rita visits

rita came by the other night for dinner and bathtime and took some great pics of the kids, as is her way.

the great aquaphor debacle of two thousand and ten

we don't have complete documentation of this incident as we were too busy cleaning up the mess to take pictures. in brief, on saturday morning, juniper and felix got their hands on an open and very full tub of aquaphor and went to town. while erin slept in and i read a manuscript for work downstairs, the kids rubbed handfuls of goop in their hair, on their clothes, the rug, basically all over the nursery. not awesome. we ended up washing juniper's hair four times that day.

here's a pic erin took after the first two washes. very "something about mary."

and though we tried to style it, no matter what we did, juniper still looked like the tiniest member of flock of seagulls. my cousin alec took this one at alegria on sunset. all she needs is a keytar and to stop smiling.

there have been accusations....

that i haven't been posting stuff on the blog. here's a video from yesterday. take that!

mother's day

we had a very relaxed, lazy day today. here are a few pics to take you through it.

the kids are getting even cuddlier. exhibit a:

we went to barney greengrass for mother's day lunch so that erin could get some smoked fish and peruse the 3rd floor. while there, we learned three things: 1) neither felix nor juniper are into brisket, 2) they both like pickles, even the mediocre ones at barneys and 3) apparently oakley frogskins are back and they're available in fluorescent yellow. thanks, kid-in-the-background!

the kids really liked the breadsticks, though juni preferred to swallow large pieces of them with minimal chewing. (no pic for that as i was too busy fishing them out of her mouth)

then we went to roxbury park and the kids had fun crawling on the grass, eating leaves and going on the swings. felix likes to go high and fast and juni just needs a little push before she starts giggling her head off.

the kids were exhausted, but not too exhausted to look adorable as they slept on the way home.

a crab, some balls and an alligator

the kids were given an awesome, crab-shaped sandbox by some friends in their twins class for their birthdays and the thing was accompanied by 250 plastic balls which makes it into a super fun ball pit just like the kind at chuck e. cheese's, minus all the germs and throw-up. we christened it on saturday and although the video doesn't totally capture just how much juniper and felix loved their ball-filled crab, trust me, they were SO into it. they crawled around in it for a full hour until we dragged it away to give them lunch.

(and yes, they're only wearing hats, pajama tops and diapers. that's on me.)

and a bit earlier in the morning, felix figured out what the push toy his nanny bought him is for. i love the way he turns to camera after toddling across the room and is like, "i'm number 1!" and juni cheering him on is paralyzingly cute.

(apologies for the sucky editing here)

fun sunday

the wonderful kravitzes (pete, jenna, dylan and ella) invited us to the jonathan club at the beach in santa monica yesterday and the kids had a ton of fun, particularly with the umbrella pole, some tupperware, and as you can see in these videos, on the swings.

afterwards, we went down to manhattan beach and celebrated my birthday with uncle bob at a mexican place up the street from him. we ate in the lower level and so we had to go outside, through a side door, through the kitchen to get to our table. it was just like GOODFELLAS, but with a stroller.

the first vacation

we took the kids on their first vacation to sunny boca raton, florida to visit their grammy. the flight wasn't awesome (and the flight back was particularly not awesome) but it was all worth it. they loved the beach, and the taste of sand which they ate by the handful.