paper making at the new york hall of science

we went to the ny hall of science with siri's new bff emilio (and his mom, carolina) on sunday (despite getting into a car accident on saturday), and siri learned how to make paper.  she also had a great time at the science playground and enjoyed feeling temperature differences between mars and parts of earth.  we became instant members with reciprocity to other museums nationwide (e.g. zeum children's museum in sf, omsi in portland, etc.).  we look forward to taking more trips out there in the future...we just need to decide whether we want to keep the car or become zip car members.

siri's new bed frame!  some of you may recognize a couple of the pieces from siri's old crib.  hopefully, she sleeps in this version more than the first one.  

blowing a ginormous bubble at the ny hall of science

emilio and siri walking to the animation area to learn about animation

shredding paper to make pulp

waiting with smock

emilio and siri dip their screens into pulp

rolling out all the excess water

patting the paper to further remove water

getting a little help

getting help to get paper out of screen

science playground

science playground

tiny astronaut

right size astronaut

assembling molecules

learning about rpms by driving a race car

back to her socal roots

wheelchair racing

structure from the 1964/1965 world fair 

making watermelon and lime popsicles at emilio's place

this is brooklyn

...mostly pictures of park slope

this is my 'hood

this is my street

this is my block

this is my front patio

this is my stoop

this is my cat and her new scratching post

this is our central library (the park slope one is undergoing renovations) 

this is my child playing with small water fountains lining steps to library

this is my child, again

this is my child enjoying a bagel

this is me in my kitchen (picture taken by my child)

this is my child after enjoying a popsicle 

this is my office -- we're getting new furniture in a few weeks so this is all temporary 

this is my office door

this is my, er, husband

this is my child being silly

this is my child posing

this is my child posing again

nana visits nyc, 3

more pictures!

a little unsure about the top of the rock

my cute little bee (who insisted on wearing the swim cap although we were only going to the playground)

movie in the park!  we discovered this on our walk around our 'hood.  seems like a pretty awesome idea.

waiting for the f to take us to midtown

at sister act on broadway

hello kitty in times square

yummy gyro sandwich from the halal guys

not sure what this pose is about (chrysler building on right)

nana and empire state building

central park

chrysler building

iced tea, cup cake and cookie bar from magnolia!  the buttercream was so smooth and even though i use their buttercream recipe, mine pales in comparison to the real thing

broadway: sister act

nana in times square

jeff's new building (right next to radio city music hall and across from the Rockefeller center)

THE halal guys.  best. cart. ever.

eating our delish lunch

running is running, even in the middle of manhattan

st. paul's cathedral

siri and empire state building (and lots of other buildings)

it was windy

trying to get a better view of central park

my cutie and the tip of the chrysler building

one of the many pretty fountains along the avenue of the americas