Cory & Annie &Bee

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Smartphone. Annie

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I am going to try to blog again with the help of a smart phone. When action happens I can share it faster then waiting for me to have time to blog pics from my camera.

Here are 3 pics from today.

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Happy Thanksgiving '11

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Happy Birthday Cory!

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Cory's Birthday was last Friday night! September 28th!

Bee video take 2

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Bee video take 1

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Bee video take 1

Brooklyn Owl's first craft fair.

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September 3rd, I did my first craft fair! It was a lot of fun! This weekend I will be at the Brooklyn Flea and on Sunday I will be at Atlantic Antic. Busy weekend!

Gymnastics Bee and 2 Where are we pictures

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The Country or the streets of Park Slope?
We just had our annual block party and it was so fun! The next day we went to another block party and they had ponies!!!

Disney Land or Times Square?

Bee who is normally scared of humans in costumes. Said..."I'm not afraid" and let Minnie mouse pick her up to take a picture. We were in Times Square today and ran into Minnie and Mickey taking pictures with kids so tourists (or moms coming from Brooklyn) would give them money!
A Bee Video!

Side Note...Bee's birthday is coming up! October 13th! Any family members out there need a gift idea? Gymnastics/Dance class is little Bee's desire!

Mom Dad Papa Mimi Grandma Sister Brother Friend Dog

2011-09-18T23:44:00.028-04:00

This pretty much rounds out the rest of my CA pictures. I couldn't upload them all but I think this is enough to give you an idea!

Papa Tom trying out a fancy chair!

Bee loves babies and balls! Here she is improvising to look like Ashley!

Grandma Asta gave me some of her old dresses. This dress was one that she had sewn herself!

This dress was one of Grandma's all time favorites!

Family picture time!

Mimi's models!

I've known Rose for ever!

Dinner with Dad, Jill, Melissa and Jason!

Ashley is having a "Boy!" I went to Ashley's baby shower!

Ashley's with her mom, mom-in-law, and grandma!

Carousel with Papa Robert!

Mimi and Bee!

Cory and Jason discovered a fun pinball machine in the computer store across from the Carousel! Bee had a turn too!

Papa Robert!

Cory loves pinball!

Bee, Ashley, Scott, Cory and Bruce (and Charlie and Elliot).

Fun with Tammy!

Uncle Keith and Aunt Tammy!

Bee transformed into Tammy!

Bee giving Papa Tom a big hug!

Grandma Asta and Bee smiles!

Road trip to the Coast!

Shell Shack!

Morro Bay with Papa and Grandma!

Curly Girlies!

Higher!

Uncle Frank's memorial was a couple of days after Grandma Lois'. Family got together at Tammy's house the day after the memorial.

Jason, Bee, Cory, Melissa, Grandma and Papa

Still More CA trip!

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Bee hanging out at Uncle Keith and Tammy's house!

Family Time!
Bee and Chelsea taking a ride!

Jason on the carousel!

Bee and a very special fig tree! Grandma Lois' fig tree!

Family Dinner with the Sippels!

Sarah and Jordan leading the music at Epic Church.

Cheese!

Bee and Jason sitting at a table and bench that Papa Tom made for Papa Robert!

Bee and her Great Papa Tom!

Bee Mimi Kerry Bethany

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Bee and Mimi playing with water guns! Yesterday Bee turned this photo into art!

Kerry and Bethany were on the road and graciously stopped in Hanford for a visit! I Have

Grandma Lois' Home Going

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We love you Grandma Lois!
Bruce Family Picture!

Uncle Nate with Bee and her strong hold.

My dad and my sister Melissa!

Grandma Asta and Grandma Peggy.

Jill, my dad and Papa Tom.Bee, Ainsley and Papa Lyle!

Sarah, Jordan, Susan, Taylor, Bee, Kristian, Lindsey, and Paul!

Another Bruce Family Photo!

Billy Bragg and Bee's first day in CA.

2011-09-06T17:40:00.010-04:00

The night before we left for CA Cory took Bee to a free Billy Bragg concert in Manhattan. I love this smile of Bees! Reminds me of Cory as a kid!

After the concert Bee and Cory spent some more time in Manhattan. Bee had fun watching the "slow movie."

Fresno Airport Reunion!

Renny (Uncle Nate's Dog) and Bee playing in the backyard!

Bee was so excited to be in CA! She put on Mimi's shoes as fast as she could!

Stay tuned for more CA pics!

More Bentley Action and Pics of Bee

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Bee modeling a dress by her talented Mimi!

Sarah!

Before: An old T-shirt of mine.

After: A custom rainbow dress for Bee!

Claire, Geneva and Bee. Friends from church!

Jordan, Sarah, Lori and Bruce

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Jordan, Sarah, Lori and Bruce fun time pictures!
Cory, Bee and Jordan at Luna Park.

Looking back on July 2011

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I'm trying to get caught up with my blogging. Here are some pictures from July! For some reason I'm having trouble with the formatting so my text is all wrong. So, I don't think I will say much!

super star Edgar and Rolie Polie Guacamole.
baby Elizabeth's 1st Birthday party

4th of July Fireworks

RAIN IS GONE BUT WIND REMAINS. THIS IS WHY WE ARE NOT GOING OUTSIDE TODAY. THE

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RAIN IS GONE BUT WIND REMAINS. THIS IS WHY WE ARE NOT GOING OUTSIDE TODAY. THE TREE IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE KEEPS LOSING BRANCHES.

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Eye of Irene

2011-08-28T09:44:00.003-04:00

Hurricane Irene has weakened but still in NY until this evening. So far outside our window we see lots of leaves and tree branches but it is quiet right now because we are in the Eye of the Storm!

More Luna Park

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Here are a few more Coney Island pics. We are still waiting for Irene!

Check our blog for updates

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I will use my non-smart phone to text updates via our blog as we will not be using our computers during the storm.

Roller Coaster

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NYC is having a roller coaster summer when it comes to the weather! A few days ago we felt and earthquake and this weekend a hurricane is coming. Other than that the weather has been amazing! On Monday we took Bee to Coney Island. We played on the beach then we went to Luna Park. Mondays this month for Brooklyn residents you can get a 4 hour unlimited pass for $13. So our little Bee rode on 16 rides in 2 hours before going home to take a well deserved nap. The biggest ride of the day was a fast roller coaster.

