Christmas 2011, NYC

The little elves at 352 East 8th Street eagerly counted down the days until Christmas.

Since Cavan is with his daddy for the holidays this year we opened some presents a day early. No one complained.

Cavan showed off his cool new watch while Lulu sat on the couch reading her new Max and Ruby book.  Thank you Grandma and Pop!!

On Christmas morning Santa dropped a big bag of pepto pink Barbie toys down the chimney (or, since we really don't have a chimney he probably snuck it in via the fire escape).  Here's Lulu playing with her new Barbie convertible!

And of course a bit of spiced egg nog on Christmas morning never hurt anyone!  Yum!!

To top off a lazy, relaxing Christmas Day at home, we will enjoy salmon, trout and mahi all smoked by Daddy on the roof.  And tomorrow for Boxing Day we'll take this smoked pork butt to our friends Coby and Marianne's house for pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw on potato rolls.  Yum!  (It's no secret that I married a class A cook.  It's very, very good to be me!)

An excellent Christmas 2001 indeed!

xx

Christmas is Coming!

This time of year is amazing in NYC and we're starting to get into the spirit of things.  Last night after we got back from the beach we went to our favorite spot for Christmas trees and found another beauty.  Although we were tired (and Daddy was battling a stomach virus) we rallied and got the tree home, up and decorated.

We also picked up a little reindeer friend that the Christmas tree man's girlfriend makes out of tree scraps.  Love this little guy!

We're looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the holiday season at home.  Counting the days until Santa comes!

xx

Long Island in December

Last weekend we decided to make a quick trip to Southampton for the weekend.  It just so happened that it was Lulu's pal Julien's 2nd birthday and we celebrated at a petting zoo/farm on Long Island.

Lulu absolutely loved the goats, sheep and cows and she squealed with delight when she fed them.  She's still talking about giving the sheep "ice cream" (the feed is served in cones).  The kids also got to feed the goats milk from bottles.

Cavan and his pals Henry and Sofia loved the amazing wooden jungle gyms on the farm and despite the frigid temperature we were hard pressed to coax them indoors for lunch.

Once inside, Cavan agreed to a sit down with Santa but "only for Lulu."  I'm not sure who is bigger, Santa or Cav!

It was a great weekend that proved it doesn't have to be summer to be a good time in Southampton.

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