Loudmouth Mommy

This morning we went to the Guggenheim, which was awesome–what an amazing space. I would like to think that Ruby enjoyed the art, but I really think she just enjoyed the space, as we all did.

After the museum we stopped by the Ancient Playground, which was so neat. Ruby especially loved being chased by Uncle Matt, and Joe enjoyed swinging.

It was a beautiful day and such fun to enjoy the weather at a park right on Museum Mile.

We walked through Central Park to get to a Christmas Market on Columbus Circle, where we all grabbed lunch.

Tonight we made a valiant attempt to witness the lighting of the Christmas (holiday?) tree at Rockefeller Center, but ran into HUGE crowds, so we came back to the apartment to watch it on TV and drink cider instead.

Noah was here today too but barely made it into any pictures, so here is a special one. Isn’t he adorable?

Rachel, Matt, Noah, Ruby, Joe, and I took the train into New York yesterday for three days of sightseeing. Here is Ruby ready for the ride:

The kids on the train:

Noah enjoying the sights from Daddy’s shoulders:

Ruby got to meet TWO Mickeys in Times Square:

She also got to ride the Ferris wheel inside the amazing Toys R’ Us:

We finally got to meet sweet Baby Noah on Monday!

Joey is fascinated by his (barely) younger cousins.

Ruby missed her Auntie Rachel.

These were my children on Tuesday afternoon, shortly before we left DC to head north for the long weekend:

I probably should not have let them sleep then but I had stuff to do. In any case, the trip ended up being extremely long (we went 16 miles in the first two hours ) and Ruby and Joe didn’t sleep much, even though we got in close to midnight. Thank God we have the new van–at least we were comfortable.

On Wednesday Joe ate food for the first time–homemade applesauce. He LOVED it, so much so that he cried when I took away the spoon.

Ruby and her (second?) cousin Abby played the organ together at Gigi and Great’s on Thanksgiving:

Auntie Natalie brought Ruby a cookie decorating kit and Ruby had so much fun with it!

To use up the leftover icing Natalie used Ruby for her canvass, which the dogs enjoyed:

It is Matty’s 35th birthday. I haven’t been doing the November daily thanks like all of my Facebook friends but oh my goodness am I thankful for this man. I could not ask for a better husband for me and father for my children. He is kind and thoughtful and works hard to provide for us. We really are so very blessed.