Henry is EIGHT!!!/ New York

We can't really believe it, but Henry is eight years old!!!!

His birthday, as usual, falls in the middle of spring break. So this morning, after our traditional early gift opening, we hopped in the car and headed for a trip to New York for the weekend.

Our first afternoon we checked into the hotel and headed right over to FAO Schwarz were Henry pooled his birthday money and selected his gift:

Then we met up with Aunt Gina for Henry's birthday dinner. Where does an 8 year old boy choose to go to dinner in all of New York City? Why Benihana, of course!

On Friday morning we head over to see the aircraft carrier/museum The Intrepid. Henry loved the anti aircraft weaponry...perhaps a bit too much:

We checked out the airplanes:

And then the Enterprise in the space shuttle pavilion. The kids were unimpressed with the miracle of space flight:

That afternoon we trekked out to Brooklyn to visit Aunt Gina, and on the subway the day caught up with Elliot:

Saturday we went to the Natural History Museum. The kids had just seen "Night at the Museum" which added a lot of excitement for them as we went around searching out the exhibits that were in the movie:

Then we spent the rest of the day in Central Park with Aunt Gina - at different playgrounds, the zoo, the carousel, and climbing every rock we could find:

And on Sunday it was back in the car to head home and get ready for school and work to start again on Monday. It was an excellent spring break/birthday trip!

Marathon Monday

Not surprising given the weather we have had the last few months, this Marathon Monday was FREEZING. Cold, windy, and rainy. Even Henry, who adores watching the Marathon each year, could only last a little but. Elliot, our stubborn one, refused to wear a coat. This is how he eneded up:

But his teeth were still chattering, so we headed home.

We were able to see the elite runners come through:

And Henry gave his all cheering them on:

Red Sox!

We got to go to the Red Sox game today - Elliot's first game! The weather was actually quite nice until about the 4th inning (when the shade hit us and it got a lot colder). The kids basically only wanted to eat. The combination of pretzel, hot dog, cotton candy, and general overload was too much for Henry, so we took off in the 5th inning. Its about the best we expected :)

After School Fun

Now that the weather isn't below freezing, both kids are getting more playground time after school. Elliot in particular loves the little backyard play area behind preschool:

Henry sometimes gets tired of running around and goes for a quieter activity:

Toddler Yoga

Every Wednesday at Elliot's preschool they have yoga class - I was there to witness a few minutes today. It was ridiculously cute.