Hooray for Spring!

Well, we've had a wonderful week off from school and work and lucked out with some fantastic weather. Hannah is the most excited about finally getting outside to play, I think. She literally dances around when I out her jacket on to go out now. She LOVES the Tots Park and she was a true Bissinger(in the sense that she loves to travel) as I dragged her all over the tri-state area. We hit the Bear Mountain Zoo, the New York Aquarium at Coney Island, took a train to the playground in Peekskill and took in the Liberty Science Center in NJ. All of the trips were great. The only bad news of late is that both girls have serious seasonal allergies and the high pollen count really made them feel terrible for a couple of days. I am so proud of Riley because even on Benadryl, she scored a goal on her first day of girls spring soccer!! She rocks. Back to school tomorrow and 9 more weeks until the wonderful freedom of summer. Will post again after the big family party for Riley's birthday next week. Til then, enjoy the latest pix.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RILEY!!!!

Riley Jane is 7 years old! We can't believe it either. She had a fantastic day spent bowling with her closest friends and going out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Ettinger at a Japanese hibachi restaurant. The weather was perfect, the party was relaxed and great fun and dinner was very entertaining mostly because our table's chef could not seem to aim well enough to flip the eggs into our mouths. Lots of food flying everywhere is high comedy when you're 7! We capped off the day with a game of Clue(brand new present) and vanilla egg creams. Rob's favorite gift that was intended for Riley but which he is still playing with as I write this at 10PM was a set of 100 Kapla blocks. I can see that they will both be building many things for Hannah to destroy in the near future. Today was the kind of day that simply made us all feel very blessed to be alive and have one another. Hooray for 7th birthdays!!!