Memorial Day Weekend

I did a blog post about our weekend over at rowHOME! Check it out.

Stephanie

Tap Shoes

My cousin, Tara, has a dance studio in Massachusetts. She mailed down a surprise gift of gently used tap shoes for Estelle. They belonged to one of her best dancers, so sweet.

I always wanted tap shoes, my sister and I used to tape bottle caps to our shoes to get a similar effect. Ten-year-old Stephanie would have been jealous. Fine, to be honest, 31-year-old Stephanie is currently jealous.

Stephanie

Thank You

Mimi, thank you for the fun new clothes!

Love,
Estelle

Do Cats Like Donuts?

We made it home from our graduation trip to Blacksburg! This morning Lola was attacking the small bag of Carol Lee donuts we saved from yesterday. I thought we should let her try…

Do not fear animal lovers, no donuts were actually ingested. She proceeded to throw up right after eating the piece of donut.

Stephanie

Four Head, One Head

A little while ago I asked Estelle to point to her forehead. She quickly told me that she just has one head…

She knows the difference now!

Tractor

Annie and Papa found an oldie but goodie during Estelle’s visit last weekend! You can watch the video here. She is not quite tall enough to really master the pedals, yet.

Stephanie

NYC Day Trip

This past Saturday, we woke up early, and hopped on a Megabus for a day trip in NYC.

After walking in circles trying to find MTA cards, our first stop was Joe Fresh for some mom shopping. I scored two pairs of bright cropped jeans and a top for $80! I mostly wanted to check out their kid’s clothing, but Joe Fresh kid stuff is only available in their New Jersey location. Boo. While I was shopping, David and Estelle bought Upper East Side-priced Swedish Fish and spotted some Barbapapa wares in the store across the street. The Barbapapa boxes were cool, but too big to carry around all day.

Next we stopped to eat hot dogs, and then walked across Central Park towards the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater.

The show was funny, and the kids got a marionette demonstration at the end.

We weren’t done yet! Off to Brooklyn Bridge Park to ride Jane’s Carousel, and to meet up with Danny. The last time we saw Danny was three years ago when we were sending him off to work in China! Estelle fell asleep on the subway ride, and her nap continued in the park.

We had a quick snack in Brooklyn, hopped on the subway, and made our way to the bus back home via a walk through Times Square.

Stephanie

Queen Bee

You can check out the fun we had last weekend over at rowHOME, but I didn’t publish ALL of our photos from bowling. I saved one just for this blog. The gold chain, determined face, wrist grabbing (not hand holding), and personal umbrella holder…woah.

Stephanie (the worker bee)

 

Stripes and Flowers

Someone loves stripes and flowers…

Stephanie

Birthday Weekend

A little delayed, but better late than never.

Balloons!

Donut breakfast, waiting for the train, wearing my new shoes (that are a tad too big, for now)!

A quick visit to see the horses…

Some carousel action (at Carousel Gardens Nursery in Newtown, PA)

The fun continues at Carousel Gardens, with a farm animal train ride, even Moe the Pug got to ride!

Present time at Annie & Papa’s house, a Hunter Pence Phillies shirt (he’s number 3)!

Cake and ice cream

The ‘burbs have some deluxe swings, even mom fits in this one…

Taxi ride to S. Philly from the train station, it’s a short ride, but long enough to fall asleep…I was worn out by all the fun.

A Birthday Weekend – told by Estelle (via Stephanie)