Tar Beach

Summer is officially here, and we're all about the rooftop pool parties. 

Love and kiddie pool cuteness,

Zadia Love

Down By The Bay

We spent our last day in East Hampton at the bay, with shelly sand, seagulls, and calm water.

I'm definitely still a water baby, taking my bucket to the water and filling it over, and over, and over again.

 And when I was tired of carrying a bucket of water, I carried around a big stick.

 Zadia is more of a sand girl, building castle after castle (even after I purposely

squashed them.)

How's this for a sand castle impression?

And we both enjoyed snacking on the beach.

After the bay, it was back to the house, where Mommy found a few more ways to keep us occupied while Daddy did some housekeeping.

Daddy got a lot done that weekend, and the girls had a good time staying out of Daddy's way. We rewarded ourselves with wine and ice cream at one of our favorite neighborhood restaurants.

East Hampton (and Nana!), we love you. We can't wait to spend more time with you this summer!

Love and sand castles by the bay,

Aiyana Eden

Weekend in East Hampton

We went out to East Hampton a few weekends ago so Daddy could get Nana's house ready for her to live in this summer. For Mommy and Daddy, it was a trip down memory lane. They spent the summer of 1997 in East Hampton together and have made many trips back there since. It was that summer, when they were only 20 years old, that Mommy realized she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Daddy. Awww. But since Aiyana and I hadn't been to Nana and Papa's house in almost a year, we had a blast rediscovering the house, the yard, and the town.

After checking out the big, pink flowers near Nana's driveway, we settled in for our usual Friday tradition of pizza and a movie.

We went to bed at 11:30pm, and woke up at a ridiculously early 5:30am. We were too excited to sleep. Part of the excitement was that we had 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a yard all to ourselves! Mommy set up an art corner for us in the spare room (which we nicknamed the "play room") and we got right to work on some projects. 

We helped Mommy clean off the back deck and patio furniture.

And enjoyed entertaining ourselves with things we found around the house, like Nana and Papa's straw hats.

Then Daddy had errands to run so he dropped us off at the beach. Mommy on a beach with a 4-year-old that is afraid of the ocean, and a 2-year-old who has no fear of the ocean (both of whom are prone to epic meltdowns) was a risky undertaking. But to everyone's surprise, we were very happy and agreeable. Whew.

Daddy had a lot of work to do back at the house, so Mommy tried to keep us out of his way with a playground and weed picking.

Daddy finally took a break from his work to grill us some yummy burgers. 

And a trip to Nana and Papa's wouldn't be complete without the Glassman tradition, a nightly bowl of ice cream.

Our trip was bittersweet. The last time we visited this house, Papa was with us. 

While we deeply missed Papa's presence, Mommy and Daddy warmed our hearts with memories and stories of Papa in the house he loved so much.

We look forward to spending more time with Nana in her East Hampton house this summer, and we know that wherever Papa his, he'll be smiling down us while he eats his ice cream :)

Love and a houseful of memories,

Zadia Love

Shopping Companion

Doesn't matter if it's Trader Joe's, Key Food, Target, or DSW. I just love shopping with Mommy.

Do these shoes fit?

Did I leave the tag on?

Where's Aiyana?

Straight to the cup aisle.

"These are for me and Zadia to catch balls with."

Love and good shopping companions,

Aiyana Eden