A City Life For Me

It’s hard to believe that this little guy – my first Brooklyn Baby, my first boy – is 3 already.  Hardly seems like we’ve been in Brooklyn that long!  Obadiah Hamilton Nolan (as he calls himself) has been very excited for this day for a while.  Here’s how we spent his birthday… We started a birthday tradition – something that Ben always did on his birthday.  The birthday boy got to pick out his cereal (the “junkiest” cereal according to Ben).  He picked Fruit Loops! Nolan has been promised the top bunk when he turns 3, so after breakfast we made the bedding switch.  He was delighted!  Mommy is a lot nervous! We made a spontaneous decision to go play at the water park.  It started out as, “Mommy has to go to the grocery store.  Let’s walk and stop at the park on the way.”  It turned into driving to Owl’s Head Park to play in the water, and our friends the Walter’s joined us.  Then we had lunch at McDonal...

Yesterday I was featured at the Imperfect Homemaker .  I shared some ideas for frugal role-playing with preschoolers.  My kids love to dress up but it can be expensive to get all of the accessories!  Go check out some frugal/free ideas to fuel the dress-up lover in your home!

Play date in the water sprinklers!     Their first big water adventure.  I was proud of Nehemiah – he even got wet!  Then he accidentally walked into a sprinkler and was instantly “frozen” and stuck standing there in the pouring water! Our good friends – Ian and Havilah, Elaine and Nolan, Elli and Judah Funny faces!

Teaching manners to Elaine and Nolan is hard enough.  Now I have these twins!  Most of the time I’m doing good just to keep enough food on their plate.  The other day at McDonald’s they each ate four chicken nuggets.  I was still getting over my shock when I turned around to find the bottom bun of my sandwich disappearing into Nehemiah’s mouth! That’s a Brooklyn Pizza all over her face.  The day is rapidly approaching when one pizza will not feed our family!

fun in the sprinklers they are both climbers! this is how we do table manners…

In New York City many of the public parks have water sprinklers which they turn on in the summer for the kids.  The “rule” is that after two days of 80 degrees or more, the sprinklers are turned on.  On this second hot day of the year we headed to the playground for some morning fun.  But when we arrived, the sprinklers were not running. Liberty loves the swings! Nolan’s “cool” look It wasn’t long before a Park Department lady showed up.  My kids ran over and asked her to turn on the sprinklers.  She told me that a plumber was going around to all of the park and turning the sprinklers on, and that he should arrive soon.  We returned to play, but saw the lady get a “key” and try to turn on the mechanism herself.  She couldn’t find the right spot.  We sat down and prayed.  The plumber arrived.  He couldn’t find the right spot.  We prayed again.  The lady said she called in another man who knew right where the valv...

I found this picture from a couple of weeks ago.  We went and cleaned the church carpets, and this is how we kept the twins entertained and out of trouble. Last week we were in Lewiston Maine with our friends the Kelly’s.  I “lost” Nehemiah on Sunday night prior to the service.  When I found him I saw his little head just popping up between the “big guys” as they were having choir practice.  Maybe he will be my singer! Elaine picked this bouquet of wildflowers for me.  They are the first non-dandelion flowers from my kiddos!