Photo Shoot

Our family attempted a photo shoot today with a friend who is a photographer. I say attempt because Cy was an absolute pill...running off, crying, sticking his tongue out, and not cooperating on any level. I suppose I was ignorant to think I could negotiate with a 2 year old boy! Here are some outtakes I took of Madi.

27 months old

Whenever someone asks me how old Cy is, I usually reply with 2 years. This almost always is followed up with some annoyance and the follow up question "how many months?" I wonder if this phenomena occurs everywhere in the U.S. or just New York. When can I stop counting months? Anyway, here is my little boyfriend at 27 months.

Easter

We had a lovely time this year playing outside in the beautiful weather, watching General Conference and eating wonderful food with friends who have become our little family our here in New York. Unfortunately I lost my camera and had to use an old backup. As a result our pictures were horrible, and I wasn't able to capture Madison and Cy together in a good Easter shot. Maybe this is a good excuse to buy a new one!

Madison trying to lure Cy in with Easter candy....it didn't work

The Schmidt, Roddy and Coleman kids...all so cute, kind and fun

An Easter nest snack Madison and I made

Old Friends

One of Mike's old friends Dave (as in friends for a long time, not OLD) was in town on business and brought his family with him. We went with the Barnes' to eat Chinese in Chinatown, and hang out in Central Park. It's amazing how much the kids have grown since I first met them back in the Lake Powell houseboat days!

The Great Outdoors

Spring seems to be slowly approaching, which means we have spend as much time outdoors as possible. We took him to the Central Park Zoo, but he showed little interest. Finally as we started walking around in nature in Central Park he became so excited. Cy got a little too friendly with Mother Nature...eating daffodils, dirt, rocks and trees. He definitely has his Moms genes.

Where's Waldo?

I was looking for Cy the other day and couldn't seem to find him anywhere. Finally after several minutes passed I noticed his toy box moving a bit. He seems to have found a new cozy place where he enjoyes his health shakes and bottles.

Future Rocker

This was a proud day for Daddy

Lovely Day

We finally enjoyed gorgeous pre-Spring weather in the low 70's this past weekend and decided (as usual) to go into the city. Central Park, the High Line, our friend Carl and some great pizza made for a perfect day. Fortunately Madi was able to join us after a long day at ballet.

His favorite thing.....bottely

The only thing better than a "bottely" is a bottely and a shakey (as he calls them)!

Cy had a blast visiting all the dogs in the park

Playing with Carl

Cy admiring the big buff roller skater

A cute old lady really "feeling it"

Handsome Daddy

DR

Every winter gets tough for me...bad weather, feeling cooped up in our house, lack of vitamin D adds up for a cranky Kristy. After a series of disappointments with several trips I was supposed to take (Scottsdale, Oakland, Zurich), Mike saw my crazy eyes and knew we needed to get away. We flew my Mom out to watch the kids and took a 4 night 5 day trip to Mike's favorite country the Dominican Republic. He typically goes on motorcycles and never knows where he'll end up staying, so this was a new adventure for him to go comfort style. Thanks Deary, you know I needed it!

Thanks for helping Grandma Pia! (visiting Lena in the city)

The Locals

A trip anywhere isn't worth it if you don't interact with the locals. Luckily Mike is a pro at "off the beaten track" adventures, so we followed some locals around various villages. I have to admit out of all the Latin speaking countries I've visited, the Dominicans are by far the most beautiful, non-threatening, free spirited and friendly people I've seen.

Local fishermen -- and Kristy helping out...

It's normal to see 4-5 guys on a single motorcycle -

these guys are carrying roosters for a cockfight

Gluing on spikes for the fight

Typical homes all over the DR

Future Yankees

Backwoods cockfight that we stumbled on...

Warning: this is NOT for animal lovers