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Friday, April 27, 2007

The Green Knight and the Search for Cherry Blossoms

Stanley the Knight went on a search for Cherry Blossoms to bring Spring to his neighborhood in Brooklyn. He took two lovely maidens with him on his quest, Jane and Justine.

Justine, a worthy aide.

Ready for battle...

A damsel in distress...

Thank you Sir Stanley...

The Sword in the Stone...

Jane won't be left behind...

And at last...

Their quest is complete!

Monday, April 23, 2007

Airplane

It all started with weather delays in New York AND Miami. Time to look for more toys for the wait. The magazine kiosk had a good section to add to our airplane collection, and 2 more seemed a reasonable investment. Of course Delta, the airline we were flying, was one of them.

More time in the airport, then more time on the plane. The Captain offered a shy boy a visit to the cockpit, but he held back, now it might be a good antidote to everyone's boredom and restlessness. Sure enough, Stanley was ready to fly the plane!

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Paulina Ballerina

Which is more fun: watching your cousin the ballerina, or having your cousin watch you during ballet class?

Friday, March 30, 2007

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Early spring. Feeding the fish.
Experimenting with instant collages. Will post full photos soon...

Thursday, March 29, 2007

The Teins Come to NYC

At the Temple of Dendur

Teins in NYC part 2

Traveling in style...

American Girl

Ready for a night out...

The Mandarin Hotel in Columbus Circle

Thursday, March 08, 2007

NYC Transit Museum

We took a trip to the NYC Transit Museum.
The museum is located in an old subway station in downtown Brooklyn!
This is the Y Pre-School, I went as a chaperone (and photographer).
The kids had a blast, who wouldn't love running around in old subway trains and driving a city bus!

The kids were looking up at the old fans, before air conditioning!

Our guide read a book - How Little Lori Visited Times Square- by Amos Vogel and illustrated by Maurice Sendak about the adventures of getting around and ending up on every means of transportation and all over New York City!

"One day Lori said to himself: 'I want to see Times Square'" and he ends up taking an unintentional tour of New York City.
Warning mentioned in book:
"This is a very funny book and should not be read while drinking orange juice, or you will spill it!"

NYC Transit Museum Part 2

The kids were mesmerized. Story time in a train! and what a story, will little Lori ever get to Times Square?...

All abooard...whose turn is it to drive the bus?

There was also an exhibition of old toys, very cool. Modes of transportation are always a big hit. Out home is filled with planes, trains and automobiles, here were a few boats as well.

All the kids got to take turns sitting here and being engineer and taking the train where ever they wanted to go.
No one wanted to give up the hot seat!

Here's their wonderful head teacher Barbara, showing where the term "straphanger" came from. These old seats are woven straw. No one wanted to leave these old trains or the train station museum. We'll be back next time...