quick update...

It's been a slow week for blogging because Ian has been working far too hard and I couldn't get near the computer. These photos are from last weekend. we had a great day on Saturday catching up with a College friend and his wife in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. We checked out their very cool apartment and then they took us to a local park where we watched the small dogs exercising in their yard. Ethan kept throwing his hat in the ring and that's what fascinating him!

The walk along the waterfront was very pretty!

We then headed to Lower Manhattan to meet up with one of ian's work colleagues. We found a great playground on the waterfront there with lots of toys strewn around for the kids to play with so Ethan didn't have to steal any. He did enter into negotiations with one kid who was hogging a very fun digger but he didn't seem to want to go for the truck that ethan offered him as a swap.

Ian was helping Ethan with his chatting to girls. This little girl followed them around for a few laps of the park.

After the park we caught a bit of a teen ballroom dancing competition in the World Financial Center. ethan learnt to ride a scooter with a very pretty 5 year old girl while we had coffee with her mum and dad - ian works with her Dad. They have an amazing apartment in fulton street - close to wall street.

Back in White Plains we have started packing. It has been a very hot and humid week. We have had three electicity storms in 2 days and it's still humid. So much so we didn't get much sleep the last couple of nights as the air con is too noisy in our room.

Ethan has another facial injury. Once again not too serious but not pretty. He was run over by a slightly bigger much fast kid in the playground the other day. Not much blood thankfully but nasty bruise on his cheek and temple. it was more traumatic for Dad i think who was on duty at the time. we had to have ice creams all round after that.