The many faces of Sasha

I was playing with Sasha's hair yesterday (in preparation for my sister's wedding) and she made so many hilarious and adorable faces that I just had to share!

Wordless, picture-full post

Cookies!

Yesterday, Sasha and I made some cookies!

Yum!

House hunting

Why, oh why, is house hunting so stressful and complicated?? We saw probably 10 houses yesterday (I know, I know, it's an insane number of houses, but we figured if we were to drive an hour each way, we might as well see a whole bunch of houses). And what did we get out of this trip? Two houses that we like. One smaller and less expensive which I love and one larger spacious more expensive which Z loves. Oh, and a fixer-upper beautiful house which is a short sale, which we both love, but not sure we can deal with all the repairs... Sigh.  And we're still having to sell our current condo. Fun times! I'm stressed and dreaming about rooms, basements, and houses.
I haven't updated in a while, I have some cute pictures on my cameras, just need to get them onto my computer and then will share with you.

New York aquarium last Sunday

We really like going to the aquarium. It's so much fun. Kiddo loves all the fishies and I love spending mornings together. It's a very special trip to the aquarium (or anywhere else really) when papa comes with us!

Last birthday in July

So our summers are crazy busy with birthdays. Crazy! But we all love getting together and celebrating every one of our family members. The last birthday of the month is my father-in-law's.

 

Yeah, I forgot that I had flash off from our trip to the aquarium that morning! Oops!

Sasha practiced writing numbers with grandma and grandpa

My mother-in-law forgot the "6" candle, so instead of 56, my father-in-law turned 5. Awesome!

August is a pretty tame month for us, but this September is going to be nuts! My sister's wedding, Sasha's birthday, our trip to Ireland! My aunt, uncle, cousin, and her husband are coming from Russia for the festivities, so it's going to be loads of fun.

Super awesome kids day!

I don't know if I've mentioned this before but Z's job is fantastic! Not only do they have a very close group (who get together outside of work to hang out all the time), but they also throw all sorts of wonderful parties. One year, their Winter party was at the Natural Museum of Science, how awesome is that?!? We've gone to Rye playland a couple of years ago with them. And let's not forget their beer-tasting and sake-tasting parties! Yesterday was "Kids Day" at Z's work and we had a blast!! There was face painting (for some, arm painting, but still exciting), sand art, cotton candy (the adults took part in this activity very eagerly), shows, and workshops (playtime with the actors from Paperbag Players).

Sasha's cousins Daniel and Jonathan were also there, and the kids had a wonderful time playing together! And  yes, I blurred out the last names on the name tags, I'm paranoid like that... I don't want random internet strangers to stalk us (provided people other than my parents and a few friends read this of course)

Happy birthday to my mom!

... who also doesn't always photograph well:

But then, sometimes does:

We went out to celebrate my mom's birthday last night and had a blast (and I even remembered to take my camera with me this time!) Happy birthday to the best mama ever!

Z's parents

 

Sasha likes to steal my shoes and then walk around the apartment making clicking noises

Silly girl!

Yesterday when my parents came over, Sasha was enjoying dancing and playing with them. Then suddenly she came up to me and asked for her "pink dress". So I handed it to her, she demanded that I leave so that she could put it on by herself. Then she proceeded to twirl around, dance and tip-toe like a ballerina. Everybody loved it.
After her nap, she put on her pretty princess dress again, pulled out her train set, asked me to put it together and spent nearly the entire evening playing with her Thomas train.

And made faces with her equally silly mama:

She kept asking me to see this picture over and over and was laughing hysterically!

She's not a 100% girly girl, nor is she a 100% tomboy.  Some days she's a tip-toeing, tutu-wearing ballerina and others she's a ball-throwing, soccer-playing, Thomas- and Woody-adoring little tomboy. And some days, she's both at the same time!