July - the Essence of Summer

July was easy and fun. It was full of holidays, birthdays, and special occasions and lots of and lots of fun summer activities.  July is our favorite!! 

Enjoy the highlights.  Because we sure did :)

4th of July playgroup!

A good ol' fashioned sack race.  For a two-year old, Boston is really good at this kind of thing!

The Downtown crew...

After closing a big international deal that was months in the making, Daddy got off work early and met us at the park, it was quite the treat. 

Boston was thrilled to be subway surfing.

Our first ticker tape parade, and the first one in New York City in 60 years! And hooray for the USA Women's Soccer Team!

This is what it looked like from above, raining ticker tape down from the skyscrapers around us!

My pool side view was just about perfect!  We lucked out that our apartment has a nice pool, and some days it is just perfect!

If he could watch boats all day he would. 

He likes the kind of carousels that don't move

He does not like them when they go around (as most carousels do).

Dr. Butterfly has arrived!

We love Posman books, its our new favorite go-to bookstore.  What a perfect spot for two little city kids!

 A wonderful happy 7 years to us!! Its been bliss baby!

She couldn't be more creative and he is pretty happy to play along.  More so than his face suggests in this picture!  He is off to space in his rocketship!

She discovered how great it feels to float. 

34 Was a Score!

It happened and I couldn't avoid it.  I turned 34!  And this birthday was the best yet!  I do believe that each year brings such great new things.   New goals, new things learned from your previous year, and a new outlook on whatever is before you.  Plus I have always loved birthdays! 

This year's celebration was so fun, because it was my first birthday in NYC, and having a holiday birthday always means that Adam is home to celebrate it with us.  We decided to head to the top of One World Observatory to enjoy the view.  It was incredible and I recommend it to everyone!  Its the highest point in the Northern Hemisphere and it feels pretty amazing to look at this vast city from that high up. 

So, we decided that even though it was cheesy, it would be pretty fun to have this photo taken 100 stories above the city!  And since both of our kids smiled, we went ahead and bought it.  I can't believe how big our kids look!

We just had to take a picture with our home right behind us.  Our building is the one right behind Adam's hair :).  It's so weird because our apartment feels high up on the 35th floor, but it looks so tiny and far away!

Same picture - different background!

Time to party!

This guy takes at least a solid 20 minutes to wake up from a nap.  During that 20 minute waking period though - look out!

Because everyone needs a slab of marble on their birthday.  Practically doubled my kitchen counter space, haha.

A party is never complete without dancing. 

Daddy is pretty much the greatest thing in all our lives.

Waiting, along with 3 million of our closest friends, on the FDR for the Macy's Fireworks to start shooting over the East River. And surprisingly not as crowded as we had heard it would be. 

It was a pretty amazing show!

Walking home and soaking up every last minute of the day. And I love that the world trade center is lit up with red, white, and blue! 

Happy 4th of July!