Lovin'

Hans requested a "racoon"  Really??  What kid requests a raccoon?

• 4 year old buddies
• Face paint
• Taco night
• Road trip planning
• Lazy weekends
• Holiday cards all ready to mail
• Spanx!
• Open windows
• Requests to be homeschooled (because he wants MORE school)

Lovin'

• Catalog browsing, item circling, Christmas list writing
• Halloween candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Hot chocolate
• Fleece pajamas
• Holiday shopping
• Mardi Gras planning
• PreK playground tales

Lovin'

• Riding the ferris wheel twice this month
• Shake Shack twice this month!
• A visit with friends
• Summer countdown, for reals!
• Late sunshine
• Picnic plans
• Crocs sandals
• Freddie reading EVERYTHING

Lovin'

With a classmate on a field trip at the art gallery in our neighborhood.  Freddie's class has been taking
walking trips to various spots in the community.

• A walkable neighborhood (and city!)
• Spring showers
• Sandals
• That scrunchy noses
• "Am I 4 yet?" asked every single day
• A lighter schedule
• A voracious reader
• Puzzles

Lovin'

• Hearing about the Olympians (Heros in Training is a great series for the boys)
• "When is my birthday?" asked daily by Hans
• Hockey, hockey, hockey
• Anticipating summer vacation
• Grandma beads and dirty feet (boys are so stinky!)
• Connect Four and Candyland
• Friday trips to the neighborhood sweet shop for ice cream

Lovin

• The start of t-ball season
• Outdoor sports
• Dirt caked cleats at the entry way
• Hearing dribbling against the wall and floor in the boys' room (not sure our neighbor would add this to their lovin' list.)
• Dry sheets
• Disney Dining reservations
• Summer travel plans

Lovin'

• Three year old's signature
• Sitting in the sun from dawn till dusk
• Ring around the tub after two boys finish bath
• Sound sleep 
• Sandals
• Crocs
• Shorts (noticing a trend?)
• Cherry blossoms

Lovin'

• The start of soccer, in shorts no less!
• Gatorade mustaches
• Little cleats and knee pads (Thanks, Aunt Liz!)
• Slow mornings courtesy of spring break
• Sunshine late into the evening
• Budding trees
• Disney planning
• Wiggly teeth

Lovin

• Pink cheeks
• Fresh snow (although who knows what's piled under that fresh white layer)
• Snuggled reading time
• Friday sweet shop dates
• Summer camp plans
• Clearance sales
• Popcorn popping on the stove
• Scented chapsticks
• Plants on the windowsill

Lovin'

• Matching hats
• Brothers, even when they're wild they sure can be sweet to each other
• Ice cream trips through the snow on Fridays after school
• "Parenthood" on Netflix with Charlie
• Slow weekends
• Blooms in the window
• My Valentines making hearts, and hearts, and more hearts
• Pizza
• Trips on the calendar

Lovin'

Children's section at 42nd Street Library

• Exploring big, old libraries, and NYC has so many!
• Enthusiasm for reading
• Biscuits for breakfast
• Holding a warm cup of coffee watching the morning snow
• Old Ugg boots and pajamas under my parka during the morning walk to school
• Excitement every single time we leave the house that there is snow on the ground
• Disney trip planning
• Unsolicited "Thank yous"

Lovin'

Cannot get everyone into one picture, for obvious reasons above

• NYC museums and museum membership (don't think we'd survive winter without them)
• Prolific artists
• Math projects
• Speedo swim suits
• Requests for snuggle son the couch every single morning
• Fitbit challenges
• Trip planning
• Sparkling water
• Clearance sales

Lovin'

• Snuggles
• Sweaters
• Lego building sessions
• Chapter books
• A new reader
• A new writer who can spell H-A-N-S
• Holiday shopping
• Holiday activity planning
• Summer Camp planning (Can you believe we are registering BOTH boys now for summer camps?!?)
• Thoughts of a trip with no plans next week

Lovin'

Peeps make the perfect hot chocolate marshmallow for Hansie, especially a ghost!

• Hot chocolate
• Wool socks
• Sweaters
• Low humidity
• Fuzzy scarves
• Teeny cold toes trying to get warm
• Ice skating trips in the works
• Halloween candy
• A new reader in our family
• Travel plans
• All things "ghost"

Lovin'

• Sunday morning soccer
• Excitement over homework
• Meal planning (and leftovers!)
• Pirouette cookies
• Halloween costumes
• Halloween decorations
• Halloween candy
• Pumpkins everywhere
• Lego creations
• Fall brews
• Boots and sweaters

Lovin'

• The last days of summer
• Mama and Hansie days
• The red homework folder
• Spotting Freddie on the schoolyard before he spots me
• Kindergarten tales each afternoon
• Sleepy boys
• Routine
• Imaginary friends
• Two swim bags packed for swim team
• Little corduroy pants
• Big boy sneaks
• Fall brews
• Charlie's smile on Sundays (Thank you, NFL Sunday Ticket!)

Lovin'

• Shorty jammies, especially with that smile
• Sweating
• Tanned skin
• Chats about what September and Kindergarten will bring
• Sore muscles
• Filthy boys each evening
• Days with no agendas
• Playing in the yard
• Barefeet in the grass
• Sandals and dresses

Lovin'

• Brothers who have their own pretend world to play in together
• Travel plans
• Endless requests for 101 Dalmatians, both the book and the film
• Shorts and sandals
• Painted toenails
• Mint growing on the windowsill
• Carnivores who love their steak
• Reading with my big boy each evening
• Snuggles from my baby boy each morning
• Children's Zyrtec
• Fruit salad
• An arti covered refrigerator
• Size 10.5 sneakers neatly tucked in random places

Lovin'

• Bronx Zoo Trips
• Investigating facts from books (Eyelashes protect your eyes, and camels have really long eyelashes to protect their eyes from sand.  Yep!  They do have long eyelashes!)
• Adventurous eating (ok, let's just call it less picky!)
• Playing school with both boys
• Early morning work outs
• Ice coffees
• Lower cable and internet bills (Calling the cable company and asking for a better rate does work!)
• Window gardens
• An art gallery taped above my bed

Lovin'

Meeting Daddy at his work for lunch after gymnastics.
He loves gymnastics but I think he loves his lunch date even more.

• Lunch dates with Dada
• "I love all three as you as big as the world" said at least daily by the best 5 year old ever
• Spring clothes
• Packing away jackets and fleece
• Budding daffodils
• Random creations taped all over the apartment walls
• Curls, curls, curls on Hansie's head
• Watermelon appearing in the fruit aisle
• Planning beach trips
• Shutterfly photo books as bedtime stories
• Looking at wedding photos with the boys
• Little baseball uniforms