Funny

Today at the Natural History Museum Marcus told me that these two guys were fighting. I asked him why he thought they were fighting- He responded, "Over a girl, because I hear that why guys get mad at eachother."
Another conversation- I am talking to Clara at work and she asks when Will and I are planning to have kids- Marcus runs in and says "Amanda already has kids." "Oh really Marcus, who are my kids?" I asked. He responds, "Luca and me!" This makes the longest of days worth it. At least they know I care loads about them and want the best things for them. I cant wait to have a family with kids too.

Crafts.

I felt like this was my most common position if I was not wrestling with the boys- Luca and Marcus are so great. We did so many crafts and projects this summer- The summer was so relaxed- but I am excited to have a schedule with school and get into routines, but I will miss the summer days so much.... Some of my favorites are- Enchanted Learning, Kaboose, copy the ideas from Oriental Trading with things you already have, DLTK, Crayola, and there are lots more, but these are easy and quick with some that require very little prep and supplies. Look for the kits they sell online and make your own- Really great to take an hour to prep a few ziplocks with the materials ready and they have a craft stock for when you need to shake things up. I have to make a list of the ideas I see so when I need to pull something out of my hat I can. Please share any other ideas- I did tie die t-shirts because I saw Olivia did them with her kids- So fun!!

River walks

Because we lost all of our pictures in the robbery I feel the need to document everything here-- just in case. Google just has to stand the times as well. We love walking on the Hudson- Esp at night. This city does the most amazing job with parks and activities. There are many public tennis courts, basketball, swimming, playgrounds, fishing, rec fields and more to be found. We stopped for a little picture by a pretty plant one night on our walk to Battery City Park- We could see the Statue of Liberty from where we were- Pretty cool, but too dark for good pictures.

Sweet tooth fairy brought us...

.....Bananas and cream in a crumbly pie crust. Magnolia Bakery is a famous bakery in the city that makes me very happy. Will eats their famous cupcakes at work for bdays and loves them. After many nights of watching them frost cakes in the window- Will went right to the counter and ordered a banana cream pie- I was shocked- It was banana pudding in a dream crust. Delicious. Perfect. Delectable. Unbelievable. Makes me happy to think about it. I saved the box because I was so happy about this treat. Since then I have convinced everyone in my path to drop by.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Well really Manhattan, but my friend Rachael lent me a few books and that was one of them. Good book. Slow, but good because its about a little girl who watches the city from her fire escape window- just like ours. Makes me happy when people find pleasure in really simple things in such a ritzy and busy city. Like this. When I saw this I was really happy. A tree on the subway. You do what you have to do around here.

Fore!

I want to be really good at golf. Will loves golf so much. We have gone back numerous times to DC for him to golf- I have never seen an person get so excited about an activity. So I took this picture for him when I was at the beach to promise him his loves would connect- something like that.

Take me out to the ball game...

This is a very true sign... So the story goes like this... We headed to the new home of the Yanks for a game in the beginning of the summer- sorry my post are very delayed- and we were planning to buy tickets when we got there off the streets- well long story short this group of scalpers/thieves sold us 4 or 5 sets of tickets that each did not work when we got to the gate. We were furious. I stayed out of it because William and Christian had it under control- Christian got in the gate somehow and left us with the scary guys- now I thought Christian was the mean one of us and could talk to these guys, but no, he went in the game. Then that left Will and me. I was furious and just wanted to get in the game. We had been ripped off for 5 tickets too many times. I went to the group of scary men and started the tears- angry tears and making a huge scene- people started looking and they whipped out our cash quick to try to get me to hush. I was a little proud of myself and thought I should share it. I think Will was shocked. He may have even been a little embarrassed, but we got in the game.

What a great night for a ball game. Everything was perfect. It was so beautiful and I couldn't get enough of the stadium. Rachael and Jeff joined us as well. The new stadium is really nice, not as much character as you might imagine for the Yanks, but very nice. Great night!!

I really love this pic because we are both straight from work- Will is totally the guy in the suit with a ball cap kind of guy. Love it.

We took Christian to our favorite park by our house. It has a beautiful fountain and arch. In case anyone doesn't know- These two have been best friends since they were five.
Thanks for coming to see us Christian.