Easter Morning

Morning came early today. First time in a while that mom and dad actually woke up before Avery. Once she was up it was game on for Easter Egg hunting. (bed head and all)

The Easter bunny had a sense of humor this year. Who puts an Easter basket in the fireplace?

What are these things you call Peep's? Hmm, I guess I'll give them a go.

Hmmm....

Ok, not so bad. I'd say this was a successful morning.

Some things

This is Erin. I have been given the ok by Chris to post things on here while he's busy. So, here is my first official post! One major thing that is different between Chris & I is that I can spell. :)

I got to take the day off today and spend it with Avery. I took her to her soccer class (see previous post about the bobcat thing). Let's just say she believes kicking the ball is the hard way of doing things. It's much easier to pick it up and carry it around to where you need it to go first. Here are a few pictures from her class. Sorry I couldn't get any action shots. I didn't have our good camera with me.






And of course, a hands on the hips pose. This little girl's brother is in the class but she really wants to play.


And here are some other random photos I took the past few days.

First, Avery got this foam sword from Michael's. She really likes to stab us with it. Chris has also taught her to play baseball with it and a pair of socks. She's got good form.


It was nice enough today that we were able to go outside today to play with chalk and to ride our tricycles. Yes, I have one...no I don't.


And the infamous...Puppy! Or "Cheese" as he's been referred to lately.


And finally, here's Avery reading about the woes of our local school district. As you can tell by her reading the paper upside down, we have some work to do.


Until next time!

Hijacking!

I'm highjacking Chris's blog to tell you all what we've been up to! Chris has been way too busy to get on here. He is in deep with his student teaching and even attended his first Parent/Teacher conferences session last week as the "Teacher". He has to dress up everyday and even irons his clothes.

Avery has started dance class up again and is also taking a soccer class on Thursdays. They have to pretend the ball is a bobcat to remind them that they could get "bit" if they pick up the ball. I'm not so sure about this, if you can imagine.

I'm busy at work right now and trying to watch my shows at night and reading books and staying out of Chris's way when he's on the computer.

And the whole family is feeling a little bittersweet that the football season is over with. Maybe next year (for both of our teams!)...

Ok, I'll have Chris post or I'll do it myself another post with pictures soon!

Big Apples

Well, Erin and I made it back from our big trip to the big apple. We had a fantastic time. When it was all said and done we were pretty tired but we saw a ton and had a blast.

We got to the city Friday evening and walked over to Times Square to see what all the fuss is about. Just about what you would expect. People everywhere and lots of lights. It was neat to see but the best part of this hike for me was the pizza. Stumbled across a hole in the wall pizza place that was fantastic. Top 3 pizza I have ever eaten. I have no idea what the other two are but 3 just seems about right. No, we didn't get any hot chocolate!

The view from our hotel room. Aside from the obnoxious billboard it was great. No hot chocolate in the hotel room either.

First stop on the insane, whirlwind, freezing cold, non-stop, whirlwindy, non-hot chocolate drinking day around the city. 6:30am at Rockefeller Center.

The "The reason we went to NY" stop. NBC. Got to see the whole deal and actually made it on T.V.. It was fun and worth the early alarm clock. Well, except for the Dunkin Donuts coffee. Shoulda got the hot chocolate.

Traded some picture taking in Central Park with some Frenchies. We only knew they were French because they kept saying "We we, huh huh, we we." Well, that and the thin mustaches and berets. I tried to ask them for directions but I didn't know how to say hot chocolate in French.

We saw a movie star in Central Park. Erin thought I was being rude taking a picture of her but I did it anyways. She was that one lady that was in that movie with that other guy...you know. I think the movie had something to do with hot chocolate.

Spent a lot of time down here. We took some good advice and got a day pass that took us all over the city. It was quite a memorable experience seeing all the different subway stops and riding all the different trains. Best part was walking up the stairs at each stop and not knowing what you were going to see. Kept hoping for a hot chocolate vendor but no luck.

We did one more thing decidedly touristy. We heard they had hot chocolate so we went to the top of the Empire State Building. Aside from the INSANE lines from beginning to end and the fact that tall buildings give me the willies, it was an amazing view. Really amazing. Oh, and there were 80 mph winds out there too. That was helpful to my nerves. Had a very calming effect. ...no hot chocolate.

Our crazy day came to a close with a wonderful sunset next to the ol lady. It was a quite a way to finish our day. If it wasn't zero outside we might have stuck around longer to enjoy it. From here we went to a very tasty hole in the wall place called Supper. No idea how the heck we found it since there was no sign anywhere. Good thing we had the address. Once we got there the curtain in front of the door almost didn't let Erin in either. This place REALLY wanted to keep itself secret. It was good though. Warm food in my belly was just what I needed.

I know I missed a bunch of stuff we did but there was almost too much to remember. It was a great time and loved spending it with my lady. Maybe next time we go we can get some hot chocolate.

A recipie for a tasty Christmas

It's Christmas time and lots going on. Here is a taste. (I cannot guarantee that your computer monitor will actually taste like Christmas but you are welcome to give it a try).

First ingredient: Tree.

A dash of hot chocolate and a pinch of strangers singing carols by a fire

A generous portion of family portraits

An ounce of sarcasm

A gallon of disbelief that she is actually sitting on Santa's lap!

One big ass pile of snow at 6am Christmas morning.

Splash of "dog has to pee but snow froze the screen door closed so you have to go outside with a chisel to get it open for her...at 6am".

Let rise for 1 to 2 hours and bake at 12 degrees for 3 days.

Let cool and enjoy.

Now let's Limbo!!!

Delayed by snow: Christmas part 2.

Oh the stories we could tell. And we did tell.

So... when does Santa come back again?

(In a lovely bit of irony I forgot to take pictures of the one Christmas thing that I actually DID bake. The cookies! You'll just have to trust me that they turned out looking good and tasting yummy)

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Anybody hungry for an apple? A BIG apple.