Nice weekend

The last weekend of July turned out to be beautiful. The weather was not too hot and we had a break in humidity so we were able to enjoy the fresh air. We started out the weekend by having a picnic at Owl’s Head Park. The first picnic we’ve had since Geneva and co. left for Maine. We tried to get a band started and brought a bunch of instruments to the park. I’m sure you can imagine how well that went with toddlers! I posted the “band” photos up on Facebook, if you are not on FB, you can still see them here. This is a shot of Sienna doing a ballerina twirl with a skirt borrowed from Mikaela.
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Saturday we headed out to Siam Orchid for dinner. It was really cute that Sienna wanted to bring her camera, just like her mom and dad! We took a little walk before heading over to dinner. Besides the boats in the marina and some swans in the water, there really isn’t much to see. I couldn’t decide which photo I liked best so I am posting both.
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Here is Sienna calling after the swans:
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Yves with gorilla on his shoulders:
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And on to dinner! Funny how Sienna loves satay but claims to not like peanut butter (satay is usually marinated with some peanut butter and soy sauce, among other things). One steak skewer escaped before I was able to snap this photo!
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It seems as if Sienna is saying, you’re coming into my mouth steak satay!
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I forgot the name of my dish but it was basically chicken with mixed veggies:
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Yves’ Pad Thai:
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And we even got dessert! Coconut custard!
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Everything was yummy!

Band Meeting at Stand

bandmeetingstand.jpgOn July 7th, we had a band meeting with all the members! Woot! It’s hard to get everyone together. We went to Stand. I was craving a root beer float and they had that, along with lots of other goodies. We started off with some fried pickles in tempura batter. Quite yummy! I really liked the dipping sauce too. I opted to get the grilled shrimp po boy. I liked that it was grilled and the chipotle mayonnaise was delish but I hesitate to call it a po boy when it is served on a brioche bun. Pete got the mushroom beef burger and Tammy and Joy both got the bacon and egg cheeseburger. We also got sweet potato fries and onion rings to share. Their homemade beverages were awesome! We all ended up getting the fresh blackberry soda. I’d go back just for that! I got my root beer float that I was craving (and wolfed down as pointed out by Pete! ha!) Pete tried the ricotta pistachio shake (MMM! and I don’t see it on their online menu) and Tammy and Joy shared the cola float. Fun times. Hope to do it more often!
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Our Minion, Larry

I joined a Minion swap that was sponsored by Universal Pictures to promote the release of their latest film, Despicable Me (came out Friday, the 9th). They sent out a blow up minion to all the participants and all you had to do was take it around and take photos of it (like the Flat Stanley project and a similar Where in the World is Crusher swap I did). I was surprised at the nice quality of the minion and that it was weighted. We named ours Larry. First we did some shopping. Sienna was nice enough to lend Larry one of her hats.
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Then it was time for lunch!
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Now every time Sienna sees a commercial or an ad for the movie, she gets all excited and says Look! Larry! ha!

Hugs

Our dear friend Geneva and her family have made the move up to Maine. Starr and I threw a send off party for her and to also welcome their new addition, Lennox Ava. We threw the party on the 13th of June and I had posted the photos on flickr here. I baked some cheesecake cupcakes (with a gluten free ginger snap bottom!) and flourless chocolate cake (no one seemed to notice/mind the couple of pats of butter that did not mix in well). There was other delicious food there too. I made Geneva a collage and Brooklyn shirts for the whole family (I will show them in another post). Here are some shots of what I tried to do for the cake (due to the condensation, it melted into the cake, which you can see here). I cut out the letters with my Sizzix machine. Sienna helped me too.
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I just drove Geneva, Phoenix and Lenni to the airport last night. They stayed with us for a few nights. Layne and a friend had loaded up a truck and drove up to Maine on the 30th and they had to vacate the apartment. We were happy to have them here and Sienna and Phoenix had such fun together. Most nights they stayed in the basement but Friday night we had a slumber party. The girls watched Alice in Wonderland (the original) and the adults later watched Up in the Air. Here are some photos from the stay:
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Let Loose!
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Watching Alice in Wonderland
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Storytime

