A happy Haas reunion

Anne & Lena (7)

Some leg presses with Tony!

Rolling down the hill with my new friend Zoe

Clarke and Phoebe

Rebekah & Amelia (4)

Hanging with my cousins

Is this right, Uncle Justin?

Wait up boys!

Watching a little TV before dinner

Amara-isms

Pecticle = dry, hurting feeling in your throat after you've swallowed food and need water. As in 'Mama, do you have a pecticle?"; Also another word for buffalo with horns.

"I have 5 favorite colors: pink, purple, red, shiny, and sparkly."

"Mama, how does the rain know when the plants need water?" Good question...harder to answer than you would think...

This was Amara doing a great job floating, just before she threw up in the pool :-). She was not happy about having to float and while crying, apparently drank enough water after her big pre-swim snack, that it all came back up...oops. Hopefully next week will be better!

Dying Easter Eggs

We went over to our friend Mary Anne and Greta's house for her second annual Easter Egg dying party. Last year, Amara and I showed up on the wrong day so this was the first time we actually attended :-) Amara LOVED hiding and finding the eggs. In fact, we did it some more when Lila came over to play last night.

A new dress

I had to show off my most recent project since its been ages that I tried to sew anything successfully. I promised her a pink and purple dress and luckily she loves it (for now)! Below I tried to capture her in the steps of doing a twirl...

Ballet anyone?

Amara is a bit more interested in waving to camera than doing the moves, but hey...she's having fun.

Bedtime

"Mama, I'm going to be good tonight..." (smiles) "...even though I might forget and be bad."

Amara meets Princess Amerah

Amara went to a princess b-day party at the zoo. There she got to meet Princess Amerah, and it was true love...they both have practically the same name, they both love pink and purple (can you tell?) and they both like tigers. Can you believe it?!

Spring!

Munchkin vs the Big Apple

Scenes from The Big Apple

Future financier Uncle Michael!

Times Square, chaos as always

Family shot from "Dumbo", Brooklyn

Me & Mom at "The Liberty"

Central Park

Another cool playground!

Gothom City...aka Empire State Building on St. Patrick's Day. 

I miss you Grandpa Bobby!

Splashing around in Palm Springs

Amazing Hummingbirds

This is Amara holding out a red flower and patiently waiting for the hummingbird to come drink its nectar...it never did :-)

Amara checking out the hummingbird nest...very careful not to touch. 

Wow! Amazing shot - photo credit: Barbara Pallari

Little Stinkers

We all had dinner together after going 0-3 on two swimming pools and another restaurant...needless to say, I think everyone was tired and hungry. AKP summarily refused to look at the camera and the boys were in a period of calm before the storm...still fun to see everyone!