Bee's favorite ride of the days were the boats! I went on with her a couple of times but then the last 6 were all on her own and that's how she preferred it!

Hurricane Irene is approaching NYC. We are on high ground in Brooklyn so we are safe. We have a fun weekend of indoor activities planned. We won't be surprised if we loose electricity on Sunday so if you call and we don't answer it's because we have turned off our phones to save battery life as we won't know when it will get turned back on and we want to be safe.

Bee got new tap shoes today so we will be doing a lot of dancing this weekend!

FWD:Saturday morning at farmers market. Cherry tomatoes and Ground Cherries!

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Saturday morning at farmers market. Cherry tomatoes and Ground Cherries!

Bee the Swimming Bee

2011-08-14T17:58:00.010-04:00

We have returned from our 2nd California trip of the summer! We went to Ca for the 2nd time to go to Grandma Lois' memorial service. Also, because Uncle Frank's memorial service kept getting pushed back we were fortunate to also be able to attend his Memorial service too.

I of course have a ton of pictures but can only do a little bit of blogging at a time.

Today's blog is all about Bee swimming in California!

Bee and Aunty Shelley

Aunt Tammy and Bee

Bee loved playing in this baby pool at Mimi and Papa's house.

Bee and her Mimi playing in the funnest baby pool ever!

Swimming with Papa Robert

Night swimming! Bee loved being about to swim by herself with the pool floatie Aunt Melissa gave her.

Bee with a little help had fun jumping off the diving board! This is a picture of the first time she jumped. was the first one she did!

B to the Bee

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Happy Summer Everyone! I hope everyone is staying cool!
I have been working hard on my Brooklyn Owl business! I have a website at BrooklynOwl.com you can check out and I will be adding my blog feature in the near future.

Here are two recent pictures of my sweet little Bee!

Joe and Jessica's Wedding

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More pictures from Joe and Jessica's wedding!

Cristina get's her power from Bee kisses!

Flower Girl Bee

2011-06-08T22:35:00.004-04:00

Wow! We had a wonderful time in California! We are back in Brooklyn now and I've started uploading the pictures I took. I thought I would quickly get up the most requested pic/video which is of Flower Girl Bee! First off...Congratulations to Joe and Jessica!!! June 4th 2011 was the most wonderful and beautiful wedding ever!!! It was an amazing wedding weekend! I can't wait to see the professional pictures from the special day.

Video of flower girl Bee!!!

Aunty Shelley

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Aunty Shelley pictures from her recent visit! I had planned on putting up more pictures but I think this is all I'll be able to do for now. My computer is not doing so good...or is it the internet that is so slow? Both!
Shelley was here when Spring was at it's springiest! We went back to the BBG as much as we could that week!

We went to the aquarium and Coney Island one morning! The walrus is coming to say hello!

Walking through Manhattan!

We went to an awesome kids street fair. More free arts and crafts for kids that you can imagine! Papa Smurf and Smurfette were there promoting the new Smurf movie. Before we left the house we searched for smurf clothes for Bee to wear!

Bee and I leave Tuesday morning for CA! Next time I blog I will be in CA!

More Brooklyn in May

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The azaleas were happening at the BBG this week!

And the bluebells are starting to bloom!

Mother's Day 2011

My third Mother's day and the best so far! Every year (so far) I make us matching outfits.

Bee and Will

Bee at church with some of the other 2 year olds!

I love Bee!!!

Hallie, Jon, and Max came to visit!

Bee loves to draw and likes to try and draw letters. Can you tell what these letters are?

Felix, Edgar and Bee

Bee and I got hair cuts last week from Mary! I'm enjoying having short hair! I wanted a hair cut that was short enough that I would not be able to put it in a pony tail! It's amazing how you can notice your hair growing when you have short hair! It's only been a week and it feels so much longer!

The lilacs were amazing! I can still smell them!

Bee enjoying the lilacs!

The cherry blossoms this year were amazing! Thank you God!

Bee had fun with the flowers!

Bee riding her new scooter for the first time!

Bee and I went to Manhattan to go to buy a new case for my camera then we went to the playground and then to the pier for the views!

Brooklyn in May

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Bee at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. I got a new camera and it's been great having a camera again! I have lots of pictures to upload but my excuse now is a time factor! Getting ready for our CA trip next week!

Easter Egg Hunt 2011

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The Tuesday before Easter the Park Slope Presbyterian mom's group had an Easter Egg Hunt!

Thanks to Amanda for these pictures!

Bee wore her Easter Egg dress that Mimi made her! Mimi even sent Bee a fun flower headband!

Hi Bee

Shelley's Visit to New York

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My Aunt Shelley is in a plane traveling back to SFO. We had an amazing week. We were really busy and had lots of fun. The Brooklyn Botanical Garden was amazing this week so we went 3 times! Bee loves her Grandma Shelley. They had lots of fun early mornings together. Thanks Shelley for taking us to fun restaurants and for loving us so much! See you in California really soon!

Easter 2011

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Happy Easter 2011

Jesus has Risen!

Still no camera at the Bruce household. I need to get to BnH in Manhattan to try some camera out! We should find out tomorrow if DriveSavers is able to recover the data on Cory's hard drive. In case you didn't here...Cory's work computer's hard drive crash and lots of data was lost. Thanks to Shannon for sending us this picture from church today!

Bee's First Cartoons!

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Bee has been making cartoons! Bee is the artistic director, creator of the images and voice overs. Daddy helps with the more technical aspects.

"Bee's First Cartoon"

"Go Owl"

"Lonely Turtle"
Listen closely to this one!
The first line is..."It's lonely on the Island..."

Pink and Purple

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Bee and her pink bike (not silver)!

Bee's been practicing riding her bike out side the past week! We are so glad the weather is warming up!

Adventure Bee and Cory took a trip to Manhattan. They went to the HighLine, a playground and took a visit to our first apartment in Manhattan. In this picture Bee is sitting on the steps! Bee got a pretty black eye from a "trip" she took in our house!

Bee sitting on the steps along the HighLine!

Silly Bee...don't drop the camera!

2011-03-25T20:13:00.006-04:00

Mimi sent us a St. Patrick's day package and in it was this "silly ball/hat." At first Bee was afraid of it but quickly warmed up to the fun toy! Mangaged to get a one quick shot before she took it off her head! She calls it her "silly ball!"

