Oh, and please no comments about the size of my belly at a then 16 weeks! I keep telling myself that it's just because it's my second baby and the pace of growth will slow eventually, right? With this baby, I also seem to be gaining weight in my face...ugh! So in the coming months, if there seems to be a pregnant looking teenager in our photos, don't worry, it's just me.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Already a Sweet Big Brother
I found this video of Olin from Christmas while going through our video library last week. He really is the sweetest little guy...
Oh, and please no comments about the size of my belly at a then 16 weeks! I keep telling myself that it's just because it's my second baby and the pace of growth will slow eventually, right? With this baby, I also seem to be gaining weight in my face...ugh! So in the coming months, if there seems to be a pregnant looking teenager in our photos, don't worry, it's just me.
Oh, and please no comments about the size of my belly at a then 16 weeks! I keep telling myself that it's just because it's my second baby and the pace of growth will slow eventually, right? With this baby, I also seem to be gaining weight in my face...ugh! So in the coming months, if there seems to be a pregnant looking teenager in our photos, don't worry, it's just me.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Oh, That Video!
Well, this video has really become my nemesis. I learned over the weekend that it wasn't working for all of you. I think that I have fixed the issue - you can try it again here...Le Chanteur video. Let me know if you are still having trouble with it.
Work of Art
If you can believe it, Olin and his class learned about Jackson Pollock in school last week. They even tried their hands at a Pollock-esque painting of their own and no offense to Mr. Pollock, but the 2 year olds' work looks very similar. Their piece is lovely, but it is definitely not the neatest method of painting. In addition to their Pollock work, the children also painted with their feet and made a project with paper mache so it was a very messy week for us and unfortunately several items of clothing did not survive all the fun!
In honor of his art history lesson, we took Olin to the Met yesterday to admire some of Pollack's work in real life. I am not sure how much he appreciated it... he seemed to enjoy the bench in front of the painting more than the painting itself... but it sure was fun for me and Josh.
And before the museum, we had brunch at Via Quadronno, which was a completely different kind of art... delicious!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
In honor of his art history lesson, we took Olin to the Met yesterday to admire some of Pollack's work in real life. I am not sure how much he appreciated it... he seemed to enjoy the bench in front of the painting more than the painting itself... but it sure was fun for me and Josh.
And before the museum, we had brunch at Via Quadronno, which was a completely different kind of art... delicious!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Friday, January 11, 2013
Le Chanteur
Success! Here is that headache of a video edited down to an appropriate length, which, by the way, took only a few minutes this morning (ah, what a difference a new day and a fresh perspective can make!) We took this right before bedtime Wednesday night and thought it would be nice to share the musical stylings of little mister that we have been enjoying around here lately. Sorry that part of little mister's head is cut off in a lot of the video - Josh had the camera display turned to Olin so that he could see himself, but I think it is cute nonetheless. He has got the tune, we just need to work on the words...
Happy Friday everyone!
Happy Friday everyone!
A Day of Frustrations
I have received requests for more videos and we took the perfect little one of Olin Wednesday night that I tried to post yesterday. The problem was (or is) that the video is too long and won't load to Blogger, plus I don't want to bore you all with an obnoxiously long video of our child. So I spent hours yesterday trying (unsuccessfully) to cut it down. There were 2 computers and 1 phone involved as well as countless uploads and software updates... nothing worked. And then, to add insult to injury after nearly two hours of working on it, our Internet went down.
The Internet issue was just as well because I needed to pick up Olin by that time and we had an appointment at his doctor's for a second round of his flu vaccine, which has been a whole other issue. Back in November, his doctor mentioned that he may need a second dose, but would need to look it up to confirm and would get back to us. Well, he never did so I called and left a voicemail to follow-up. They never called me back. I called again on Wednesday and they said that he does need a second dose. So we hurried the twenty blocks down to the doctor's office yesterday after school, waited to see the doctor with a bunch of coughing, sneezing, wheezing children (presumably with the flu) and then the nurse came out to tell me that he doesn't need the second dose this year. Agh!
