Summer Vacation Starts!

bring it on! Lemonade stands and watermelon consumption starts now…

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Vote for us if you have a moment!

Ok Ezra has been dying to see Matilda, so we entered a photo into this Time Out contest … and are now in the finals! We are shocked and pleased! Now all we need to do is drum up enough votes to maybe win. Just click here or go to the link below:
http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/things-to-do/vote-for-the-winner-of-the-fathers-day-photo-contest-2015
About 1/2 way down on list check off : Greg, Ezra (8), Zoe (5), Jackson Heights

If we win we get 4 tix to see Matilda….!

Thank you!

(photo credit here)

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Aya’s sweet birthday

Just a gratuitous post with photos of Aya’s pretty outdoor birthday party. I love parties in Flushing Meadow Park with the World’s Fair monument as the backdrop. It was a perfect day for swinging at the piñata and making princess crowns in the grass .. happy 4th little Aya Lucia! (seen here second from the left)

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Pre-dad’s day appreciation; another dad has a show!

Another dad from the alley is the artistic director of the Metropolis Ensemble – who took part in the Drifting in Daylight show at Central Park. I haven’t seen this part of the park in a long time, and we were all taken aback by how beautiful and peaceful it is only a few feet into the greenery from the street. Multiple artists had their work within walking distance from each other and the Metropolis Ensemble played on the boat the S.S. Hangover while viewers enjoyed the music from the shore.

More about Creative Times Drifting in Daylight and the artists:
-The SS Hangover and Ragnar Kjartansson info here.
-Solar paneled ice cream truck info here.
-The sphere that takes messages to heaven (according to Ezra) info is here.
-Re-enacting ‘Bullets over Broadway’ info is here.
-Tri-paneled painting info is here.

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Pre-dad’s day appreciation: a dad on the alley has an art show

Meeting new neighbors in our alley has been great, but even more enriching when you discover there are some artist dads on the block! Local dad and artist Nitin Mukul had his show at the Consulate General of India, NYC – allowing us not only to view his work, but to hang at the Consulate at the same time. And we thought his paintings looked great in his home… look at them in this space!

Zoe feels like a princess on the Consulate stairs

the artist (2nd from right) takes a shot of his visitors

love this ‘chandelier’ piece over the door

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Best place to raise a family?

To send them to camp, or to NOT send them – that is the question every summer. On one hand it seems like a lot of unstructured time, and on the other hand the summer goes too quickly and we miss them as soon as September hits. Then an article like this one comes along and gets us excited about exploring the city again, for yet another summer. Go ahead, click the link. You know you are curious.

Zoe can just craft and create for hours

Ezra has been working on this grape vine tent all spring – summer hang out?

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One very proud mamma

Ezra has been learning to play the violin, and even though most of the boys have dropped out of class and he has to get to class at 7:30 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays – he still perseveres and has steadily improved! Look at this little man taking the stage – I do love his little ‘wink’ that he does to see the strings occasionally. And that’s not Jingle Bells that he’s playing in June, it’s ‘Spring-le Bells’.

I couldn’t be prouder! Check out videos of his concert here! https://vimeo.com/130539760

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The World Science Festival again!

Oh I do hope we are not boring you with the same festivals over and over again — but this one changes each year and never disappoints. This year’s theme was NASA and ‘space exploration’ — and again Ezra and Zoe’s dad was a main photographer for the event, so my iPhone pix will pale by comparison sadly. BUT there were so many great things going on that I was instagram’ing constantly! There were brain caps and robots to be made, and we couldn’t get enough of the pools filled with corn starch and water. Did you know that this solution is like quick sand if you put your hand in slowly, but run over it quickly or punch it with some force and it acts like stone?
And I can’t get enough of this brilliant ‘salad spinner’ spin art idea below!

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10 Years Ago –

I said ‘I do’ and I’d do it all again! Happy Anniversary to my love, my bedrock, and my constant source for humor. Time flies when we are having fun.
Photos by @mgfoto and www.justasmallaffair.com.

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Air Show at Jones Beach

While it’s a bit chilly today, the weekends have been amazing and warm . Ezra and his dad got a little ‘dad and son’ time at New York Air Show at Jones Beach, Long Island. A special thanks to Sean and Barbara Martens for the tickets (and to Sean for his infectious enthusiasm about all things that fly!)

photos by gregkessler.com

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