Bee was taking pictures and dropped our Canon G9. It was almost 3 years old so it has given us a good run but it is now broken! We could have it fixed for close to $200 but instead when the time is right we are going to just buy a new camera! She felt really bad about dropping the camera! Don't worry Bee, our last camera was also dropped and broken but I was the cause of that one! Here are the last 4 pictures taken with our camera by our sweet daughter Bee.

Bee taking a picture of Michelle!

Bee taking a picture of her mama!

Took me a few seconds to figure out what these last pictures were of! Do you know what it is???

Very last picture taken!

Soon I will post some cute videos of Bee and Edgar playing the Ukulele that I took the day the camera broke!

Are you wearing something GREEN today?

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Bee and I were with Dalia today! It was a very "lucky" thing too because Mimi had just sent Bee a package with lots of green items for the girls! Including matching green sweatshirts! It was a gorgeous day in Brooklyn! I took the girls to the zoo!

Running is fun! Notice the green grass starting to grow! Dare I say "Spring has Sprung!"

A little sidewalk chalk time!

This past Monday I woke up and looked out the window and found that the tree outside had bunches of leaves on it! I knew this tree was special because last winter it somehow still had pink flowers on it so I wasn't too suprised to think it had grown leaves over night. But then I woke up and realized that today was the day the TV show "Damages" was filming next door to us. They had wired ginko leaves to a non ginko tree! This tree got to be really smart for a day!

We had fun watching the film shoot all day! They were actually filming next door to us and two doors down on the other side of us! In this scene they are filming a shot on the front steps. I could here the dialogue lines as we sat on our couch! "Damages" in case you are curious shows on FX. I have never scene it but have since learned that it is a good show and think I that I should check it out considering I feel apart of the show now!
Have you heard? Bee and Cory have been making cartoon together! So fun! I'll try to put the cartoons on the blog soon!

Mama and her Panda Bee!

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The weather is changing and we are getting to discover the park again! Spring is near! Praise God!

Mega Blog now WITH Captions!

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Bee has been going on weekly adventures with Daddy! For this trip they went to Times Square!
The next day Bee and I went back to Times Square to go to the Garmet District!

The fabric stores in the garmet district (from about W 35th st to W 40th st) are amazing! I had never seen so much fabric and check out all of this felt!

I am working on selling my handmade felt hair clips! Bee has been helping me by letting me take pictures of her with the clips in her hair!

"What are you listening to Bee?" Notice Bee's attire? Her "kitty cat" underwear are very special to us! They have been helping her keep motivated to keep dry! Bee now wears big girl underwear 24hours in the day now! I love it!

Adventure Bee and Daddy went to the Firecracker Festival during Chinese New Year! Bee really enjoyed the firecrackers and she still talks about the dragons and lions!

Bee and Dalia watching the sea lions! Dalia got a new stroller board so I can take both girls on my own on days I watch Dalia!

The girls playing dress-up! Bee has been practicing being a flower girl getting ready for Joe and Jessica's wedding!

The girls modeling the "I love BK (Brooklyn)" clips!

On an adventure Cory and Bee ended up at Trinity Church's cemetery! There was a piece of chalk on the ground and Bee got to work making art! Cory counted 21 individual drawings that Bee did on the stone sidewalk!

The big Bull in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan! Bee was on her way with Cory to go to the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty.

Joe came to do some business in NY for his upcoming play and we got to spend some time with him! Here we are in Prospect Park the day after a nice big snow!

Go Cory Go

My little helper separating her laundry!

Now this is a Snow Bunny!

Bee had a ton of fun with her Godfather Joe!Jessica and Joe sent us Bee and Beehive cookie cutters! Bee and I made biscuits!

Bee loves having friends over and she loves putting the camera on self timer! These are friends from Church, Tim and Carolyn.

Tim is 6'5" and did us a big favor by cleaning our fan!

Game Night! Megan, Ryan, Matt, Shannon, Annie, Cory and Bee!

Went to Audry and Brocks house to celebrate Baby Cora's first birthday! Cora is in the red shirt!

They have a dog that Cory says looks identical to his childhood dog!

Cory, Bee and Jason!

Our sweet little Valentine!

So, that's it for now! I have more pictures of course but at least this blog now has some words!

The workings of a mega blog

2011-02-25T23:50:00.028-05:00

It's almost 3am and I must be going to sleep. I finally had the time and free time on Cory's computer to upload pictures from the past month and half! I am not done uploading all of the pics to blogger but here are the pics so far! No descriptions yet but I thought I would at least post what I have so far.

Happy Valentines Day!

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Happy Valentines Day!

My friend Michelle, mom to Edgar took these cute pics of Felix, Bee and Edgar!
Do you have my new phone number? I changed my (559) number to a local Brooklyn phone number.

Here's a toddler Valentines Day story. Edgar tries to Bee from Felix...

...it doesn't work.

3 Parties, New doo, NYC with Bee and Spatzele!

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My friend Mary needed a last minute hair model and my hair needed a job! Thanks Mary! Keep up the great work!

Bee, Astrid and Mia playing a counting game!

Bee, Edgar and Dalia on top of the hill ready to sled down! It was Edgar's birthday so we celebrated with snow and then we went back to our house to warm up and have a little birthday celebration!

Sara and Austin made the trek from Queens to come and have dinner with us! Bee loves it when friends come over!

A few days ago we went to the MET!

I love this room in the musuem. It is filled with natural light and has real Egyptian buildings! Bee having fun waving her hands!

Sweet Bee picture! At the musuem it started getting close to Bee's nap time and she said she wanted to go home. We asked her if she wanted to go home or take a nap in the stroller so we could go to the Central Park Zoo after her nap and she...took a nap in her stroller! But we have no proof because no pictures were taken at the zoo!

Throwing pennies in the fountain!

After the zoo we went to the Plaza hotel to see Eloise! Bee looking a lot like Eloise at the moment! Bee loves Eloise but the problem is...Eloise is naughty and she is not a great influence! Bee keeps telling us that she is going to be a good influence on Eloise!

Then we hopped across the street to FAO! Bee had the most fun on the BIG Piano!

This past weekend we were invited to three different 2yr old parties! 1st up was Magnolia in Red Hook! Bee is really wanted to blow out the candles at this moment! We met Magnolia and her parents Kristin and Sean from our church! The girls enjoy playing together!

