Right Now

Anna is potty trained! She picked up on it really fast, thankfully. She absolutely loves Batman and Zorro, and is always pretending to catch bad guys. She is very independent and will tell you that she is 5 years old if you ask. She has also decided she doesn't need naps anymore.

Matthew will be 5 in just over a month. He is smart and loves to figure things out and he remembers almost everything he learns (except the rule about not jumping over the back of the couch...). He is best friends with Anna and is a wonderful big brother. He is always hungry.

Joseph passed the boards and is done with all of his big tests and projects! He just has a few more classes, requirements, and patients to finish up at school, and then he'll be finished. He graduates on May 9!

I have a stack of fabric that I'm working my way through. I'm going to start posting more pictures of what I sew, since that is my main hobby right now. I am getting excited for our move and for our visitors coming next month!

Lancaster, PA

Joseph has spring break this week, so we took a quick trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The countryside was beautiful and I loved the rolling hills and lovely farms. We took a horse-drawn buggy ride through the Amish country and learned about their culture and simple way of life. It was about as opposite of NYC life as you can get.

We had fun playing tennis, swimming at the hotel pool, and shopping at the outlets, too. It was a great little family vacation that was much needed by all of us.

The rest of Joseph's spring break will consist of him taking the WREB licensing exam - a 3 day clinical observed test. He's getting so close to being done and we are so excited!

Our Zoo

The Staten Island Zoo is just down the street from our home. With a boy who loves animals as much as Matthew does, you can bet that we visit the zoo a lot. It is free on Wednesday afternoons, so we head over there for a couple of hours to make sure they are taking good care of our animal friends. We love the brown bats, otters, iguanas, crocodiles, scarlet macaws and peacocks, to name a few. The kids love feeding the farm animals and playing on the big animal sculptures. I love that they get to experience the zoo regularly and make such great memories. This is one thing we will definitely miss when we leave Staten Island.