Tuesday, August 30, 2016

First Day of Semester for Kevin 2016

Monday was Kevin's first day of the Fall Semester! Even though he's been teaching classes all summer, and indeed, all of Miranda's life, Miranda was not having it that morning. Don't go Dada! Take me!

August 2016
First Day of SBU Fall semester 2006

Monday, August 29, 2016

Ash's Barn Party VI 2016

We had a lot of fun with old friends and new friends at Ash's sometimes annual Barn Party. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then here's 20,000 words about the party:

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Aneira, Dr. P, Ash

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Dr. P (on right) and his buddy.

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Our group: Bob, Miranda, me, Kevin, James, mom (Ana)

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Christina, Dan, Hudson and Aria

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Ash having lunch with Aria and James

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Chilling with Ash

Ash's Barn Party 2016

Hudson and Carter playing upstairs

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Miranda and Aria fighting over Kevin?

Ash's Barn Party 2016
GW Girls: Christina, Ash, me (See also James with Frisbee head)

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Hannah and her parents, Jennifer and Mark

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Soccer friends

Ash's Barn Party 2016
More friends whose names I don't know


Ash's Barn Party 2016
Nana decided Miranda (age 2) needed some lipstick

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Pool time!

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Jack, James, and Carter having fun together

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Kate getting a massage. Miranda trying to figure out how to sign up.

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Miranda showing off her hat to Jack

Ash's Barn Party 2016
Miranda charming Ash's parents

Ash's Barn Party 2016
More new friends whose names I can't remember and Stevie in the middle

Ash's Barn Party 2016
We had fun!

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Baby Billie 2016!

Our friends Jim and Lisa had their second baby together, Billie Elizabeth! She is so precious! Congratulations!

Billie Elizabeth
Billie Elizabeth

BE and brother Otto
Billie and her brother Otto

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Intrepid Museum 2016

We thought it would be a good idea to put the kids in the car and sit in hours of traffic in New York to see the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. These are the results minus the behind-the-scenes struggles and tears.

Intrepid Museum 2016
Even though we live 70 miles from the Intrepid, it took us over 2 hours to get here.

Intrepid Museum 2016
Happy now that she's outside

Intrepid Museum 2016
The Intrepid!

We asked the kids whether they wanted to go on the big ship or the submarine first and they were both in agreement that they wanted to see the submarine. James's reasoning was that he's been on a boat before but never a submarine. We soon discovered Miranda was "too short" to go on the submarine. James was delighted that he was big enough to do something she couldn't. Kevin took her to the Intrepid Museum, while James and I waited to go in The Growler submarine. And waited. And waited.

Intrepid Museum 2016
Thinking she's going on the submarine... she's not.

Growler Submarine 2016
James and me inside the submarine

Growler Submarine 2016
Navigation Room

Growler Submarine 2016
Sonar Room

Growler Submarine 2016
Going though the air (water?) locks. 

Growler Submarine 2016
James with a torpedo

After the submarine, James and I went to meet Kevin and Miranda in the museum. We started on the third floor- the deck- with all the aircraft.

Intrepid Museum 2016
Top deck- third floor of Intrepid

Intrepid Museum 2016
Being a helicopter

We went down to the second floor where there were many warplanes and war videos with bomb special effects... and I booked him through there to get him to the kids section.

Intrepid Museum 2016 
Some super cool navigation device

Intrepid Museum 2016
But I couldn't resist a Cuban-Missile-Crisis selfie. Who can?

The best part of the museum if you're a parent is the Exploreum Hall, where kids can interact with things and run around like wild monkeys.

Intrepid Museum 2016
We took her to a museum of technological wonders- she's excited to touch a feather!

Intrepid Museum 2016
Flying the jet

Intrepid Museum 2016
Shipmates

Intrepid Museum 2016
Playing with pretend sonar

Intrepid Museum 2016
She has an important call from the CIA

Intrepid Museum 2016
Don't worry, they're on their way!

Intrepid Museum 2016
Endeavoring to build her own rocket

This whole time the temperature was in the 90s. We thought we'd be mostly inside in a nice chilly museum, but a lot of it was outside and the museum itself was not that cool temperature-wise. So I decided we had to get ice cream.

NYC 2016
Eating Ample Hill ice cream at Gotham Market

NYC 2016
I got the dark chocolate and it was the best ice cream I've ever had.

Part of the saga of getting to the museum that I left out in the beginning was the struggle of finding parking. We had gotten everyone out of the car when we realized we were illegally parked, so rather than put the kids back in- there might have been a mutiny!-- I took them to the nearest park while Kevin parked the car.

De Witt Clinton Park, NYC 2016
Prequel: De Witt Clinton Park fun

Friday, August 26, 2016

Mike's Bachelor Party 2016

Last weekend, Kevin went to his cousin Mike's bachelor party in New Orleans. His fiancée Havi simultaneously had her bachelorette party in Austin. I was home with the kids in Long Island trying to understand these pictures.

Mike's Bachelor Party NOLA 2016
Friday night, bachelor party dressed as wrestlers

The following day, Kevin broke some bachelor party rules by sneaking out for a little culture before round 2 of drinking all night.

Mike's Bachelor Party NOLA 2016
View of the French Quarter from their hotel room

  Mike's Bachelor Party NOLA 2016
Café du Monde

Mike's Bachelor Party NOLA 2016
Riding the Street Car

New Orleans 2016
William Faulkner's house

New Orleans 2016
Walker Percy's house

New Orleans 2016
Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge with a revolving bar

He actually managed to drag the other guys to a jazz club, and they enjoyed it. Then they all went back to drinking heavily in the French Quarter. I'm jealous!

Mike's Bachelor Party NOLA 2016
Spotted Cat Music Club
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