2nd was Edgar's birthday party! Scott, Edgar and Michelle!

Third party was for Oscar! His parents Jennifer and Mike had a ton of family come into town! Bee really enjoyed the balloons! In fact every party we went to we ended up taking home a balloon! Balloon and 2 year olds are a perfect match!

Felix, Bee and Birthday Boy Oscar!

Sunday night Bee and I picked out a recipe to make from our new cookbook! Spatzele! Bee helped me! Problem was that it was really hard to make! I lliterally slaved over a hot stove! I think the biggest problem was that I didn't have the proper cooking utensils for this specific recipe! You have to push the dough through the holes of a colander into a pot of boiling water then after a few minutes get them out with a big slotted spoon (I don't have)! My colander is a collapsible silicone and just was way too difficult! Good news is that this is a very yummy dish! It is made from flour, eggs, spinach, baking powder and spices! And the last step you cook it in butter!

Bee's little fork wasn't enough for her! She started to use my fork too!

Snow on the Beach?

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Bee and Dalia having fun taking pictures in their new matching dresses! Dresses were made by Mimi!!! She did it again! She keeps creating new wonderful things! Keep it up Mimi!

Cory, Keondra, Teddy, Joe and Bethany! Keondra is Teddy's wonderful girlfriend and Joe and Bethany are Teddy's old friends from Canada!

Bee listening to one of her daddy's songs!

Bee learning how to sew this week! She is working on her first embroidery!

Subway ride out to Coney Island and the New York Aquarium! Bee enjoyed showing daddy all of the animals!

This sea turtle is really big!

Sharks!

After the aquarium we walked out to the beach! There was still some snow on the beach!

We got another snow in Brooklyn! We took a sled ride to the playground! Bee is gettting really comfortable on the sled!

For some reason no one else was at the playground!

Brooklyn Blizzard Bombards Bee Big Blog

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We had a "White day after Christmas" here in New York! When we left for Church that Sunday morning everyone was snow free and when we got home...

Snow Time!
December 26th

December 27th

Notice the stairs!

December 26th
At the start of the blizzardDecember 27th early in the morning!
After!

An hour later neighbors began to start the job of clearing a path!

The morning after the blizzard I thought for sure I wouldn't set outside...but I couldn't help myself! I love snow!

My street corner! It was super windy! But super fun!

The day after the blizzard we went out in the afternoon to take Bee out on her sled for the first time!

First family snow day picture of the year!

New Yorks are mad at NYC for not plowing the streets sooner. Took them 2-3 days to plow most streets. I wish they had been faster at plowing the streets because it caused a big safety issue. However, this enabled me and Bee to run errands via the sled. It was super fun. Here we are in the middle of our street two days after the blizzard.

Playing in our temporary front yard! The street was plowed hours later.

Bee and Cory on top of a good sledding hill! It was fun going down the hills but it was even more fun watching the brave kids! There were some hills I wouldn't go down! Maybe next year!

Bye-Bye I'm going to sled down a hill now!

Bee playing in the snow at sunset!

Bee was totally feeling like a big girl! She went down the hill on the sled by herself and then she wanted to pull the sled home herself!

We went on a snow adventure through the park! It was a beautiful day! Notice Cory in his t-shirt! We always seem to wear more than we need!

Sledding is fun!

Bee loving her daddy!

Bee making pictures in the snow!

Family Snow Picture

Bee was excited to wear another Mimi Original!

Bee smiling because she loves her MIMI!

We watched the fireworks display in Prospect Park!

At Azel and Bryants house for a New Year's Day brunch!

Ellie and BEE

Bee saw her clown tutu in her closet and wanted to be a clown again! Here she is making a silly face!

Bee and daddy working!

Bryant, Azel, Ellie, Teddy, Bee, Cory and Annie at our house for dinner and hanging out!

Christmas 2010

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Christmas 2010 was great! Here are some Christmas Pictures! We have truly been blessed by God and we have so much to be thankful for!

The October Moms group got together at Barbara's house for a festive holiday party!

Bee excited about all of the man-made snow! We had no idea the next week we would have a blizzard!!!

Bee and I in front of the set of Mr. Popper's Penguins. They were inside working in interior shots! I can take a picture in front of this house anytime but thought it would be fun to take it while the movie was being filmed! It is dark outside at this time but with bright lights it looked like day time on this house!

I was told that the penguins used for the movie were real but are going be gree-screened into parts of the movie but there was a penguin puppet on set! Probably to be used as a "stand-in" for the real penguins.

They were shooting interiors at this time.

From across the street Bee, Oscar, Mike and I watched the "movie!" The kids enjoyed it but I'm not sure what they think a movie is! We could not see the movie being filmed at this time since they were inside but got to watch the crew call out "cut" and "rolling!"

Bee has been really enjoying all of the Christmas trees she sees! She wanted to get a closer look at this tree in Grand Army Plaza near our house!

Christmas Oranges!!!

My dad sent us a big box of blood oranges straight from Grandma Asta and Papa Tom's tree in Lemoore! It was a very special surprise!

Christmas Eve eve we went to Bryna and Felix's house for dinner! Bryna made yummy soup and quiche!The kids exchanged presents! Here we are waiting for the subway. Bee insisted on holding her new toys until we got home!

We went to Candace's house for Christmas eve! She made an amazing spread of food! Bee wasted no time getting to work on all of the food!

Candace the cook! Thanks Candace!

Bruce Family Photo

Group photo!!! Candace, Seamus, Sean, Declan, Me, Bee and Cory!

Thanks for a very special Christmas Eve!

Video chatting with Uncle Nate a few days before Christmas! He showed us his puppy Wren and all of his nice birds!

Santa came to our house! And so did Mimi, Papa, Grandma Lois, Grandma Asta, Papa Tom, Nana Jill, Papa Robert, Uncle Jason , Aunt Melissa, Kerry, Aunt Shelley, Grandma Peggy, and Aunty Tammy! Not sure how everyone got these presents through our fireplace. As it's been sealed in for decades! But thank you everyone!

Bee patiently waited until Christmas Eve and Christmas to open her presents!

We might live on opposite coasts as our family but we are still together on Christmas! Thanks Ichat!
Grandma Lois and Nate

Mimi Marlene, Papa Lyle, Dottie the doggy!Aunt Mary, Lindsay, Grandma Peggy, Aunt Tammy and Aunt Shelley!