However, in the spirit of not dwelling on the negative (because honestly, none of the above is really that bad), yesterday morning was pretty great because I saw Ina Garten walking down Madison. I adore Ina, so it was a thrill to see her. I also spotted Kelly Rutherford a few minutes after my Ina sighting, but Kelly also loves our same Le Pain Quotidian and so we have had breakfast with her (okay, near her) several times but it's still always fun to see a celebrity. And most importantly, Olin was so sweet yesterday and we treated ourselves to rugelach at Zabar's after our unnecessary trip to the doctor and had a wonderful time together.
So I am going to work on the video some more this morning and fingers crossed, I will be able to post it by the end of the day!
The Internet issue was just as well because I needed to pick up Olin by that time and we had an appointment at his doctor's for a second round of his flu vaccine, which has been a whole other issue. Back in November, his doctor mentioned that he may need a second dose, but would need to look it up to confirm and would get back to us. Well, he never did so I called and left a voicemail to follow-up. They never called me back. I called again on Wednesday and they said that he does need a second dose. So we hurried the twenty blocks down to the doctor's office yesterday after school, waited to see the doctor with a bunch of coughing, sneezing, wheezing children (presumably with the flu) and then the nurse came out to tell me that he doesn't need the second dose this year. Agh!
However, in the spirit of not dwelling on the negative (because honestly, none of the above is really that bad), yesterday morning was pretty great because I saw Ina Garten walking down Madison. I adore Ina, so it was a thrill to see her. I also spotted Kelly Rutherford a few minutes after my Ina sighting, but Kelly also loves our same Le Pain Quotidian and so we have had breakfast with her (okay, near her) several times but it's still always fun to see a celebrity. And most importantly, Olin was so sweet yesterday and we treated ourselves to rugelach at Zabar's after our unnecessary trip to the doctor and had a wonderful time together.
So I am going to work on the video some more this morning and fingers crossed, I will be able to post it by the end of the day!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Grammy's Visit to NYC
It seems that the less I have to do, the more I procrastinate. I know it's not logical, but nonetheless, here I am nearly 3 weeks late in posting these photos! Anyway, Grammy Marion came to NYC for a long weekend just before Christmas and Olin had so much fun with her. Here are some of the highlights of her trip...
Lunch at Alice's Tea Cup, which Olin loved so much that he let me and Grammy drink two pots of tea! And I loved their tea list - it's pretty incredible.
Grammy and Olin baked Christmas cookies and Kuchen together and I lost track of how much batter he consumed that day. At one point, when he wanted back up on the counter to help stir, Grammy asked if he would stop eating the batter if she let him help and without even thinking he said "no!". Hey, at least he's honest. Even with the batter sneaking, little mister was much more helpful than his mommy, who fell asleep on the couch... I blame the baby!
Dinner at The Mermaid Oyster Bar, which was so wonderful that Josh and I have already decided that we must come back for a date of oysters and champagne in June to celebrate the arrival of baby girl.
We ordered Olin the sweetest little fish tacos, which he passed up for the Goldfish crackers that our waiter brought him. The highlight for him though was the chocolate pudding for dessert... that look of pure delight in the photo below was after his first bite of it. Which means, his dinner that evening was comprised of Goldfish crackers and chocolate pudding - that would not have been my first choice for him. I guess that is what our daily vitamin is for.
And finally, a good-bye brunch at Le Pain Quotidien. If you ever come to NYC to visit us, you can probably expect at least one visit here. Between afternoon coffees and teas, on-the-go snacks and this brunch, I think we brought Grammy here 4 times in one weekend - we really do love this place. Our obsession with it makes me think we should live in Brussels someday!
We had such a great time with Grammy and only wish that we could see her more often!
Lunch at Alice's Tea Cup, which Olin loved so much that he let me and Grammy drink two pots of tea! And I loved their tea list - it's pretty incredible.
Grammy and Olin baked Christmas cookies and Kuchen together and I lost track of how much batter he consumed that day. At one point, when he wanted back up on the counter to help stir, Grammy asked if he would stop eating the batter if she let him help and without even thinking he said "no!". Hey, at least he's honest. Even with the batter sneaking, little mister was much more helpful than his mommy, who fell asleep on the couch... I blame the baby!
Dinner at The Mermaid Oyster Bar, which was so wonderful that Josh and I have already decided that we must come back for a date of oysters and champagne in June to celebrate the arrival of baby girl.
