The Bridenstines -- Random Rants, Daily Dish and Seriously Silly Stuff

Monday, March 30, 2009 --- Nicholas in the park from 3/16/09

This is a little old but thought it was cute. We rotate parks that we go to and this is a new one for the wee ones. He was practicing his walk/run! You will see his friend Nicolas chasing after him.

Labels: Nicholas, park

Monday, March 23, 2009 --- First Bike Ride

Nicholas and I hit the streets of Manhattan yesterday for the first time ever - ON A BIKE! NJ's seat came in from amazon.com, along with his cute blue Bell helmet, covered in fishes and turtles and other sea life. Mom went out with a friend so the boys were on their own. It all started out well, but when I saw that it was too cold to go along the real bike path along the Hudson, we had to hit Broadway. So it was sidewalk city, from one street to another, which was kind of annoying, but nowhere near as annoying as the seat to Mom's bike (which I was riding), which kept falling down after being reset. I mean, I know I need to lose some weight, but this was ridiculous! And given how far down I was, it was like riding a clown car. We did, however, manage to hit the Harlem bike shop, the Burger King and tried desperately to find the red velvet cupcake place to bring a treat home to Mom. You can see how much NJ loved his carseat in the shot below - so much so that he feel asleep. Nothing says "A day out in the city" like sleeping in your bike seat. Afterwards we hit Gideon's, our local Jewish bakery, to get our shared cinnamon roll. Ah...the weekends.

Labels: bicycle, Dad, Manhattan, Nicholas, sleep

Sunday, March 15, 2009 --- Saturday in the Park, I think it was the Fourth of July

Well, it wasn't quite the 4th of July, but it was a fairly warm Saturday in March. Lori, Michael and Nicholas all headed downtown to go shopping, and fit a lot of fun in between the purchases.

Here we are at the subway station at 181st St, where Nicholas decides to throw some strange looks at the resident accordion player. The guy got a dollar, despite.

Here's Nicholas going down a big slide with the help of Daddy.

Here's Nicholas going down the twisty slide with the help of Mommy.

Now Nicholas going down the big cone slide alone!

Labels: Dad, Mom, Nicholas, park, summer

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The Bridenstines consist of five sentient beings of various intellect, value and potential, specifically:

Lori -- Wife and mother, taking a government-sanctioned maternity break from her personal training gig to birth, rear and guide her son as he begins his life and ends hers, a.k.a. “eating the metaphorical bon bon.”

Nicholas -- Newest addition to the family, born happy, healthy and eager to start blaming his parents for ruining his life. Predicted first word – Why?

Brummie -- Elder female feline, happy with warm belly rubs and cold bowls of milk. Tabby in coat, Tiger in heart.

Maya -- Deadly-but-delicious younger putty tat, with a soft face to melt the hardest heart and a proclivity toward urinating on Mom and Dad while they sleep.

Michael -- Husband and father, busy writing, producing and directing the next great American sitcom, if at least in his head. Loves to multi-task while on the phone, often by dusting while yapping.