Papa Tom, Jason, Melissa, Grandma Asta, Jill and my Dad.

Bee has so much fun opening presents!

The story goes...Bee wanted has been wanting a pink bike for a few months now. She told Santa and Santa told Mimi and Papa. Mimi and Papa got Bee a bike. The bike only came in silver so I tried to convince Bee she wanted a silver bike but it was not what her heart wanted. Cory had a good idea to modify her silver bike. Amazon shipped me pink gaffer tape within a few days. Silver bike is no more!

Bee opening her "pink bike" on Christmas morning!

Silver Bike...

Pink Bike! With a hello kitty purse sent by Grandma Lois!

Bruce family tradition...pillow fort! Pillow Fort 2010 is our biggest yet! It was in our whole living room!

Anna and Mike came over for a Christmas dinner! Bee eating an avocado!

Red and Green!

We were so busy on Christmas that we didn't get to Bee's Christmas stocking until the evening.

Elf Bee handing Cory a present she wrapped for him!

Anna, Mike, Cory and Bee!

Hat from Teddy and Bike from Mimi and Papa! Bee had a great day!

Family picture with some of our new toys!

Bee is my baby baboon! We love going to see the baby baboons (born last fall) at the Prospect Park zoo. The baby baboons ride on the mommy's back so that is what we like to do too!

Stay tuned for Blizzard of a Blog!

Snow Bee! Happy New Year!

2010-12-30T20:35:00.002-05:00

We have been enjoying all of the snow here in Brooklyn! Bee and I went out for a sled ride in the park! We were there as the sun was setting! I have lots more pictures and lots of Christmas pictures to blog but I'm afraid this might be the last picture of 2010! I hope everyone has fun celebrating the new year!

Jim Carrey came to Town

2010-12-27T19:22:00.002-05:00

Jim Carrey's been filming his new movie "Mr. Popper's Penguin." Part of the movie was filmed on our block! They filmed exterios on Tuesday and moved inside for the interios on Wednesday. I talked with the woman whoes house they were using and she said that they were staying at a hotel while the film crew was in town! I was glad that she let them use her house! It was fun watching the film set!

Jim Carrey!

Film crew getting set up.

I was standing next to some paparazzi!

For the wide shots they needed the whole block to look like the day after a snow shower! So...they made it snow!!!

The blocks of ice were 300lbs each and took about 1 minute for the machine to make it into snow! This is the view from my window! Bee and I quickly ran outside to get a closer look!

Bee has snow in her hand! She wanted to bring it inside!

It was fun being the only block in all of NYC with snow on it!

A video of them making it snow!

Upcoming blogs include Christmas and the real Blizzard to come to NYC! Currently our block is literally full of real snow! They street has yet to be plowed so the street is full!!!!!

A Christmas Card Blog

2010-12-13T21:23:00.011-05:00

Merry Christmas

2010
from Cory, Annie and Bee!

No Christmas Cards from us this year!
Instead I have made my version of a Christmas Card Blog!

I hope you enjoy it!

We patiently stood in line to see Santa at Macy's for one hour! Bee is a very patient 2 year old! As soon as Bee saw Santa she started to cry. She was scared. She did her best to smile for this picture!

Here she is crying in last year's picture! 2009

Part of the appeal of Macy's Santa Land is the set up they have created. Here Bee is ringing the bell at the beginning of the elaborate Santa Land set up.

Bee enjoying the Bears!

The Macy's window display always amazes me! This year's window tells a story! Each window is a different scene. I can't really describe it but the whole set moves! Bee had fun!

We walked from the Macy's at 34th Street up to Rockefeller Center. We walked along 5th Ave and marveled at the store displays! This was the biggest present I saw! Notice Bee and Cory walking across the street.

This is the biggest Christmas tree! Lots of presents can fit under it!

Watching the ice skating at the Rock!

Cory, Bee and another view of the tree!

Legoland opened up earlier this year next to the Rock and it was our first time in. We spent a whole minute in here until we decided to run out and not have to fight with the holiday crowd. After the holiday will be a great time to visit!

The water coming out of the mouth is not frozen but the rest is! By the way as I'm writing this blog it is totally snowing outside! Weather was in the 50s yesterday and tomorrow will be in the 20s for a couple of days! Ouch!

We then walked from the Rock to the Plaza Hotel Basement! We found Santa here too! They also had a nice holiday display set up and we got to go visit Eloise!
I'll post the Eloise video at another time.

Bee wearing a Christmas dress made by Mimi ready for Church!

Bee meets Santa Clause at the Plaza Hotel! Macy's Santa Land is fun but the Plaza Hotel has the real thing! Got to go back and see him next year! He was super nice and the beard is real! Bee tells Santa what she wants for Christmas!
She was not afraid of this Santa!

Bee has a present for all of you!
A special reading of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Bee.

Bee blowing out Advent Candles!

Outfits by Mimi!

2010-12-05T22:09:00.004-05:00

Yesterday Bee got a big box of new clothes made by Mimi!!! This is what she wanted to try on right away! After talking with Marlene I learned that she made it without a pattern! She is one talented Mimi!!! Bee did not want to take this jacket off! It is so soft!

This hat was from the owner of Twiggs! This is the store that Marlene has some of her cute kids things at! The red jacket was from Tammy!
Mimi sent Bee a bunch of these super cute dresses that she made! This one has two pockets which Bee quickly filled with little toys!

Video of Bee wearing the Jacket made by Mimi!!!

Holiday At Home

2010-11-29T20:38:00.002-05:00

Thanksgiving 2010
We had planned on spending the afternoon with Bryna, Olgierd and Felix but plans changed because Bee was sick. The night before Thanksgiving Bee woke up at least 8 times. Her cough and fever kept waking her up. We spent all day of Thanksgiving at home trying to help Bee feel better! We decided to make the best of staying home so we put on our fall colors (Bee's dress made by Mimi!) and we took a family picture and sat down for a family thanksgiving lunch.

It had been 5 years since I had eaten my grandmothers stuffing so I decided to finally make it this year! It turned out great! Homemade cranberry sauce, acorn squash with tempeh and pumpkin muffins. I think Bee had two bites! She didn't feel like eating much since she felt so crummy! Thanksgiving is not a fun day to have a fever! Thankfully Cory and I were feeling great so we got to eat a lot!

