Sunday, May 17, 2009

mother son bonding

Zack has given in to peer pressure and won't go to school with his own nails painted anymore, but he still shows a strong interest for painting nails.

Erik refuses to let Zack paint his nails (can't imagine why) so he paints my nails every now and then. Surprisingly, he's much better than you'd expect a 4-year-old to be.

Here he is concentrating very hard at "staying in the lines" (his words)

The obligatory cheese for the camera.
The finished product. I went back and did some touching up myself, but all in all, not a bad base coat.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

I {heart} NY

So we took Zack to NYC for the first time and he LOVED it! He was so into everything, he couldn't get enough of Ben and Claire (who spoiled him rotten) and of course, he got toys from the biggest toy store he'd ever been in...what more could a boy ask for?

(SIDE NOTE: I actually posted this one at work so I pulled all the photos out of my web albums, which is why they are so small. If you click on them, they'll open in full size)

Here he is with his first NYC vendor hot dog. It was gone in roughly three bites.
From Zack's first trip to NYC


The hot dog was just a warm up because when that was gone, he insisted on a pretzel.
From Zack's first trip to NYC


In Central Park, not sure if he really wants to come out and play.
From Zack's first trip to NYC


From Zack's first trip to NYC


From Zack's first trip to NYC


Of course it wasn't long before it was up and moving.
From Zack's first trip to NYC


My new favorite picture of them...
From Zack's first trip to NYC


PASSED OUT at lunch. He couldn't even stay awake to drink his chocolate milk.
From Zack's first trip to NYC


Time's Square
From Zack's first trip to NYC


Checking out the dinosaur fossiles at the Natural History Museum
From Zack's first trip to NYC


Giant whale hanging from the ceiling. The whole room looked like you were under water.
From Zack's first trip to NYC


Laying on the "bottom of the ocean" looking up at all the fish.
From Zack's first trip to NYC


It was a great trip, and Zack is still talking about all the things he did and saw. He's definitely ready to visit the city again soon!