today is my husband’s birthday. i’m not sure how to write anything to him right here in this space without it coming off as a big cheese fest, but it is his birthday after all, and a kinda sorta cheesy blog (what?! no it’s not!) so you’re gonna have to just let me do it, yeah?...

^^^taking an iPhone picture of the snow! this boy kills me, he’s so funny.^^^

we had several snow days last week in the city. there were a couple of days where it just snowed and snowed and never stopped. it was absolutely stunning to see from our windows, but awful to try to get anywhere in the freezing snow with my littles.  ...

last friday night, josh and a couple of his friends played a few songs in the times square subway station.  of course we had to tag along to support him and build a crowd and witness this endeavor in person! we brought along some of the littles’ tiny instruments (e’s guitar/ukulele, our yellow plastic sax and tambourine) so they could play along if they wanted.  ...

“eleanor, do you want eggs?” … silence. “eleanor?” “….please call me doctor davis.”

papa: “isn’t mama hot?” eleanor: “no. she’s not hot. she’s warm.”

while looking around her room one morning, she whispered quietly, “there’s so much to explore.”

“mama, i know that i look like eleanor right now, but i’m not. i’m a panda bear.”

eleanor and samson’s 1 year old friend was over for a playdate....