New Year's Eve with the Costa Rica Friedlanders

We went to visit our cousins Isa and Harrison and Uncle Harry and Tia Emily. We had a lot of fun. We saw fireworks from thier apartment and I stayed up until 1 AM.

New Year's Eve flying to Florida

On New Year's Eve we flew down to Florida to stay with Babcia and Dziadek.

Spiky Hair

I decided I like my hair spiky like one of my Tai Kwon Do instructors.

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

I went to the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk with my friends Jack and Sam.

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Volcano: Day 3

Today we put the finishing touches on the lava and caused the eruption. It was very exciting!

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Work With Daddy

I went to work with daddy, Monday and today. While he worked, I listened stories, and it was fun riding on the train.

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Central Park With The Oksmans

We went into Manhattan to visit Regina and Adam. We were going to go ice skating in Central Park, but the line was too long so we went on the carousel, played in the playground and climbed on the rocks.

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Volcano: Day 2

We painted the volcano today and put on some lava.

volcano: day 1

My mommy and daddy gave me volcano to construct and erupt.

First we put together the base, then we piled on the plaster.

Making Winter Solstice Fun

For the Winter Solstice, which is the first day of winter and the shortest day of the year, we had a lot of fun celebrating. I made these lego dinosaurs with my daddy. Then he helped me put up this really cool solar system mobile that my grandma gave me. It glows in the dark. In the afternoon we all went to the holiday lights show at the Bronx Zoo!

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School Show/Train Show

We had our holiday sing-a-long show at school. We sang holiday songs and said good-bye to our teachers until next year.

Then we went with Jack and his family to the New York Botanical Gardens to see the train show. My favorite part was making things at the Gingerbread Adventures in the Everett Children's Adventure Garden.

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reading Snoozers

I read Snoozers to Andrea. It's the first story my daddy used to read to me and it's the first story I read to my sister.

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Henry's pirate birthday party

I took a bath with Andrea. It was fun.
Then later we all dressed up like pirates to go to my friend Henry's birthday party. We all got to dig for buried treasure and dance around.

Playing On The Mat

Daddy and I made a mobile solar system in my room. Later we were playing with Andrea with her new toys.

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Yellow

Grand Master Bruce Chung promoted me to yellow belt in my Tae Kwon Do class.

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Hanukkah

We went to Babcia and Dziadek's house to celebrate Hanukkah. We ate lots of yummy latkas, played Hanukkah Bingo, and opened presents. I had so much fun.

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The Nutcracker

I saw the Rockland Youth Dance Ensemble Nutcracker Ballet at Rockland Community College with a bunch of my friends from Hoboken.

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shifra and the American Museum of Natural History

We went to visit Shifra and bring her some Thanksgiving dinner.



Then we went to the Hayden Planetarium and the American Museum of Natural History.

Grumpy

I was grumpy.

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Magic Trick

Watch Marvello the Magician perform his first magic trick!

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Sad

I was sad.

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Reading E-mail

I have email, but I hardly check it.

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Fourth Thanksgiving

We celebrated Andrea's first Thanksgiving.

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Super Baby

My sister Andrea is a super baby with her cape.

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goodbye helicopter

Magic Tree House Series #2: The Knight at Dawn

Daddy read me Magic Tree House Series #2: The Knight at Dawn.

Andrew's Birthday

I had a lot of fun at my friend Andrew's birthday party at Leapin Lizards.

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Singing to Andrea

I sang the ABCs and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to Andrea while she jumped in her jungle bouncy seat.

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Magic Tree House Series #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark

Daddy read me Magic Tree House Series #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark. I liked it but not as much as The Magic Schoolbus.