We also had one last picnic all together Friday afternoon.
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The cool hat gang (if Sienna was wearing one of my shirts, it would have been the cool shirt gang!)
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I made chocolate banana cupcakes that could use more banana flavor (altho I did not make the banana chocolate frosting, which probably would have made it better)
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I forgot what we asked Nico but his answer was Nooooooooooo!
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Hugs
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Ride home from the park

Me Me First! from Lisa on Vimeo.

Memorial Day Monday

We finally got a chance to meet Stella at Eric and Robyn’s BBQ on Memorial Day Monday. Robyn gave birth to her back in January! She is such a cutie!
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Sasha, who is 8, loves to read and was excited to read Green Eggs and Ham to Sienna
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Eric, the grill master
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Sienna was so happy when it was cupcake time!
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We didn’t get a chance to try the ribs!
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Sienna sang in the car on the way home. This is what happens when you have a late lunch, no nap and a chocolate cupcake!

Sienna singing in the car from Lisa on Vimeo.

Botanical Sunday

We spent the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The rose garden was absolutely beautiful and Sienna was worn out by the end. The warm weather helped with that!

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I love this shot!
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She’s starting to pose now. There was absolutely nothing she was reaching for!
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Such a great tree
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The Rose Garden
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We found our way to the Rose Garden at the end of our visit, unfortunately! So Sienna was tired.
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BBQ Weekend

Almost all caught up on my posts! Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, we invited the kiddies over for some burgers and dogs. The adults also had Soujuk (not sure if I spelled that right!), a turkish sausage that another guest had brought over during a BBQ last year. So yummy! They had a blast filling up the sandbox with water and the pool with sand. LOL. I made 2 different kinds of cupcakes and 2 different frostings. A banana cupcake and a chocolate cupcake and half had chocolate buttercream frosting and the other had chocolate banana frosting. A note to myself, the banana cupcake was a bit dense while the chocolate one was very light. Both frostings were yummy! Geneva made some awesome baked beans (with meat, beans, bacon and brown sugar! Geneva! I need the recipe!!) And Starr made our favorite, cole slaw!

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Sienna thinks Layne is so cute! LOL
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The kids were very busy!
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Sienna and Phoenix were fascinated with Sylvie’s boo boo!
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Eventually Sienna fell asleep in Yves’ lap
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Summer Begins!

We’ve been on vacation since Wednesday, the 2nd of June but I have my laptop with me to occupy me during Sienna’s naptime and so I can catch up. The Friday before Memorial day weekend was a fun playday at the playground altho a little chilly than expected. Yves got off early and met us there as well.
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Sylvie pushes Nico around
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We haven’t seen Elanor in awhile!
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I think Izky and Hutch were playing the NO! game
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Phoenix and Nico sharing snacks
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Sienna playing drums
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Gabby slides down the slide with Barbie
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Phoenix slides down the slide with Mickey in a stroller
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And Sienna slides with Mickey too!
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Starr plays around with Gabby
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Mia is saying Where’s my Mommy?
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Sienna playing with chalk
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Sienna and her daddy drawing
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swing!

Flying Balloon Picnic

Catching up on some posts. Another beautiful day on the 14th with a lovely picnic.
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Erin brought flying balloons with her. She became very popular with the kids! Sienna got scared of the loud noise the balloons make so hugged my leg the whole time!
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Flying Balloon from Lisa on Vimeo.

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Welcome Lennox Ava!

My good friend Geneva gave birth to her second child, a girl they named Lennox Ava. She was born on Wednesday morning at around 2am on the 19th. I went to visit her later that day.
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She took quite a liking to me. 😉

Then on Thursday we went over to play with Phoenix so Layne could spend some quality time with his wife and new daughter.
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This may look like karate but Sienna was actually doing ballerina poses.

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