Guess who does the dishes every day in our house? Cory!
Thank you Cory!

We are so very thankful for many things! Including...you!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2010

2010-11-24T12:46:00.002-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is what our little turkey has been up too...

Waiting for the Q train! Bee's favorite train is the Q train! You would think it would be the B train!

Bee off to the playground!

Bee and I went to a Manhattan Barnes and Noble to see Julie Andrews! We got a signed copy of her new children's book! It was fun to hear her talk in person! Unfortunately we could not take pictures of her or talk to her so I took a picture of the tv monitor instead!
If you ask Bee what her favorite animal is she will most like saw "owl!" She fell in love with the owls at the zoo! She talks about them alot!

Cool Bee

What do you do on a 63degree day in November? Go to Coney Island Beach of course! It felt like we took a Florida vacation it was so nice and warm! Bee loves to make sand castles! She even got brave enough to go and get water from the ocean by herself!

It was about 12pm when we were on the beach and the sun was shining right on us!
On not sure but I think in the bottom right hand corner there is a fish jumping.
I love how the sun is shining through the clouds! Heaven is up there you know!

Daddy and Bee getting water in the bucket!

Under the board walk...

On the boardwalk!

Last week Dalia and Bee got to enjoy the fall leaves again! I'm sad that they are already almost gone! Fall happens so fast!

Amazing red leaves! Thank you God for creating a beautiful world for us!

Bee looks like she is making her mean face but it is really just her "I really don't want to be smiling right now face." This cute hooded sweater was made by Marlene Loyd!

Michelle (Edgar in belly), Bryna with 8 day old Felix, Annie with 6 week old Bee.
This picture was taken 2 years ago!

Here we are now! We went to Bryna's house to celebrate Felix's 2nd birthday!

Holly, Felix, Edgar and Bee

"I'm ready mom!" Bee really wanted to wear her tutu!

Where's BEE?

Cory on the slackline! It is super hard! I can only take one step! Cory can go all the way across now!

Carousel, pink tights, hats, birthday food, running and schools!

2010-11-09T14:03:00.007-05:00

The Prospect Park Carousel has been shut down for the winter! Bee and I went on one of the last days last weekend! It opened at 12pm and we arrived at 11:50 so Bee waited!

Bee loves the carousel!!!

On my birthday last Saturday Bee and I spent the morning together playing. I guess Bee was so excited she just had to get up at 5:30 on my birthday! Mid-morning we took a walk to the library and bought lunch at the Grand Army Plaza Green Market. At home I put Bee in her hot pink fishnet tights that Joe and Jessica gave her! Both Bee and I love them so much! Pink! The trouble is I like them so much I won't let her wear them outside! I'll save that for next Spring/Summer! To cold anyways!

On our way to the Library! Bee's hat was made by Rebecca! Rebecca is a good family friend of the Secondo Clan! We met her last time we were in California! Thanks Rebecca!

Bee and Cory took me out to dinner for my birthday! Indian food for us! Bee's got her eyes on the naan bread!

Our dinner has arrived! It might not look like much but it is so tasty and flavorful!

It get's so dark early! Bee walked all the way home from dinner! About 12 blocks!
Monday morning November 8th was the New York City Marathon. Part of the race was just a few blocks away. I took Bee to go watch! This is a picture of the pack of leaders. Bee was cold and quite cranky so I only got to watch a few minutes but those few minutes were really cool! The women are amazing and inspiring! I miss my college track days! I run a little now but it's not enough for me to be in the shape that I wish I was! Maybe I should be running now instead of blogging? Bee just got to bed so really I have no excuse!

The next two pictures were taken last week when we were in Manhattan!
A fire alarm had gone off in one of the buildings.

The New School...

The Really New School!

The New School is a big school in Manhattan that includes lots of subdivision of specialty schools. For instance...Parsons Design School is a part of the New School. Parsons is one of Melissa (my sis) top choices for Interior Design School! Applications are due in February and she should know by March! She is excited but her older Sister Annie can't wait!!!!! Bee, Cory and I are to love it if Melissa comes to school in NY! No matter what happens I am so proud of you Melissa!
I'm off to go running...maybe

3 Things that make you say "Wow"

2010-11-08T21:33:00.005-05:00

Empire State Building looking really pretty! Cory and I went Ice Skating in Manhattan last week!

I got to watch some of the last World Series Game in Times Square. Way to go Giants!!! The final score was 3 to 1 but this picture was taken right before the Rangers scored their only run!

Cory with the giant white ball on his head. Cory and Michelle performed for trick-or-treaters. They were mesmerized by the giant ball. Cory heard them asking lot's of questions. Some of them weren't' even sure if he was real or not!

Fall Fun with Leaves and Costumes

2010-11-06T21:00:00.019-04:00

Fall is a fun time of the year! I just love all of the colors that the leaves turn! It's also a great time to wear things you can't normally! I got to wear my bright pink pants and old ice skating outfits!

Cory took this pictures of us. We were in the Union Square Park.

October 30th Bee dressed up as a butterfly! She was going to be a cow but decided that she was afraid of it but then she spent a few days after Halloween trying to convince herself she wasn't scared but she still didn't want to wear it! She would go up the costume, pet it and say "nice cow." Bee was in the face of being afraid of things. She was most afraid of a scary Halloween mannequin in the grocery store. She would say things like..."I'm afraid" or "eyes." When she said "eyes" she would close her eyes and want me to carry her past the scary things! Two year olds are cute!

Karoline, Dalia, Annie and Bee

Bee sat next to a "cat" and I couldn't tell if she was just liking petting the costume or if she was trying to convince herself that it was a nice cat. It took Bee a while to warm up at the costume party because of all the costumes! She wasn't quite sure what to do!

My little Bee turned into a butterfly!

The OctoberMoms group of 2008 got together for our annual birthday bash! We held it the day before Halloween this year so we could have another excuse to dress our kids up! In this picture we were trying to get all of the kids in it! Super hard.

While everyone was taking pictures of the kids I went around to the other side to take a picture of everybody! There were more adults that kids! It is always fun to get together with the other familes! Lots of the other moms have or or soon going to have their second baby! Just in case you were wondering...we would like another kid...not now...much later...end of story!

I love my butterfly!

For Halloween our Friends Michelle and Scott had a circus themed party! So, I made Bee a clown costume! I was an acrobat and Cory was the Ringleader.

