Ari Turns 3!

It's amazing that 3 years ago today Lavi and I officially became parents. And how much has changed in the past 3 years is also just mindblowing.

We celebrated Ari's 3rd birthday with him this morning (and the celebrations will surely continue). Ari woke up greeted by his birthday surprise present - which was a cherry red CARS tricycle, fully equipped with helmet and elbow pads. We knew he would love it - and Lavi and I were just as excited to unveil our gift. Just to see the look on Ari's face and feel his pleasure - it made us so happy. He really is getting to be such a BIG BOY - we notice him changing and growing up all the time.

Since today is the last day of Passover, plus Ari's birthday - I'm sure we will go out for a celebratory dinner. On Sunday - Ari will celebrate with friends and family at his big RACING CAR birthday party! We are looking forward to the action (and hopefully some sun rays too)...

We are SO proud of you ARI! We LOVE YOU TONS and enjoy being with you so much! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Ari's Birthday 2009

Peacock Pride...

Today was a rarely seen beautiful day (at least lately)...so we decided to bag the chores and head into NYC for a day on the town. First we stopped for breakfast at the local diner, and Noam experienced his first vanilla malted. It was worth noting. Then we drove into the city.

Gidi was around so we went to visit him in his & Orly's new apartment, which was great - and tour the neighborhood. It was such a beautiful day - and a really nice area that they are living. We hit the park across the street, moved on to walk through Central Park and then headed over to Broadway for lunch. We chose the local pizza joint where the slices are jumbo sized. It just puzzles me why we can't get anything close to NYC pizza in CT. After that we decided to walk back to the apartment via Amsterdam. We stumbled on a sculpture none of us had ever seen before, near St. John's Cathedral - which was quite amazing. The sculpture was huge and fantastic, and then we couldn't believe our eyes. Into the park, from the street, waltzed in a beautiful white peacock. It was quite strange - and then amazing as it opened it's feathers and gave quite a show to the onlookers. I have NEVER seen anything like that in NYC before. And as innocently as it walked in, it then left. It was really crazy. After that we headed into the Cathedral for a look see and hear - the choir was preparing for their weekly show - so we got to hear the practice which was really very nice. After living in and visiting the city over so many years - we have never had a day quite like today. It didn't much feel like NYC - but isn't that the beauty of Manhattan...

NYC April 2009