US Open'09

On Labor Day we went to the US Open. It was a beautiful day, but a bit on the warm side. And I wasn't feeling that great so I ended up going in & out of the stadium carrying Serena with me. The people around us must really love me (being sarcastic here!) because on top of that, I was going in & out with Devin too. He wanted hot dog, then ice cream...he really couldn't sit still for the game (he IS only 4.5). Then finally I just took Serena with me & stayed out...but I was feeling better after lunch so we took Devin & Serena to the Smash Zone (mostly for kids). And Devin really enjoyed it. Serena was napping but she woke up at the end & we did a balloon game together.

I think we'll just do the kid's day for the US Open next year until the kids are old enough to sit still for the games OR we just go by ourselves. Hmm...not a bad thought. All you babysitter volunteers out there reading this-we'll be hitting you up!

The view from our seats.

Devin at the Smash Zone: Concentrating...

Forehand!

Even Andrew got to play!

The Next American Idol

Devin loves musical instruments, especially the drums. But he also likes to play his keyboard (his piano) & guitar. And on this one fine summer day, he decided to play his guitar & sing! Enjoy!

Singing "Life is a Highway" from one of his favorite movie, "Cars".

Happy 6th Birthday Elizabeth!

Our niece Elizabeth turned 6 this September. To mark this special occasion, she had a Build a Bear birthday party. It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. Each kid get to pick a stuff animal, and then they get to stuff it, fluff it & put a heart in it & pick an outfit for their stuff animal to take home. How cool is that?!

And afterwards we all went to Elizabeth's house (Andrew's brother's house) for lunch & cake. It was such a fun-filled day!

All kids picked out their stuff animal...

The birthday girl, Elizabeth is standing in the far left corner. Notice Devin is in the front. I don't remember what exactly everyone was doing...flexing their muscles? Hmmm...

Serena Loves Devin

Serena just adores big brother Devin. Whatever Devin is doing, she wants to be doing the same thing. Whatever Devin is eating or drinking, she wants to at least have a taste. When Devin is lying down (tummy on the floor), Serena climbs onto his back. She just can't get enough of him. As for Devin, I think the expression on his face in the picture below explains it all.

Serena loves Devin

Summer's Over?!

September seem to have snuck by me! I don't know what happened! I wanted to catch up on so many things but I didn't seem to get too far. But I made tonight the blogging night so I'm going to TRY to catch up with all the photos & events...

This summer, we went to visit quite a few museums around town. It all started with the Intrepid Museum back in May, then we went to the Hall of Science, Brooklyn Children's Museum and the Transit Museum. And when my friend from Switzerland came to visit with her 2 children, where did we go? The children Museum of Manhattan (Unfortunately I don't have any good photos to share for this one). Devin & Serena loved all the museum visits because there were so many hand-ons exhibits. And they were all geared toward their ages. As for us, we liked our visits too, and loved seeing our children exploring & experiencing new things. But I must say, I'm going to need to invest in a pair of sneakers so I can keep up with them on these visits!

Hall of Science-Outdoor Miniature Golf Course

Hall of Science- the second hole features a rocket that blasts off when the ball goes into the hole. Right up Devin's alley!

Hall of Science-Serena enjoying The Toddler Room

Hall of Science-playing with jumbo sized legos inside The Toddler Room

Brooklyn Children's Museum-in the Totally Tots room

Brooklyn Children's Museum-Devin's practicing on a Vespa before riding a motorcycle

Brooklyn Children's Museum has these fake "real life" shops:See here

Brooklyn Children's Museum- fake "real pizza shop"-Devin was my server

Brooklyn Children's Museum-Serena playing the steel drum

Brooklyn Children's Museum-Devin's turn at the steel drum

Transit Museum

Transit Museum-riding on the bus

Transit Museum-Devin driving the bus

Transit Museum-Devin inside the outdated token booth.

The Donovan's

Just wanted to give a shout out to our friends, the Donovan's-they moved back to Florida at the end of June. We didn't see them really all that much while they were here because we, like many New Yorkers, taken for granted that our family or friends "are always around". Well, we made sure that we squeezed a lunch date with them before they took off. But still, we will miss them dearly.

The lovely couple, Mike & Sheila.

Me & the kids with the Donovan's.

Eating...

Ok-after almost a month long hiatus (seems like forever in the blogging world)-our computer is almost back to normal after getting a new hard drive. After some files recovering, re-installing softwares, let's hope I don't fried this new hard drive too soon.

There are so many pictures & funny stories to tell, don't even where to begin. As I looked through the pictures, I decided to post these pictures of Devin & Serena eating first. Why? Because they're cute & funny and maybe also because it's the middle of the night and dinner was 6 hours ago and I'm feeling hungry...Anyway enjoy the pictures!

One afternoon, Devin went into the kitchen & asked me if he could "eat this" while I was in the living room with Serena. I said sure not even thinking what he would grab for a quick snack. Then he walked in with this....

It was a loaf of bread I had in mind to go along side our pasta dinner.

He was serious about eating the whole thing!

He would've eaten about half of that loaf if I didn't stop him.

Serena likes to feed herself. And most of the time after each meal, I feel like both of us need to be hosed down.

She likes to use the spoon (or fork) but still can't maneuver the utensils very well. So she uses her hands...

Sometimes both her hand & the spoon...

And she likes it like that!

In case anyone is wondering, it was rice & beans she was eating-staying true to her latin genes.