The Shuggy Blog

Saturday

It was Sienna’s first day of swimming class.

Class started at 9:30 am so we left at 8:45 am just to be safe. We figured that we would take our time to get there and park and change. So we get to Ocean Parkway only to run head first in a friggin marathon!! The road was closed so we followed the traffic (and i do mean traffic) hoping to be able to re merge onto the parkway. it never happened. we were bumper to bumper for the next 45minutes. No class.. i was so disappointed!! We went with another plan, the playground!!

Everything turned out great. We ended up having a great time. We bumped into Maureen and Tommy as they were playing softball. They weren’t doing so well until Sienna showed up then they started smashing the ball all over the place!! The team ended up loosing 14 to 13 because we had to leave.

Sunday

DUMBO means Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass

Sienna had a play date at the DUMBO playground with Raya who is Tammy’s daughter. Tammy is a friend of Lisas from back in the party days..

DUMBO is an interesting area. Usually it is a little deserted but I noticed a lot of activity for a change. It’s becoming way more of a neighborhood than a collection of warehouses.

The sandbox was a hit!! Raya had brought her bucket and little shovels so Sienna was happy.

We ended up at Bubby’s for lunch. It’s ok, nothing special. I think i’ve been at this one twice. Not much to say about it. The food is just ok. I’ve had dinner at the other Bubby’s in Manhattan and that one is goooood. I think it must be the difference between the lunch menu and the dinner menu…

Sienna enjoyed the free cornbread. She’s just like her mommy…

Shuggy Food, Sienna, playground

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Gorilla decided to come along for the ride.

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…

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.

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.

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

Sunday

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

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!!

Sienna tries the pogo stick..

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

Shuggy CR-V, Food, Sienna, Tammy, Zack, playground, shopping

Summer has arrived!! No joke, it’s friggin hot here!! It’s official, there are only two seasons, Winter and Summer. We had to go into emergency clean mode. The Fans had to be scrubbed and the portable fans dug out of the garage and cleaned.

Walking Skippy that morning turned into daddy horse time. She used to walk the entire block but lately, she wants to be picked up. I think she is dealing with her teething.

On our way to the park..

Notice how fuzzy the pictures are? Yea well it’s the remnants of the mashed potato incident.

The good thing is that it’s playground weather!! Sienna, Lisa and i went over to Marine park Brooklyn. It is a dog friendly park so Skippy came along too. That didn’t last too long and lisa eventually had to take him home while Sienna and i visited the playground.

There were lots of dogs out that day so she kept pointing at them and getting distracted. She hasn’t gotten into the pedaling and steering thing yet but i am confident she’ll pick it up soon.. i hope..

We ended up at the playground running and running around. I must have really wore her out because when we got home that day she was out for a while!!

the password is babylove
Later that day we were out playing in the garage..
BBQ time coming soon!!

Shuggy Brooklyn, Sienna, outing, playground