no sleep till...brooklyn

Last weekend we wandered south to Brooklyn, New York with a pit stop in Flushing on the way in and out.

My mom wanted to treat Kelly to a birthday dinner at a Korean restuarant called Kum Gang San since January, so we we finally got around to going. It was a fun meal!

We decided to make a weekend trip of it since we have been wanting to take the pups to the Brooklyn Children Museum for a while.

SP 1.0 had a great time, it's fun for kids of all ages; but, they really do a good job of catering to the sense of wonder and fun that the wee ones have.

Even SP 2.0 got in on the fun.

Before we took off for our trip, I did some research on family-friendly restuarants that could be classified as "fine dining" because, quite frankly, you don't go to New York and eat at McDonald's. I was able to find a great Meditteranean French Bistro called Pit Stop (it had an auto racing theme) for lunch that served THE BEST hamburgers; and SP 1.o was impressed with the kids' chicken fingers too (so were we).

It was a great "pit stop".

After lunch we headed to a fiber shop called Brooklyn General, because, you know, I am into that sort of thing--even if the boys are not.

Then we hit Prospect Park. We did a lot of walking. And there was swinging.

Lots of swinging. SP 2.0 has recently graduated to swinging in the cradle swings on the playground, it's a big deal!

And then for dinner, we went to Applewood.

Where we, quite possibly, had one of the best meals of our lives. SP 2.0 enjoyed the culinary experience vicariously!

The chef(s) was very accomodating to my non-dairy lifestyle; and, they made SP 1.0 something that wasn't even on the menu (and gave him extra bread). Papa discovered that he liked pate and I learned that I love apertifs that involve blackberries and gin.

Before leaving Brooklyn, we walked the path to the Brooklyn Bridge and walked a quarter of the bridge.

We stopped in Flushing on the way out of town to eat at Kum Gang San again for lunch; and, we also stopped at Han Ah Reum for some groceries.

It was a great trip! There are tons of pictures in flickr of all our Brooklyn fun.

last bits of summer fun

Earlier this month we went to Lake Compounce (for a second time after going in August in celebration of Coast Guard Day). SP1.0 is very fond of rides.

The only things we have been doing on the weekends with any sort of consistency is going to Harkness Memorial Park. We went there on Labor Day for a small picnic and some fun, in general.

Other than that, we have just been finding creative things to do at home. SP1.0 wanted to learn to add. No, seriously.

And SP2.0 is contemplating a career in the WWF.

More pictures in flickr. We are heading out of town for the weekend (it must be fall!), so I am thinking we will have tons of fun pictures to share next week!

three quarters

Or nine months. Seal Pup 2.0 celebrated 9 months of making smiles last week.

We snapped a few photos, of course; but, our favorite thing is this video which I am calling Baby Gymnastics.

Perhaps this is foreshadowing his future as a gold medalist in the sport of gymnastics?

I will put the video (quality might be a little better in flickr) and a few more of SP 2.0's portraits up in flickr.

Tomorrow I will post our weekend doings, because I am sure you are all curious how we spent Labor Day weekend.