Yesterday it was cold outside so Sienna and i made a couple of movies. It was fun and i think she had a good time. Here’s the first one..
More to come..
Episode 1 of The Incredible Frogga
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Category Archives: Brooklyn
BBQ
YAY!! another good BBQ!! We have been very lucky this year with the timing for our BBQs. Every one so far has been a beautiful day! The last one was this past Saturday the 20th. Earlier in the week the weather was supposed to be just horrible for that day. We waited, knowing that the weather is not set in stone, and it payed off.
We invited some friends we haven’t seen in a while. It was really really good to see them. The best part of the BBQ was that i think i finally figured out what the correct temperature for doing burgers! i know it doesn’t seem like much but i suck at the grill. I just needed practice. Allen gave me some good tips last time and they worked nicely.
David, Tom and Maureen were there.
so was Peter. I haven’t seen him in a while. Here he is sticking his tung out at me. I didn’t know it till i saw the picture.
Doy was there too. She even showed up on time!!! i was shocked!!
Adventurers Amusement Park
A couple of weeks ago we met up with Jana, Allen and the kids and Heather and her kids and went to Adventurers Amusement Park in Brooklyn. i’ve driven past the place many many times and wondered who the hell goes to that place. Little kids and their parents, thats who!! You can see it from the belt, it looks a little thrown together and gypsyish. The kids love it though.
It was a very hot day that day but the kids didn’t care.
Half the rides worked..
They’re just going around and around in a circle. Actually, all the rides were like that!!
Snow storm 2010
On Sunday the 26th we had a huge snow storm go through the NY area. Brooklyn recorded up to 20 inches with the snow drifts measuring in at way more than that.
We got up on monday to find snow covering EVERYTHING in sight!! UGH, i had a LOT of shoveling ahead of me. Its a good thing we had a snow blower right? Well no not exactly you see, the snow blower only works if there isn’t any wind. It turned out to be a VERY windy day so the blower was not an option. GRRRRRRR!! it all had to be done by hand.
I started early that morning and did as much as i could with the wind blowing. I ended up being outside for HOURS! I’ve never been so exhausted in my life!! It ended up taking me 3 days to completely remove the snow.
I do know somebody that had a great time though. She doesn’t have snow clothes that fit so Lisa had to improvise a bit.
So our street remained impassable for 3 days!! No plows, NOTHING!! They did finally show up at 10:20pm on Wednesday..
They got stuck infront of our house…
PhotoBooth
Sienna and i have rediscovered PhotoBooth on my MacBookPro. From time to time, we just hangout infront of my computer and make silly faces at the camera.
Then we discovered that i could put effects on the pictures!!
Then we discovered that we could record video!!
More videos and pics to come..
sucky blogger
Yes yes yes i know, i suck at blogging. bite me.. i’ll post shit when i’m good and ready!!
Since i’m so far behind, i’m going to try to just post random pictures and videos. I’ll explain as i go along though.
Back in early May, we were invited to a cinco de Mayo BBQ at Selinas place. Selina is one of the Santos sisters from Chicago who recently moved to Connecticut because of work. She has 2 kids and a nice big back yard.. We had a good time with them. The Mexican food was great too..
As i look through the pics i took, i realize i didn’t get a picture of her or her kids. Great job Shuggy.. i suck!!
Backyard fun
fussy
I love this picture of Lisa and Sienna..
Lisa and Sienna
From time to time Sienna and i go exploring in the “scary jungle”. The Scary jungle could be anywhere as long as there are trees and some kind of trail. This one was on the side of the belt parkway. Its a bike trail/beach. i’m not sure if you can swim there (i wouldn’t).
When we got there, we encountered a troop of boy scouts cleaning up the beach. Sienna and i started exploring the area and found some trails.
I guess she really loves that Jamaica shirt.
sienna and her binocutars
funny face
scary jungle
picking flowers for mom
We visited the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in (duh) Brooklyn. It was a beautiful day and Sienna got to run around and smell EVERYTHING!! We did have to keep telling her not to pick the flowers..
i sooooo need to take more pictures!!
Sienna looking for the fish
Snack time
little photographer
she loves to run
Banana Bread
I got Lisa and Sienna making banana bread..
Halloween 2009
Saturday was Halloween. Lisa asked Sienna a while ago what she wanted to be for Halloween. At that time, she was into Curious George so guess what she wanted to be? She was such a cute little monkey. Lisa made a kind of a hood with ears like Georges ears. Somehow i became TMWTYH (the man with the yellow hat). Lisa covered one of my hats in yellow felt.. Lisa was a cute bunny. She only had the bunny ears though..
We went to Owl’s Head park in Bay Ridge. I didn’t expect it to be such a big deal and so well attended. By the time we left, it got a little crowded. They had horse and pony rides, a haunted walk, inflatable bouncy rides and lots of spooky crap for sale. it was cute to see all the kids dressed up. I think we ended up staying for 2 hours or so.
Atlantic Antic Brooklyn 2009
This weekend, we hopped on the subway and headed out to the Atlantic Antic street fair.We had to take the F because our local line is undergoing major work and has been very unreliable.
The Atlantic Antic is a yearly street fair on Atlantic avenue in Brooklyn. The route covers 1.5 miles of food, drink, art, clothes and local organization booths.There are also bands setup every couple of blocks.
It was an absolutely beautiful day for a street fair. We got there at about 10:30 and started waking around. Sienna had a lot of questions that day but her main question was “where are we going?”
On the street
Sienna saw other kids with balloons so, she wanted one too. By the way, she calls them “baboons”. Here, Lisa ties the baboon to Sienna’s arm so it doesn’t fly away.
YAY a Baboon!!
One of the attractions every year is old MTA buses. You can go in them and look around.
Old Bus
Sienna wanted a grilled cheese sandwich. This was the next best thing.
Lunch
We all sat on the sidewalk to have lunch.
On the sidewalk
Well, the inevitable happened, the baboon flew away..
OH NO baboon gone!
I shot a little bit of video with my flip. I’m starting to get the hang of it. I also discovered the basic editing software that comes with the flip. I still need to play around with it a little bit more to get it right but it’s starting to come together. I have to be careful not to shoot the same way i would at work. The pace is so different and i am the audience.
Little runner
Sienna loves to run. When we go outside to play, she spends most of the time running back and forth. Sometimes i run with her but i don’t have her energy level. “again daddy” is all i hear..
I am starting to try other things on the grill. Notice not a burger in sight.. Here we have chicken thighs and corn on the cob and some hot dogs. I can’t get away from the hot dogs, Sienna loves them and so do i..
more stuff on the grill