Just do it

That's my girl!

Marvelous little man!

Just look at our splendid little guy! He learned to clap!

A Trip to the Zoo!

Victoria had a lot of editing to do yesterday, so I packed up the kids into the double stroller and headed off to the Prospect Park zoo to meet Sadie's friend Stella and her brother and parents.
I had never been to this zoo before and it turns out it is just right for kids. Not too big and not too small. And there are peacocks all over the place. And sea lions. And red panda cubs!
Sawyer was very quiet and observant while Sadie ran around and got to know the animals.
Best part is, it's so close to our house and easy to walk to and the walk takes us right through the park.
Afterwards, on the walk home, both kids fell asleep in the stroller, so I walked around for an extra hour until they woke up.
It was a great day and I felt like a very competent Papa, so that was a nice bonus.
We're definitely going back soon!

A Star is Born

It occurs to me I haven't mentioned on here that Sawyer is going to be on tv!
A couple weeks ago, Sawyer and I were cast in a commercial for Food Lion, a grocery store that I think is particular to the Southeast. We flew down to North Carolina for two nights, had an easy shoot, and a very pleasant time overall.
Sawyer was very easygoing. He started to get tired at some point in the morning, so he napped in the holding area for a bit while they shot my closeups, then we roused him for a couple more hours of riding around in a shopping cart and that's it! We celebrated with a clothing-optional wrap party in my hotel room.
I know you all will ask about seeing the finished product, but they usually don't send you copies so you just have to watch for it, but probably none of us will see it since it is only in the southeast. I asked the mom of the little girl in the ad to let me know if she sees it or gets ahold of it.
Papa held down the fort spendidly while I was away. I missed those guys!

Sawyer Lately

Sawyer is totally mobile now! He crawls all over the place, so things are about to get really interesting around here. He is also getting lots of teeth, and pulling himself up to stand on just about anything he can grab ahold of, especially his crib at 5 AM.

Sawyer is 9 Months!

3/4 of a year! I can't believe it.

A very long walk

Yesterday, Sadie and I took a very long walk.  We walked over two miles. Along the way we stopped to take some pictures.  We also stopped to try a splendid Cereal Milk milkshake at Momofuku Milk Bar. It was yummy.
As you can see, Sadie was a trooper - and a scruffy little fashion plate.
At the end of our walk we hopped on the bus to get home. Sadie promptly fell asleep on my lap, plum tuckered from our big day. It was great.

Supergirl!

Sadie's friend Rose had a superhero-themed birthday party at school and gave out masks and capes to all the kids.

Stuff that happened this weekend

It was a pretty busy weekend.
Sadie had her first banana split and discovered that it contained a lot of her favorite things. So that was good.
Sawyer wore a sparkly cowboy hat, courtesy of Sadie. 
Sadie built a really really big tower.
So that was fun.

Grandma Visit

Grandma India came down for a few days. Saturday the kids and I had a callback for a commercial audition (which Sawyer and I booked, p.s.! It's for Food Lion. We will be shooting in N.C. this week!). Afterwards we went to lunch and visited the Seaglass Carousel in Battery Park.