Memorial weekend

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Shuggy

I took the day of on Friday because of the long memorial day weekend. It was really nice to hang out with Lisa and Sienna for 4 days.

Friday

Toys r us

We started off at Toys-r-us. I wanted to pick up more outdoor toys for Sienna. I didn’t see as much stuff as i thought i would. Here, Sienna and i sword fight with cute nerf swords.

run mommy run!

We ended up going to the playground near Toys-r-Us them Wendys for lunch. I haven’t been to a Wendys in a long time. I forgot how good the burgers were..

Sienna loves to run. It’s very cute but she still isn’t 100% sure of herself yet. She’s almost there.

twerly slide

Sienna takes lisa for a ride on the twerly slide.

Saturday

Saturday we went on a mini road trip out to see Tammy and Zack at their new home upstate.

getting ready

We’re getting ready to go on out very first mini road trip..

Sienna is ready

Gorilla decided to come along for the ride.

Made it

We made it in an hour and forty five minutes. The car performed great! It’s a very smooth ride and so much fun to drive. It’s cool being higher up and i love being able to see my miles per gallon go up and down depending on how i drive it. the book says it goes 27mpg on the highway but i got it up to 28.6!!! that’s my new game…

Out front

As soon as we stopped, Sienna ran around exploring the front of Tammys place. Her house is HUGE!! it’s very homey and has a lot of levels. I didn’t take any pictures of the inside. I have no idea why. Check out Lisas blog, she might have gotten some shots.

The back yard

Lisa Tammy and Zack

Zack and Sienna in the sandbox

Lunch time!!

Zack

Zack is so cute…

Tammy, thank you for your hospitality. It was nice to see you again and lunch was awesome. We need to pickup some of those meat patties.

Sienna out

On the way back home, as predicted, Sienna falls asleep but not for long..

Sunday

popparatzi

Not much happened on Sunday. Here, lisa hounds Sienna on our little walk around the neighborhood.

more popparatzi

tugging on her laces

Monday

We were invited to a Memorial Day BBQ by one of Lisas friends Geneva. It was nice to hang out with a bunch of parents of small children. The food was great and i discovered a yummy Smirnoff Ice Watermelon that is going to be my new summer BBQ drink!!

BBQ

Phoenix and Sienna

pogo

Sienna tries the pogo stick..

It was very nice of Geneva to invite us to the BBQ. We had a wonderful time.

BBQ Time

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Shuggy

Oh boy oh boy it’s soooooo BBQ time!!! Last year we had a couple of BBQ days. They were so much fun that i’m just excited to do it again. Sienna is a little older this time so that could make it even more interesting.

The first one of the season is always interesting. I never remember how to do it but it’s like riding a bike, you just need to do it once to remember.

charcoal

grill

I’ve already pulled down the grill. I have to clean everything though. I wonder if uncle Peter would like some BBQ?

The New Car

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Shuggy

Yup, we did it!! We finally bought a new car!

Lisa and i have been talking about getting a new car for quite a while now. The little Nissan was just getting too small for our family. It was 14 years old and falling apart. After going around and around in circles for the past couple of months, we finally settled on the Honda CR-V EX 4WD. It’s classified as a crossover SUV.

I wasn’t looking forward to going to the dealerships and dealing with the scumbag car dealers then i realized that in this day and age, i didn’t have to!! I created an email address and sent out requests to 5 different dealers. In no time at all, i got some quotes. Some good and some not so good.

Last Friday i was a little sick so i took the day off work. After downing some DayQuil i decided that we should go do a test drive. We loved it!! I do have to say that the car dealers are super sneaky and unless you buy cars all the time, you wouldn’t realize it until way later. Oh well, i think we got a good deal anyway.

Once we decided to buy the car, IT TOOK FOREVER TO GET OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP!!! Sienna was getting tired. She was so good but i didn’t expect to be there almost all day.

Honda CR-V

We got the “green tea” green with the tan interior. It looks really nice. I’m just a bit nervous at the Sienna spillage factor but oh well we’ll deal with it when it happens.

Front view

If you look closely, you can see Sienna in the passenger side seat.