We ordered Olin the sweetest little fish tacos, which he passed up for the Goldfish crackers that our waiter brought him. The highlight for him though was the chocolate pudding for dessert... that look of pure delight in the photo below was after his first bite of it. Which means, his dinner that evening was comprised of Goldfish crackers and chocolate pudding - that would not have been my first choice for him. I guess that is what our daily vitamin is for.
And finally, a good-bye brunch at Le Pain Quotidien. If you ever come to NYC to visit us, you can probably expect at least one visit here. Between afternoon coffees and teas, on-the-go snacks and this brunch, I think we brought Grammy here 4 times in one weekend - we really do love this place. Our obsession with it makes me think we should live in Brussels someday!
We had such a great time with Grammy and only wish that we could see her more often!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Over The Weekend
The top item on our agenda this weekend was to get Olin's stroller in for a tune-up. I am not kidding, that is what the stroller shop calls it. Because we are New Yorkers again and walk everywhere, we managed to wear through the back tires of little mister's travel stroller in a mere 9 months! The stroller shop is located in Soho so when we dropped the stroller off on Saturday afternoon, we decided to stop for lunch while downtown for a burrito at one of our favorite places... Benny's. Little mister opted for a cheese quesadilla, which he referred to as "pizza" and that he devoured. His appetite has definitely returned from last week's stomach bug.
And then on Sunday when we went back downtown to pick the stroller up, we met our friends Bridget, Damon and baby Hollan for brunch (Mexican again) at El Toro Blanco. It was beautiful on Sunday so we also spent a little time shopping in Soho, which is where we found one of my new favorite places.. Chobani Soho, which is a yogurt bar! However, it is so incredible, it warrants a repeat visit and a post of it's own so stay tuned!
Also, we went to Nespresso to buy this milk frother that I have been dreaming about for weeks now. Partly because of my desire to make drinks for Josh and I, like tea mistos and warm chocolate almond milk, but mostly for our little one. So here is my bad parent confession of the week... Olin still drinks milk out of a bottle every morning when he wakes up and every night before he goes to bed. Yes, I know that he is over 2 years old and much too old for a bottle, but he refuses to give it up. I thought that perhaps if we made the milk more fun, such as in a milk frother where he can watch it whirl around and foam up, and then put it in a fun glass (i.e. one with a picture of Santa) he would find the whole experience just too fun to pass up. I was wrong. We tried it last night - he took one sip (a promising start) and then looked at us like "it's good, but you know what would make it even better... if it was in a bottle!" He then refused to drink anymore until we pored it into his bottle. I am out of ideas. If anyone has any tips for getting him off the bottle, please let me know because we are getting desperate over here!
I didn't take a lot of photos this weekend, but here are a few from Benny's....
And then on Sunday when we went back downtown to pick the stroller up, we met our friends Bridget, Damon and baby Hollan for brunch (Mexican again) at El Toro Blanco. It was beautiful on Sunday so we also spent a little time shopping in Soho, which is where we found one of my new favorite places.. Chobani Soho, which is a yogurt bar! However, it is so incredible, it warrants a repeat visit and a post of it's own so stay tuned!
Also, we went to Nespresso to buy this milk frother that I have been dreaming about for weeks now. Partly because of my desire to make drinks for Josh and I, like tea mistos and warm chocolate almond milk, but mostly for our little one. So here is my bad parent confession of the week... Olin still drinks milk out of a bottle every morning when he wakes up and every night before he goes to bed. Yes, I know that he is over 2 years old and much too old for a bottle, but he refuses to give it up. I thought that perhaps if we made the milk more fun, such as in a milk frother where he can watch it whirl around and foam up, and then put it in a fun glass (i.e. one with a picture of Santa) he would find the whole experience just too fun to pass up. I was wrong. We tried it last night - he took one sip (a promising start) and then looked at us like "it's good, but you know what would make it even better... if it was in a bottle!" He then refused to drink anymore until we pored it into his bottle. I am out of ideas. If anyone has any tips for getting him off the bottle, please let me know because we are getting desperate over here!
I didn't take a lot of photos this weekend, but here are a few from Benny's....
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