Toddler Fun!

So we started our weekend with a fun lunch with my friend Yeong-Ah who was one of Steven's students at Veritas! She now goes to NYU and we had a great time chatting together and trying a local noodle shop (similar to Doc Chey's...very yummy) and getting some take and bake cookies for dessert! It was so nice to catch up and see a familiar face.


Birthday Time
Then we had a big event to celebrate here at Columbia...and this video introduces the situation quite well-thank you Daniel!

It was Emma's 6th Birthday. So we rounded up all the kids (little Steven even got an invitation and thank you card for coming!). We started by going to a park we fondly call dinosaur park (which is tucked in riverside park around 96th street)-from this picture of the birthday girl, you can totally see why! Here are Mary and Avery climbing away!

Little Addison...okay his dad was holding him.

There was sidewalk chalk-and fence climbing!


Okay...so I had to help little Steven climb.


Then we headed to a pizza place down on 110th and Broadway for some yummy NY pizza! It was so good garlicy and full grease! I had 3 pieces!

Here we have the kids playing games with Clare! Come to find out she headed up Sunday School a lot.

Here is Clare and her cute little daughter Addy. I failed to introduce them on the photo introduction so here they are. Her husband is Nick and he was actually in class at the moment of the party. They are from Austin TX and Addy is almost 8 months (and it totally blows me away how advanced she is! I'm all....is Steven really gonna do all that in just 2 months!). Clare is a costume designer and just finished a dress for Sarah Jessica Parker. In fact the jackets she is wearing belonged to Buffy the Vampire Slayer...how cool is that! Her husband is getting his masters in Math through the teachers college

Here's Avery sticking her tongue out at me....completely unprovoked obviously! Like I'd ever stick my tongue out at anyone.

Then we headed back to the dorm for some good Texas sheet cake! What a fun event! Happy Birthday Emma NY style!

The NY Aquarium
Then today, some of us decided to head to the aquarium spur of the moment. Sarah had her car here and I jumped in with her and we took the 1 1/2 trip to Coney Island (which is all of 20 miles away)-which ended up being about how long it took Colleen and Mary to get there on the subway. This was the day we decided that public transportation was the best option!

We saw fish!


And an excellent Sea Lion exhibit!



Walruses......................................and Seals

But Little Steven's Favorite was the sharks :)


While the girls loved the seals-but were a little timid around the horseshoe crab.
All said and done-after missing a few naps and grabbing greasy food at the cafe-it turned out to be a really nice day.