More of May

This has been one busy spring! While the weather didn't always feel "spring-like," we were grateful to have been able to take advantage of several beautiful days in our great city during the month of May.  

Starting with a fun trip to the Central Park Zoo with several friends...

A picnic at Carl Schurz, one of our favorite parks along the river...

And a couple cute shots of Maelee in play...

One of her favorite new activities- reading through her favorite books. 

Sometimes the stories are quite interesting!

"Dr." Maelee :)

Posing pretty and then...

Sneaking into mommy's lipliner... sigh.

At a friend's rooftop party while daddy was away for work.  Maelee was the only kid, but loved it!  Everyone had cat stickers on their hand by the time we left :)

Mother's Day Memories...

One of my favorite activities to do with my girl :)

Delicious dinner at the Sholes prepared by our hubbies!

The kiddos


Maelee's final "class!"

At gymnastics class!

Enjoying the long Memorial Day weekend with daddy...

starting with yummy pancake breakfast!

Then attempting to all get green thumbs in the city!

with our outdoor window boxes!

Stopping in for a little treat at Dylan's Candy Bar 

after picking up some more things at Home Depot

Finishing the rainy day with Maelee's first Disney movie- Cinderella!

It was a very special night!

Some more NYC-style gardening...

It has been a great few weeks with our little lady.  Can't believe summer is about here!

And a little more from May:

Birthday Parties & a Strawberry Festival

It has been birthday season!!!  The joy of having lots of little friends nearly the exact same age also means doing a lot of celebrating on the weekends.  Below are some pics of the fun!

Blake's pedicures and butterflies party toward the end of April!

Maelee loved getting her first pedicure and chose her favorite color- blue!

Pretty little butterflies with painted toes:)

Then it's time to celebrate twin's Perri & Peyton's 3rd birthday in a Painting Party in Central Park the last weekend of April!

Highlight of the party- getting a hug from big bro Cooper, Maelee's 1st crush

Then it's Giovanna's gym-time party in early May!

And finally, Wesley's "camo" party in Central Park the last weekend of May:

With Leo's 1st birthday in Carl Schurz (two in one day!) later that afternoon:

Slideshow of more party fun:

Then a highlight of the month, Maelee and I enjoyed a very special trip to DE while Steve was in Chicago for an ad board during the middle weekend of May.  Not only were we able to see Too-Dad & Too-Mom, but Nana & Pop-Pop came up for the visit, Susan was in town from Scotland, and Sam, Kim, and Mason and Tom & Viv were also able to come over for an evening!  We had a great time.

It was a beautiful day the Friday we came down and we both loved just being outside.  

Maelee especially liked helping Too-Mom feed the birds!

Showing love to "cousin" Mason that evening... :)

On Saturday, we went to Fifer Orchards to take in their Strawberry Festival.  We had a blast!

Maelee loved the real and pretend animals, all the "rides," and the strawberry treats!  It was a great time.  We especially loved the sweet times with family...

It was an awesome weekend.  :)

And here's more!