NYC beauty

Disclaimer: I really love NYC (most of the time) and think it does have some beautiful points/days. This was not one of them. 

Woah this is a cloudy day......(view coming into the city from Queens)

or is it???

Oh wait don't worry. It's just smog from this factory. Lovely.

5 Pointz

We went out to 5 Pointz in Long Island City, Queens. If you can I highly recommend it. It is 1 square block of grafitti. It is remarkable. 

Oh and Levi got glasses. He loved them at first, now he hates them. 

Elyse was super stoked to be there. 

Christmas Tree

We bought a car in October. Yes I know a Suburban is a bit extreme for NYC, but when you are on a budget for said car, gas guzzlers come cheap. It is actually a saweet plush ride with heated leather seats.  I am not a demanding wife (at least I don't think so....) but when Can got into NYU which promised us another 18 months of NYC living I told him that it was get a car or lose a wife. He made the right choice. We LOVE the freedom that it has provided us these past few months. Although it is not cheap to drive it isn't as bad as you would think and the Anderson's LOVE roadies so it's been fun!

So this little excursion took us to an organic Christmas tree farm in CT. 

 

 

My cute mountain man!

The farm is owned by this guy. He was awesome. So kind and helpful and he basically knows everything there is to know about furs. 

I was there I swear! (I always complain that there are no pictures of me on our outings so I always make Can take at least one pic of me)

 

After we went to this diner out of necessity. Do NOT go here. It was gross. The end. 

Then we decorated. 

 

Hooray for Christmas!!

Philly

Elyse went to Philly with her class in Nov. She had a blast!

She is so grown up! She turned 11 in January...I can't believe that I have an 11 year old! How is it even possible when I am only 23?

Cabela's

In November we decided to get in touch with our white trash roots and visit the redneck Mecca: Cabela's. After surviving hurricane Sandy we decided that we were super unprepared and that we should stock up on some survival supplies for the next time. So we took a roadie to PA.

This was spectacularly un-awesome. The guy who started Cabela's was a big game hunter and has all of his "trophies" sniff sniff. Such a waste. I hate hunting. 

Just to give you a little bit of perspective of how ginourmous this place is. 

Sadness. 

Happiness!

Levi and I kicked booty in the shooting gallery!

Ev

This was a few months ago. This kid just kills me!

Halloween!

I just realized that this never got posted! If it did and I missed it then bear with me as you read it again.


Poor little Evan got the shaft with the costume, it was almost to his knees. That's what happens when you're numero tres. Also Levi wore his costume from last year and Elyse made hers up. Hey kids, times are tight. Daddy's in grad school. In NYC. Nuff said.

 

Our favorite little Einstein. My friend Kdawg really outdid herself on this costume. Sadly this is the best pic I got. 

We went to visit our friends, the White's, in CT for their trunk or treat. 

Evan's first lollipop. 

On Halloween day Levi wanted to be a secret agent from the OSS which was after the ward party and the CT party (I think) It's been a few months and it is just way too much old information for my brain to hang on to.

 

He insisted that I write "badgit" on his badge :)