Living Life and Loving It

Enjoying this amazing warm day.

Last weekend Brian took Isabella and Oliver up to his parents' house in Connecticut for two whole days.  Originally it was just going t...

This little dude is a climber!  He's determined to get higher and higher each time.  I wish I had photo documentation of all the surfac...

A few weeks ago Isabella got sick.  Mild fever, cough, etc.  It lasted for a good two weeks.  Then Simon got it.  Now it's Oliver's ...

Christmas was lovely.  Simple, pure loveliness.  The Carini's came down for a few days from Connecticut (they stayed in a hotel, cause t...

Ice skating was part of our Christmas activity advent, but it didn't happen until after Christmas.  On December 31st we were up early, t...

At Bryant Park. It's sunny. It's 50 degrees. It's perfect.

...she asks for money by making signs. The signs read: "I need some cash" "Isabella need for money" "Love Isabe...

We made gingerbread cookies.  The kids were in a mess-making-mood and I was in a not-so-patient-mood.  Even Simon tried to climb up and joi...

One warm day we walked across Central Park to the Met Museum to see the  Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche .   More common...

 I purchased one of those pre-made gingerbread house kits from Trader Joe's as soon as they appeared at the store.  (Last year I waited ...

We spent a couple of days making gifts for others.  It's not an easy thing making a gift for someone else, who lives in the same house.....

The weekend before Christmas we went on a hot chocolate crawl .  We were in SoHo and only hit up 4 places throughout our day of window sho...

At the new Apple Store in Grand Central.

Last week we went in search of our Christmas tree.  As a kid I loved going into the mountains and cutting down a tree.  So I've been sur...