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and more scenes from Massachusetts

he waits for his electric scooter to charge…

Paul as Santa’s helper

wiped out

the tree at night

sweet sleep over

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Halloween 2012

She wanted to be a ‘purple princess’ and he wanted to be an ‘electric car‘ for Halloween. One can’t help but make these requested costumes from scratch right? I mean, you can’t really find a ‘car costume’ at the store – and Zoe has so many purple tutus and wands and wings and crowns…

It’s amazing how our neighborhood pulled together and created a party in the park to make up for the cancelled Halloween parade (police not available to monitor it now that the hurricane has taken all their attention.) Here in the city we ‘trick or treat’ by going door-to-door to the stores on our main street. Then we went over to a friend’s house in Astoria Queens to hit the houses on side streets. Our friends Brad, Lea and Mia joined us, and the kids had so much fun collecting enough candy to take us through the winter!

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Saying goodbye to Rochester for now..

and goodbye to the cousins until Thanksgiving. BUT we haven’t had to say goodbye to the cold –

Here’s a parting photo by Uncle G:

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The Dragon Child

On a quiet rainy Sunday we got to go with E and Z’s dad to work. While my husband photographed this event, the kids took in this new visual stage play presented by China National Theater for Children at the Skirball Center at NYU. It was such a treat – the costumes were incredible and the stage set was so vivid. Both Zoe and Ezra were transfixed through the entire 90 minute performance. Even 2 year old Zoe didn’t protest once or try to run in the aisles as she usually does. It was a story about each animal of the Chinese Zodiac with a message of conservation at the end (a hint: the dragon is a symbol for ‘water’ in China), and the kids got to make their own masks out of recycled materials during a craft session before the show.

Zoe is ready for her first trip to the theater:

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And a side note …

Lately I pour over gorgeous mom/family blogs (like this one) and get green with envy that their lives seem so perfect. I wonder how these stylish, attractive moms can have two or more kids and still look great while running after them all, posting about cooking (which I rarely do) or crafting – and have their homes look pristine in the background of their photos. I do have to be honest – my children (as lovely as they are) DO drive me completely crazy at times. This weekend it really hit a new high while my husband was away. I think Spring Break was intense as well – as it seemed I had to do a lot more ‘refereeing’ between Ezra and Zoe than ever before. They are sparring more and more these days — now that they are old enough to love yet thoroughly annoy each other as all siblings do. I have two younger brothers: I know this all too well.
I think we tend to get out of the house so much because by 9 or 10 a.m. everyone is melting down or bored so … finding a new diversion ALWAYS works to keep kids (and parents) from losing their minds. It always makes the kids more calm, happy, connected to each other and us. Maybe other families find the opposite to be true but frankly our excursions are my way of coping with stir crazy kids (and tiring them out for hopefully a decent night’s sleep, which totally was NOT working this past weekend). Below is a photo that caught a rare moment where they were enjoying each other and not fighting. Zoe even allowed Ezra on her bed for the first time.
I hope to see more of this although I wonder; will it slow down our excursions and my blogging?

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Have a great weekend!

We are off to an uncle’s special day. Enjoy the weekend!

Zoe looks ready for some fun in the sun..

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EzraZoe gets another nod!

Lyla Tov Monsters and EzraZoe get a little mention from ohdeedoh.com! (Although there’s a little typo about our Queens neighbors being from Brooklyn? What?)
Check it out:
http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/stuffed-animals-dolls/lyla-tov-monsters-158566

And of course to get a Lyla Tov monster, click here!

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And here’s one for the dads

(For all 3 dads out there in our EzraZoe audience.. )
I just found this on Cup Of Jo’s blog and it had me laughing out loud. If there is going to be a ‘next time’ – wouldn’t it be a great idea to bring a camera to get the reactions of your friends and family when you tell them you are expecting a(nother) baby? British photographer Tom Robinson had the brilliant idea, and you can see the full series by clicking here.

What do you think; would you get the same amplified reactions for the 2nd or 3rd time you are expecting?

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EzraZoe goes ‘across the pond’

Look! We are part of Netmum’s blogging family – Hello London! We cannot wait to visit (Ezra wants to ride the Eurostar and see people drive on the other side of the road). We feel so international now!

See our netmums page here:

http://www.netmums.com/bloggers/view-our-network/view/ezra-zoe

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