I Want More Broccoli!

Two years ago our family became partners with this great organization. Super Sprowtz's mission is  simple...use the educational power of multi-media (puppets, songs, books) to help children learn the importance of nutrition and wellness. Take a look at Brian Broccoli (whos super power is to be super strong) sing this catchy song below!

I'll never forget the first time Valentino came home with the Brian Broccoli Puppet Isabel was on board and couldn't get enough broccoli!

Let's Visit India!

One of the upsides to my I Phone shattering last week is that while using Valentino's old I Phone,  I have been enjoying his archived photos. Many of the photos are of my second pregnancy with Stella, Isabel with her blossoming vocabulary, and India, India, India!

From 2009-2011 Valentino was in India (for production of his clothing line Improvd) every third month for three to four weeks at a time! Some of the photos and videos he took were so crazy! Take a look below and see what I mean!

This has to be a safety hazzard?

Cows are sacred in India and roam freely. Here they are foraging on some local garbage.

Time to Stick My Neck Out A Little!

Photo of Isabel at the "Drive in Zoo" in New Jersey Summer of 2012

Wow! It's only 11:30am and I am already exhausted! I had a 5am wake-up call and then had to get everyone out of the house by 7:45am to make it to downtown Manhattan to tour a school that we are planning on trying to get Isabel into for Kindergarden. Monday begins the NYC public school Kindergarden enrollment process...and believe me what a process it is. That is another post altogether.

This weekend, while upstate, I plan to carve out some time for myself and stick my neck out and apply for this positon. I am certain that I am underqualified but plan on offering to intern in order to gain the vast amount of knowledge that working with her would garner me. Wish me luck!

Valentino plans on taking the girls to our friends for the day in nearby New Paltz. Speaking of our friends,  their Manhattan apartment was recently featured here. Isn't it fantastic!

Hope you have a nice weekend!

See you Monday!

An 'All' Year Resolution!

Did you make a New Year's Resolution this year? While I did not make a concrete resolution,  I do  hope to subscribe to the thoughts and ideas found in the essay, This is Water, by David Foster Wallace.
Touching on ideas such as the monotony of life, compassionate and empathetic living, and Truth with a capital T, Wallace's essay and subsequent short film (above) hit an emotional chord with me. Take a look and watch for yourself. Next time you are in the grocery store checkout line you may see things a little differently. Have a nice day!

Bugaboo Photoshoot Final Selection!

Here is a little ray of sunshine on this cold morning...Our Bugaboo Photoshoot pictures are in and here are the final cuts! I am partial to the first two. Which do you prefer? 

Try these at home!

Did you hear? It's cold outside! Yeah...Yeah...Yeah...That may be all anyone is talking about but these cool experiments (and the fact that Gina's flight has been delayed until Wednesday) are making the cold weather a little more bearable! I tried both on my rooftop and the water turned to vapor (sure enough) but the bubbles remained bubbles...

From Moneypits to Cherrypitts...It Was a Good Two Weeks.

Hello! We got back last night from our two-week stay upstate. It went by waaaaayyyyy to fast! Our normally comfortably sized apartment seems somehow unusually uncomfortable...as our perception of space has been skewed...What only one bathroom? While it may take a little getting used to, we are happy to be back and look forward to getting into a routine....which will of course include blogging for you! 

A few highlights of our trip:

• Santa paid us a visit! He brought a dollhouse that included many scatterable (read: doll furniture all. over. the. floor. all. of. the time) pieces:)
• We had many guests and went through many bottles cases of wine...we officially are lushes. 
• Valentino is officially the best cook on earth...he ventured out and tried many new recipes and each and every one was a success! 
•  Gina came for a visit (as a matter of fact she is still here)!
• A house is a lot of work and alot of..money...money...money...from the roof to the kitchen sink to the refrigerator...it seems like there is always something that needs to be addressed. Valentino at one point joked that the only time he wasn't spending money was in his sleep (that was quickly interrupted when I woke him up to tell him about the leaking roof)!
• Stella really spread her wings this trip... new words, expressions, and gestures! 
• Isabel's imagination is in full drive as in when playing doctor she wanted to be called Dr. Cherry Pitts. Where do they get this stuff?

A few photos below if you'd like to see...

Christmas Eve night...

Christmas Morning Mayhem...I joked that even after all the gifts Isabel would request her IPad within a half hour of opening the last one...I was right!

A picture is worth a thousand words...

In her Christmas dress in our master bath...look at that view!

Christmas morning.

While we didn't get a Christmas card together in time this year...we did take a few quality photos on Christmas morning that are worth sharing.

Everyone is telling me that she looks just like me (when I was four) in this photo.

She insisted on wearing these boots with her Christmas dress.

I found this Carhartt hat at Gander Mountain, and couldn't pass it up.

Yesterday...we decided the risk was low.

Sledding is fun...but walking up and down the hill...not so much.

We followed up our day of sledding with a snowwoman.