Ari and Co Come to the 'Boken!

My broski Ari, his wife Kristin and their girls Katrin (almost 4) and Isol (almost 1) came for a visit in September and I am finally posting photos and videos now! It's so amazing to get these kids together and see how much fun they have despite their age differences. I know we're going to have many fun family vacations in the years to come!

plant

Since I was posting about the bouquet, I decided to go full on dork mode and share a pic or two of my favorite plant on our porch (or deck, or balcony, or terrace, or whatever it is!). 

It's a happy plant:

Pabbi Rocks!

Mr Bubbles

Markus Kari's Crown

Our dear friend Amanda from Boston (or now it's Natick!) sent Markus a lovely handmade on-of-a-kind crown for his birthday. First of all, let me say just how impressed I am at her handiwork! Secondly, Markus says "takk!". Since he isn't a big fan of hats, it was a fun surprise how much he really enjoyed wearing it...he loved it! Here's some proof below:

AWESOME

You gotta love it when these little ones start talking more. It is an absolutely amazing experience. Here's some footage of just that...and some questionable Lady/James action ;)

   

Trip to Central Park Zoo

We spent a bit of our Labor Day Weekend on a trip to Central Park with a stop at the zoo. This was Markus' first time at a "big kids" zoo where he truly enjoyed seeing all of the animals. It was a lovely day with Pabbi, Mamma and Amma :)