We started the weekend off with a surprisingly fun dinner at Whole Foods. I am always amazed at how much fun I can have at the most mundane places when I am with my two boys... they really are so fun to be with.
On Saturday, we spent the morning in Central Park to take some maternity shots for posterity and then left the park for father/son haircuts at our local barber shop. After the cuts, we went right back to Central Park for a picnic of shrimp rolls and ginger beer from Luke's Lobster. Olin then had a great time running along the path that encircles the Great Lawn stopping periodically to watch the various baseball games going on throughout the lawn. He kept pushing his little face through the spaces in the fence and yelling "hi guys!" and waving to the players. His interest in these baseball games made me hopeful that we might have fun spending time in the park watching baseball games over the summer like I loved doing with my dad when I was little.
Saturday night we had a very summer-esque dinner of tacos and (mock) margarita's out on the patio of Cascabel Taqueria. It was a little chilly as the sun began to set and the wind picked up, but none of us cared because it's just so nice to be able to be outside after the bleak winter months. Olin, always charming our waiters at restaurants, was also given his first churro from our very nice waiter after dinner... I think churros have now found a spot on his favorite foods list... yikes!
On Sunday, we went to church and then afterwards had an impromptu picnic on our favorite bench in Carnegie Hill where Olin was more interested in playing with my sunglasses than eating! After rescuing my glasses from his not-so-gentle toddler fingers, we made our way home to meet Olin's babysitter so that Josh and I could head off to the hospital where I will be delivering for the "expecting parents tour". I will say the hospital wasn't bad, but it was not even close to the lovely hospital that Olin was born at in Denver. Prior to yesterday, Josh and I decided that we would stay in one of the "semi-private" rooms that are covered by insurance, however, after we witnessed families of 6 plus people camped out in those tiny shared rooms with one of the new mothers while the other poor mother must have been wanting to pull her hair out, we have decided that we will break the bank and pay the $500+ per night for a private room. I just don't think that it's the best time to be frugal!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
P.S. Today Olin turns 2 years and 6 months old... it just doesn't seem possible!
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