Bowling at Liberty Lanes

After throwing rocks into the lake, we decided it was a good night to introduce the boys to bowling.

I had never seen a ramp like this for kids before but it was perfect. Otis prepared for his first ever roll.

Sam and Amelia were such good cheerleaders.

Cheerleader Mooney pulled his best Carlton Fisk.

High Fives all around.

When the boys weren't bowling, they were dancing.

(photo by Mooney)

When they weren't bowling or dancing, they were eating fried foods.

Sam was the winner! He even bowled two spares and a strike. The kid is a natural.

Perhaps the most exciting thing for the kids was waiting for the balls to come back.

Having bowled before, Amelia assured the boys that they just needed to be patient.

Otis was bored waiting.

Where is it?

A little drag racing was in order before departure.

A Visit to Amelia's Lake House

We were invited upstate over MLK weekend to hang out with Chris, Mary, and Amelia. Mooney and Yu also were there. It was a party!

It also was a bit frozen.

Muno showed the boys the dock.

One of these adults is trying to make a boy laugh. The other adult is trying to bundle a boy up. Amelia looked on.

Throwing rocks into the lake.

With a beer in hand, Mooney was the go-to person for supplying the kids rocks.

And then Chris Larry took out the saw. The house needed firewood.

What's he doing?

Eh - who cares? They had rocks to throw.

Sam pointed where Otis should aim his throw.

Pure happiness.

Be careful.

If Otis was on Facebook, this would have to be his new profile picture.

After the dock, we walked to check out the house for sale next door. It's on the market for cheap! Hmmmm.....

And then there was hot chocolate.

Next Episode: The boys go bowling for the first time.

A Trip to MOMA

A few weeks ago, we took the boys to MOMA for the first time. We got a year membership which is quite a deal. Anyway, there is a special room for kids. Otis and Sam were enthralled with the digital painting.

Sam had to wait his turn.

But he was ready to go as soon as it was his turn.

The artist and his creation.

Hey!

We took them to a couple exhibits and walked around for about five minutes. They also liked some of the sculptures.

And Sam really liked the helicopter as well.

After all the hard work at the museum, it was time for noodles.

Back in Brooklyn, Sam stole Sujan's glasses.

Otis's turn.

Seconds before the fight.

Waving to all of his fans.

Hi Molly!

The boys hadn't seen Molly much since our trip to E-music in June. It was time to visit her new apartment. They enjoyed watching the S train from her window. And they loved eating chicken cocos (tacos). And they loved showering Molly with kisses. Hooray!

New Year's Day

We visited Deborah's house. There were so many trains!

Otis couldn't decide which train he wanted to play with.

Sam didn't want a piano lesson from his mother.

But he did like saying hi to the cat.

New Year's Eve

Otis and Erik couldn't wait until the ball dropped. They re-enacted what it was going to look like later in the night.

Don't drop me!

Then Otis drew what it was going to look like when the ball dropped on the Etch-A-Sketch for Carrie.

Double Trouble teaming up.

Eat it!

Sam and Amy F danced while Otis demonstrated his new floor boogie.

It wasn't even 9 p.m. and the party was raging.

Nothing says like a party like a dancing cowboy.

A serious cowboy means time to slow it down.

We thought the boys would fall asleep but they were still going strong at 10. At 11, they wanted some fried chicken.

A few people left but we had reinforcements. Look, it's Yu Bando! Mooney is not pictured.

The countdown to midnight. Sam could barely stay awake but he didn't want to miss out on the action.

Otis looked over to see if Sam was still awake.

Right before the ball dropped, Sam burst into tears. 2011 was a good year for him and he was sad to see it end. Either that or 2-year-olds shouldn't stay up so late.

Happy New Year!