Happy Lisa

Lisa looking so happy to be finally in the drivers seat.

Sienna in the passenger seat

not sure what to do

Sienna keeps saying “oooh, new car”..

Street view

Now all i want to do is take a road trip. With the amount of money we spent, that’s exactly what we’ll have to do for vacation this year. I don’t think we’ll be flying anywhere anytime soon.

Just Pictures..

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Shuggy

Here are just a bunch of random cute pictures..

New apron

Lisa made a cute little apron for Sienna. I couldn’t resist!! i had to put the other one on and pose with her…

pig tails

Here’s my attempt at pig tails. A little uneven but it looks cute anyway..

Cupcake face

Sienna has a thing lately for cupcakes. This is the “after” picture.

Tent

This tent is in the basement. I had just put it up for her in this shot. I don’t fit in it at all but she keeps wanting me to come in and play too.

Sit

After a walk this weekend, Sienna did not want to go any more!! I had to convince her that we just lived around the corner..

Peeking

Sienna peeking at the birds.

Cookie break

Sienna and i take a cookie break at the playground.

Sienna Daddy walks

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Shuggy

Lately, since the weather has been kind of nice, Sienna and i have been going on little strolls. I started doing it just to get her outside and out of Lisa’s hair for a little bit. The fun part is that Sienna picks what direction to go in. The first time we did it, we ended up walking way more than i expected. We visited the pet store and looked at the cute puppies. I didn’t get pictures of that walk though. I’ll have to make more of an effort to capture them.

Our last walk, we checked out the avenue. We walked about 5 blocks. Sure it takes a long time but i’m not in a hurry.

Reflection

Here, she is enamored by her reflection at one of the banks.

Yum

We ended up at the best Donut shop in the city!! They make them on site. She ate that donut so fast. That’s my girl. Glazed are the best.

Donut Shop

Outside of the donut shop. Sienna still has a little bit of her donut left.

We then went to the fruit stand to pickup some grapes (Sienna’s favorite). Then went home. It was a very nice walk. I’m sure we’ll have more..

Grandma

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Shuggy

The grandma world tour made it’s last stop in New York this week to the delight of little Sienna and the other NY Menous. Grandma flew in late Tuesday night and stayed till mid afternoon on Friday. It was a short stay but we had a nice time anyway.

Wednesday

Sienna was so excited to have grandma back. She woke up and asked to go wake up grandma. Having done so, she reintroduced all her stuffed toys. They played a bit then we had breakfast. I wish grandpa was also visiting. it’s too bad he didn’t want to go on the trip..

Later that day, we went shopping..

Shopping with Sienna

Leaving Target

We ended up having lunch at Olive Garden. My mom really likes it there. The food was good. We had the best pink lemonade. Sienna didn’t make too much of a mess.

Lunch at Olive Garden

Next stop Home Depot. This isn’t a good place for toddlers to run around in. Too much crap all over the place. People just aren’t paying attention. Who can blame them. It’s a friggin hardware store!!! She did find something to do though….

Home Depot

Thursday

Sienna had her usual gym class. I don’t get a chance to go because of work but since i had taken a couple of days off for my moms visit, we both went to gym class with Sienna.

the gym

I can see how this place would be so much fun for kids. There is stuff to climb on, stuff to jump off and scamper across. there is padding all over the place too! Sienna only participates in class when she feels like it. Most of the time, she just running around with that little Italian kid following her, GRRRRRR.

Later, we met up with Lisa’s parents to have Dim Sum.

Mom and Dad Chin at Dim Sum

Lisa and Sienna

Grandma eating Dim Sum

Grandpa Chin

The food wasn’t terrible but i’ve had better..

Standing around after Dim Sum

Friday

This was the day that grandma had to go back home. Her flight wasn’t till 2 so she had some time to make us a nice Jamaican breakfast of fish fritters and johnny cakes. They turned out great!!

Grandma cooking

fritters

After that, grandma did some last minute shopping on the avenue then i took her to JFK. Thanks for the visit grandma, i wish you could have spent a little longer time with us. Next time..

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