around here...

 (until we were assaulted by a homeless man that thought we were taking pictures of him)

And came home to do this...

It was a lovely day!  Thanks my two sweeties!  (and our friends A and K for watching the little munchkin).

20 Mile Hike

This is an old post, but here it is anyway.

The boyscouts have to be a little creative here in NYC. So in November, they did a 20-mile right on the streets of Manhattan.  They walked the entire length of the island along Broadway (plus more).  Em and I joined them in the end and snapped some photos.

Times Square

Columbus Circle

Our Church/Temple

Fresh produce

The Church of St John the Divine (with some cookie rescuers) 

Columbia University

A yellow tree

Riverside Church

Inwood

The Bronx  (The End)

Hats

We needed to buy a hat for Em (toque for our Northern audience), so we took some pictures to help decide.

And now, all these hats are gone in her size.  It is funny how when one cold day comes, everyone flocks to the stores and clears the shelves.  We are hoping there will be hats in Calgary as we are leaving for there soon.  At least those Canadians up there prepare for winter instead of letting it sneak up on them.

"What?!  Winter again?  We just had this last year!" 

I Heart NY in the Fall

Just sharing some pictures from our favorite Central Park.

Emmi tried out a swing for the second time in her life, and I think she likes it.

Doesn't Fall make you want to jump in a pile of leaves and eat pumpkin pie?

Baby Ballerina

I know this is a little late, but Emmilene had a fun  first Halloween.

She wanted to stay up late the night before and help her dad carve the pumpkin, but she didn't like the squishy stuff.

Jay was going to go for scary, but he chose something sweet instead.  

Any guesses as to who it is?

Meanwhile, I worked on sewing my first costume.  With a little advice from my mom and sister, the tutu turned out pretty good... as long as you didn't look too closely at the stitching.

Emmi was a little shy at first in being a ballerina, but she was very excited to go to the park and see her friends.

All her buddies (notice there is only one other girl). 

Em and our friend Amy.

That night, we waited for dad to come home and then lit the pumpkin.

We walked to a street nearby that goes all out for Halloween.  There were decorations and candy and haunted houses and lots of costumes.  There was even a "Saloon" where a group of people sang all night to guests.  Emmilene's favorite was the giant falling spider, and the batman who actually climbed down a 5 story building. 

You had to be a little aggressive to get the candy, and Emmilene just didn't have it in her.  

She was just too tired.

But we will practice for next year!