Our Snowy Valentines

Thursday, Friday and Saturday were snowy days. Lucky for us, Nona and Poppy stayed ahead of the storm and arrived in Brooklyn before we got hit.

Thursday was the snowiest of the days, but surprisingly,NYC  schools weren't canceled. So my friends and I were layered up for our blizzardy walk to and from school.

 

Mommy got smart while I was in school and bought a flying saucer so I could hitch a ride home.

Then we spent the afternoon making Valentine cookies for our friends, and making Daddy his 2nd annual heart-themed Valentine lunch. It was more like a snack, but it's the thought that counts, right?

 Valentine's day itself was spent with some of our favorite people: Nona, Poppy, and Mr Snowman. 

And we rounded out the snowy weekend with some rooftop playtime. You really gotta love how we New Yorkers enjoy the snow--on our balconies and rooftops!

Valentines's day was spent just as it should be--filled with little gestures of love, favorite friends and family, and cold hands warm hearts.

Love and snowy Valentines,

Zadia Love

Baby Baboons

Daddy had to work last Saturday, so Mommy took us a subway adventure to the Prospect Park Zoo. It was actually the first time Mommy got on the subway with both of us and didn't bring a stroller. Definitely adventurous, but also sad, since that means we're growing up :(

Aiyana was petrified of the newly born baby baboons (and most everything else), but I thought they were very cute. And those Mommy baboons sure did have big boobies!

Surpsisingly, Aiyana was most  comfortable with the llamas and goats, letting them eat right out of her hand.

The zoo in the winter was a real treat. Next up, the aquarium!

Love and strollerless winter strolls,

Zadia Love

Conversation with Aiyana

Love and independent little girls, 

Aiyana Eden

Puerto Rico: The Last Days

By the last few days, we were having fun and in a groove and were sad about leaving. Mommy and Daddy? Well, they were exhausted. Between chasing us up and down stairs, pleading with us to be quiet at 6:30am, fighting to get us in the shower (there wasn't a bathtub), begging me to join them on the beach, or trying to convince Aiyana to put clothes on, IT WAS TIRING. Which isn't to say Mommy and Daddy didn't have a great time. But they were pretty relieved to get their loud, argumentative, energetic, opinionated kids back into their routines.

Bed head on the balcony.

Smoothies for all.

Dinner on the beach.

Naked.

Finally enough confidence to float on my own.

Relaxing by the pool.

Naked again.

And yet again.

Why go swimming when we can watch videos?

  

Dog Bunny loves Puerto Rico too.

Puerto Rico, we miss you and the good time we had with our friends. But we have a feeling we'll be back again!

Love and double rainbows,

Zadia Love

Puerto Rico: Days 4 and 5

We had big plans on day four. Mommy and Daddy got us all psyched up to go to a big water park with our friends, Eve and Owen. It's no small feat getting me and Zadia into a car, but once we were in, we were excited and ready for a day of splashing around in the sprinklers. Only one problem--we drove almost an hour, pulled up to the gate, and the park was closed for the season! We had four disappointed kids crying in the car, so our Mommies and Daddies had to think on their feet. 

We found a Marriott a few miles away that had a big pool and a kiddie pool, complete with water slides and sprinklers. And to make it even more of an experience, we got a hotel room for a few hours. There were only smiles after that!

By day five we were in a solid routine. Art in the early mornings.

Sand in between our toes in the late morning.

Local food for lunch.

And then after a two-hour nap, Mommy and I would revisit the beach and sand, while Zadia and Daddy hung back at the house drinking lemonade and beer.

Love and laid back routines,

Aiyana Eden

Puerto Rico: Day 3

We went to a calmer beach in hopes that it might get me in the ocean, but I still refused with a very polite, "No thank you."

I was much more interested in building a sand castle with water that Mommy and Daddy fetched for me.

Other than that, it was more of the same--salty sandwiches, floppy beach hats, sandy bottoms, and poolside chats. Rough life, right?

Love and cute butt shots,

Zadia Love