Bee doing her lonely clown impression!

Michelle the mime, Scott the lion tamer, and Edgar the lion! Michelle made this awesome set that she put out in front of her stoop! Lots of pictures were taken of her house that day by lots of people. Here is one link to a blog that has one of the pictures. After all the candy was gone Michelle and Cory performed for an hour! Michelle was a mime and Cory was a...? Let's just say that he had that ball that Michelle is sitting on, on his head. I'll post a pic another time.

Bee loved trick-or-treating! This past week she kept asking to do it again! Bee doesn't eat the candy but she is really good at collecting it! Bee's friend Claire in this picture is a piece of grilled tofu! There were soooo many amazing costumes! One favorite that I saw was two kids were subway cars complete with working lights!

B-zo the clown!

When we got home Bee starting acting really silly! She had so much fun she didn't want to take her costume off! I still don't think she really understands what a clown is but she did have fun! She likes tutus and fun socks at least!

For my birthday Mimi and Papa sent a package of goodies! My Father-in-law Lyle makes THE best cookies!!! He make me fig oatmeal cookies! In the package was some fun stuff for Bee! Thank you Mimi and Papa!!!

Mimi sent Bee some more jewelry to add to her collection! In this picture Bee has every necklace and bracelet we could find in her toys!
Just recently Bee discovered that she loves duplos! Mimi sent her duplos that used to belong to Cory! Both Cory and Bee played with them for hours! They also sent Bee some Richard Scarry books! I had a Richard Scarry book when I was a kid that I just loved! I'm trying to find it for Bee but I have found out that Richard Scarry wrote a ton of books!
Nana Jill and Papa Robert sent Bee an ABC book by Richard Scarry. My dad remembers reading me an ABC book that I just loved so he was hoping it was the one I was looking for! It was not the book I have stuck in my head but it is a wonderful book that I love! Thank you! Just about the only clues I can remember for the book I'm looking for is that it was the large size book and lowly worm is hidden on every page!
I babysit Dalia's every Monday so the girls do lots of activities with each other! Here they are having fun with red paint!

I love leaf pictures! Bee has fun in the leaves too! She like me to bury her legs and she likes to make a big pile of leaves to jump in!

It was a beautiful day! I wish fall lasted longer! Here Bee is playing hide and seek with Cory. But all she enjoyed doing was counting by the tree!

It was my 30th birthday today! Thanks to facebook it seems that everyone remembered! Thanks facebook and thanks everyone for all of he happy birthday wishes!!! I
I am truly blessed to have such great family and friends! Thank you everyone! Thank you God!

October Fun For Everyone! Except for Anti-bike people!

2010-10-23T22:15:00.019-04:00

Dalia and Bee!

Two thumbs up!

Playing at Dalia's house is so much fun!!! Bee and Dalia like a lot of the same things! Babies, pretend food, books, drawing, and puzzles to name a few!

October baby Eva turned two and we were there to celebrate! She had a fun party at her house!

Bee knew that the water coming out of the fire hydrant was not a normal thing! She stopped to check it out!

We met Bryna, Olgierd and Felix at the BBG!

The big heron bird provided a lot of entertainment for the kids! If they got too close the bird would fly away really low to the ground!

Bee had her 2 year doctor appointment! Here she is with the toy cash register and Dr. Gately! It was the best doctor visit! No shots and no crying!
Last Thursday there were protests at 8am because of the controversial bike lane that was implemented earlier this year on Prospect Park West. We live right by this street and we use the bike lane and have found it to be a perfect solution to bikers, pedestrians and speeding cars. Not everyone feels this way. You can read an article from this link in which Cory was quoted. Technically they did not quote him exactly as he has never used the word "erk" but they go the general idea of how he felt!
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/44/ps_bikelaneprotests_2010_10_29_bk.html

It was a friendly protest! Lots of families and bikers came to let everyone know how the bike lane has changed their lives for the better!

Bee and I traveled by subway to go visit NY Transit Museum.

Bee's favorite was driving the buses!

The museum is all underground in an old subway station. On the lowest level there are real subway tracks with old subway cars that you can go in! Bee loved it!

Notice the fans and old seat covers! The old ads are really cute too!

Bee selling subway tokens!

I took Bee to a pumpkin patch in upstate NY that specializes in mini pumpkins!

The pumpkin patch happened to be in a Trader Joes!

Teddy's dad, Doug came to visit from Canada!

Fridays for me and Bryna are special! They are "Adventure Fridays!" For this adventure we went to Manhattan to go houseplant shopping!

We played at the Union Square playground for a while! This disk is a lot of fun for kids and adults! It is on an angle and depending on where you are on it you can make it spin!

These pineapple trees caught our eyes!

Jungle!

We looked at plants for sale at the Union Square green market (14th st) and in the flower district (28th). Here we are in a shop with lot of green plants and orchids!
These are the plants that I bought! I bought all 7 plants for $20 at the Union Square Green Market! I bought these specific plants because they are all known to be pretty easy to care for and for being good at purifying indoor air! I bought two rubber plants because rubber plants are also good at acting as humidifiers. Even if they don't purifier my air too much they are still nice to have around! Bee enjoys them too!

Dinner Party!

Michelle, Scott and Edgar came over to spend the evening with us!

"Pink Camera" is what Bee wanted for her 2nd birthday from us! She loves it and is starting to understand the camera better!
Counting and Jumping video!

Bee got her first baseball glove today! She said "baseball" about a hundred times today! Bee had her first baseball lesson today!

Bee is Two Years old!

2010-10-16T19:49:00.027-04:00

Bee turned two last Wednesday 10/13/10! To celebrate we gathered in Prospect Park on a hill with some of Bee's friends! Bee had so much fun that she still asks for more party! Here are some pictures from the afternoon! For more pictures check out the beautiful pictures that my Michelle took!
thebigwideworld.smugmug.com
The password to view the pictures is annieandcory

Bee loves balloons!
Bee and the kids ate lots of snacks!

Michelle the photographer and Edgar!

Bee was excited to show her friends how to roll down the hill!

Declan, Seamus and Cory!

Astrid and Mia!

Dalia's grandparents were in town from Germany!

2 Years old! She is still my baby!

Michelle, Bee, Edgar and Cory!

Amy, Gillian and Leah!

Sabrina, Rebekah and Jonas!

Hannah, Alice, Alice, Anna, Elliotte!

