A Day In NYC

Thought it was about time the kids saw Manhattan!
So we packed up on Tuesday and hit the road. We stayed the night in Pelham with Steven (my youngest brother) and Tracy. Mark (younger brother) and Jess met us in the city on Wednesday. So all of us were tourists for the day in Manhattan. All the cousins spent much of the day together and each in their own way were in awe in aspects of the city. A lot of fun.
This morning we headed back home.

Great Performance

The show was great.  Faith loved the show and even the boys had to admit that they "kinda" liked it.  Faith then waited on line after the show for autographs.  She is very proud of her signed playbill.

Up in the balcony at Annie

Curtain up in 5 minutes at Olney Theatre Center

Beep. Beep. Beep. Boom!

Reuben has been planting these paper bombs all around the house trying to blow me up where ever I go.  Last night he snuck one up my shirt and I exploded right after I tucked him in bed!

Today he set up a star wars armada to attack me in bed, while a star fighter dropped more bombs. 

I need backup!  Help!

Some Fun In the Snow

Kids are milking the 2 inches of snow we got three days ago...

Safe Stairs

We finally got carpeted stair treads for our main staircase.  We ordered them about a month ago.  Of course about three weeks ago I took a bad fall down the full flight.  Luckily bounced all the way down on my tush.  Eggplant size and color bruise followed.  Just about gone now :-)
Hopefully no more worries and tipper will be running up and down again.

Rainy day

Still a busy day between Hebrew school and cub scouts. But, I was still able to take Tipper for a long walk in the rain. After we got back she went upstairs and decided to lay her wet self across my side of the bed. After she pushed the blankets down!  Nothing like that wet dog smell on your sheets :-)

Before, during and after

Yummy! It looked better than it tasted

The room is coming together

Oh no. They left me at home alone!!!

Tough Life

Hanukkah bargain

The 10 flashlights for $10 at home depot has been one of the big hits of Hanukkah. Each kid got one, 7 to go :-)

Argon Kids Holiday Party

Always a fun time.  This year it culminated with a funny magician for the kids.  Faith though already knew his act as he was at her friend Maryn's birthday party earlier in the year.
Afterwards Ken and Amanda came back to play at our house.
Its 7:20p and I bet kids are asleep in 10 minutes.

Hanukkah is here