Some of my LOVE's on V Day :)

I haven't let go of these balloons since Daddy brought them home last night. I LOVE me some balloons :)

Mom thought it was time to get some more hand prints, for scrapbooking purposes, of course! But, I didn't mind one bit. In fact, the was the first time I really got into it. I LOVE getting dirty! Yes,  this is the mess that is our den. It gets cleaned up at least twice a day only to end up right back like this by bed time. I LOVE making messes!

We drove to Jersey today for one purpose: Chick-fil-A. I LOVE me some Chick-fil-A!!! I can eat a whole kids meal by myself, well, all of the nuggets and then a few of the fries, but I will only eat it if I have some ketchup! It is my new favorite condiment... I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE ketchup.

And finally, I LOVE my mom's strawberry cup cakes with vanilla frosting and funfetti on top. Have a very Happy Valentine's day!

Mondays are Daddy Days

Since Mondays are Daddy day care days...where do we spend our Monday mornings?...you guessed it....the Library. It just so happens that my age group story hour is on Monday mornings and even if the past few times I have been a little shy, I LOVE it. We sing songs and read books. It's great. And since, it was a little warmer this past Monday (we almost hit 50 degrees- whooo hoooo- heat wave), we decided to go to one of the parks by the river. 

At this end of the park, there is a 9-11 memorial. Doesn't the flag look so vibrant against the blue sky? 

Can you see NYC and the Empire state building in the distance over my left shoulder? 

Mom tried to be a little artsy and do some effects to the picture since it was a little under exposed. Check out how it makes Dad's Alabama hat stand out. Oh yeah, and see how close the train tracks are.... Every time a train went past I would say "Choo Choo." What a fun day!

Stew Leonard's and Danny DeVito

On Saturday, Danny DeVito was at Stew Leonard's store signing his new bottles of Limonchello, so we decided to brave the line and get our pic with him. This is one of the cool opportunities that we will miss when we leave--- there are always TONS of cool things go and do ALL the time. Now a little more about Stew's... It is a grocery store of sorts, but has some unique things about it. For one thing, you start at the beginning and it kind of winds around in a zig zag pattern and you really can only go one way, so you better grab the things you need when you see them. Try going back for something and it is nearly impossible to go against the flow.

Luke LOVES the Chiquita banana lady who sings and dances. We have to stop here every time for a few songs.

There is also a cow trio over by the dairy sections, where again we have to stop and dance along with them for at least a few minutes.

This is by far the BEST place in town to buy milk. They have a dairy farm and the milk is always SO fresh. 

A glimpse around one of the corners... see how everyone is heading in the same general direction.

And, the best part about Stew's is that if you spend over $100 (which is easy to do), you get a free ice cream and who doesn't love that?

Dancing the Hot Dog Dance

At the end of every Mickey Mouse Play House episode, they do a hot dog dance and Luke decided to do his own version this morning during Daddy Day care. Don't worry about his little mishap in the middle (you will see what I mean when you get there), Luke dusts himself off and keeps going. Have a hot diggity dog day! :)

Update on Project 365

I decided to take the Project 365 challenge (taking and documenting through a picture a day the everyday beauty of our life). So far so good, I have been keeping up with it and the hardest part is that I end of taking more than one picture each day. It is so hard to choose which one will make the cut. Here is how the first month has turned out. (You may recognize some of the pictures because if it is blog worthy, it is probably P365 worthy as well.) It is so much fun documenting all of the little things that usually go unnoticed and I think it will be a great time capsule for Luke one day.

My New Rocking Chair....

Check out my "new" old rocking chair that our sweet downstairs neighbor gave me! Maggie is moving next month to the city, so she is trying to get rid of a lot of her excess furniture. She is a painter and paints children's furniture for a living, so she had a couple of rocking chairs lying around and let me pick one out. It is really rustic and antique looking and just happens to be mommy's favorite color! Mom and Dad were planning on getting me some kind of chair for my birthday, but now they won't have to AND it is just another keepsake from our time up here in NY. (Mom loves things with a story :)

Fighting Sleep

My poor little tired and sick baby. Jeremy woke up to Luke throwing up the pineapple that he had from last night's dinner. Jeremy showed me this video this afternoon when I got off work and I was cracking up!  Jeremy said sorry for the quality and shakiness of the video, especially at the end, he was trying to put the tri-pod on while video taping. It's kind of a long video, but so precious AND pitiful at the same time.