Giant rubber band games!

Bee having a try at the slack line!We had Bee's party on top of a hill and it was a lovely day!

Max!

Azi and Roya

Owen, Bridget and Brandon!

Seamus, Candace and Declan!

Mark Edward, Judy,Bee! Congrats to Judy she went into labor today!

Shabnam, Sita, Isa, and Amy

Going Home!

Levi!

Olgierd, with Felix and Edgar and Jennifer is in the background with Oscar and Bee!

Trish and Claire

Emily, Jonas and Rebekah!

Amanda and Noah!

Clem and Bee!

Leila and Sari!

Bryna, Olgierd and Felix!

Michelle and Edgar!

Oscar and Jennifer!

Coloring with Clem!

Bee having fun with the parachute!

Bye Bye!

Sam and Bee!

Felix and Bee at the Children's Museum!

Bee impressed me with her crafting skills!

Bee Born in Brooklyn 2 Years Ago!!!

2010-10-12T20:51:00.011-04:00

Happy Birthday to Bee!
36 hours of wonderful childbirth pain! Worth every second!
Bee is such a Blessing!
Thank you God for Bee!!!

Bee with her new baby sling that Mimi made her! Bee loves it! She is a really good mama!

Bee ready for church! Wearing a dress from Mimi and her pink boots from Taylor and KB!

Self Portrait!

Teddy and Bee! Teddy gave bee a fun baby book for her birthday! And he brought Sugar Sweet Sunshine cupcakes! So yummy!

Block Party and Nate and Meg's visit to Brooklyn

2010-09-29T04:19:00.003-04:00

Family Picture taken by Teddy!

Bee loves her new baby jogging stroller! Thank you Grandpa Robert, Nana Jill, Uncle Jason and Aunt Melissa for sending it to Bee! She could hardly wait as I was putting it together for her!
Also, thank you for the fun Crocodile Dentist game! Bee thinks it's fun and Daddy Cory figured out how win the game every time (by cheating).

Bee loves it when Teddy comes over!

The baklava I made for the block party.

Dancer Bee!

Uncle Nate and Aunt Meg came for a visit! They know how much Bee likes to take dogs on walks so they got her a dog to walk!

It's not often that Bee gets to draw in the middle of the road! The street was blocked off for the day to allow for a safe block party! It was so nice!

Every year there is a talent show! Bee was taking her nap at this time so I wonder what she would have performed had she been awake?

Cory, Michelle, Edgar and Scott hanging out!Meg and Nate had only one full day in Brooklyn so they had a busy day of hanging out! A few of the places they went to include the Prospect Park Zoo, Central Park and Times Square. They came back Saturday night to play with Bee before she went to bed!

Mia having fun!

A view from our window. After the talent show the square dancing began!

Bee and Dalia pushed their baby strollers around for hours! Up until a week ago Dalia, Karoline and Ardy lived across the street but they moved just 13 streets away and they came back to hang out at the party! The block party was a great time for us to meet new neighbors! I wish it happened more than once a year it was so fun!

At the end of the day the block had a potluck dinner! Bee and Dalia took a short break to eat and then they were back at it pushing their babies!

Bee had a ton of fun with Auntie Meg and Uncle Nate!

Bee's self portrait

I learned this weekend that Bee is getting good at answering questions! She has heard me spell her name so often to people that think her name is Bea that she can now do it her self!

Want to Buy a House in Hanford?

2010-09-28T22:19:00.009-04:00

Mimi and Papa have the first house they lived in for sale. Cory was raised in this house for his first few years of his life! It is a wonderful place for a small family, a started house with a lot of storage, or a great rental income property. It is in excellent condition and comes complete with washer, dryer, and refrigerator. Please tell your friends to contact Sell Smart (the phone number is at the bottom of this blog) if they would be interested. It is 1212 N. 11th Ave. Hanford and we are asking $129,000.

More California Fun!

2010-09-27T16:39:00.014-04:00

More CA pictures!!! We are back in Brooklyn now!
Bee sure keep checking Mimi's blog for more pictures
http://marleneandlyle.blogspot.com/

Bee and Papa Lyle picking peppers!

We went to Cory's first house! It is for sale if anyone needs a great house in Hanford!

Bee and Cory are standing the location of Cory's first room! Lyle built him a room from a section of the living room!

We watched a video tape of Cory's first movie he wrote and directed. He was 13 years old!

Coloring with Mimi!

Uncle Keith, Cory, Philip, Allyson, Callie, Grandma Peggy, Tammy, Uncle Frank, Shelby, Mary, Lindsay, Shelley, Buddy, Bee, Annie, and Aunt Mem!

Dinner Time!

Bee loves lady bugs!

Uncle Tommy

Great Grandma Peggy and her 2 great grand children!

Poppy the bird!

Tug of War!

My dad and Ace!

Papa Tom, Grandma Asta, and Tommy and Bee

My dad gave me the best surprise present! A box full of my mom's missing jewerly! He found it in a random drawer and waited for the perfect time to give it to me! One of the pieces was my mom's diamond pendant that I thought I had lost. I hadn't seen it since I wore it to my mom's going home celebration!
Hanging out! The weather was just about perfect for our CA trip!

Ace and Bee

Bee had fun picking vegetables from the garden. Here she is eating a carrot!

Me and Jill

Hanging out!

Melissa and Bee!

Jason and Bee

Bee and Jill

Bee and Grandpa Robert

Tunnel Time

Goodbye time

I was amazed at how quick Bee figured out this toy!

Tyler decorated Cami's room so cute!

Andrea and Jarin (older son Brady not pictured), Ivana and Evie, Tyler, Colson and Cami, Annie and Bee. We got together at Tyler's house! We all went to FPU together!

Ivana made Bee a super cute shirt and matching hair clip!

Mimi and Bee checking out the amazing "Bee's Family" picture quilt that Mimi made! Bee looks at it everyday!

Bee's first shaved ice! She loved it!

Jill came over the night before we left to drop off Cory's Birthday Present!

Callie and Phil came over to say goodbye!

Waiting for our plane at FAT! Fresno Air Terminal!

Bee's First Film!!! She loves to play with the camera and this time I was distracted enough for her to have time to shoot a video! She loves to play with the wheel that makes a clicking noise and you can hear her doing this the whole time. She is makes some cute little Bee noises! Future filmmaker Bee!