photo op

So we have a picture frame to fill and thought we would put in on our door. We of course didn't feel any of the ones we had already taken were fit for the frame, so we thought, hey, why not take a picture with us and the kitties...

No, Doug is not actually choking Eva, but Pushkin is thinking about it

Doug is teaching Eva to be ferocious while Beka chases after Pushkin.

(Anyone else reminded of Little Miss Sunshine?)

Eva's on the run now too...

... and seems so happy to be back!

Roller Coster Couch!

After a while Beka thought, let's try a picture from the bed — the kitties like the bed.

It only got funnier worse...

Eva's good side... she doesn't look as chubby...

We finally started to bribe them with treats and food... but they were a little distracted...











Finally, we decided to use the first picture we took.

(Sometimes Beka does take after her mother...)

key lime pie

After we squeezed them, they looked like Venus Fly traps.

This was Beka's first time for making or eating key lime pie.

Doug, who's much more of a key lime pie aficionado, called it the best key lime pie he'd ever had.

saturday

Go Gators! →
Radishes at the Union Square Green market... $1 for a bunch of radishes the size of Doug's head!
So while we couldn't let someone else adopt Pushkin, we do get annoyed with him running out into the hall...

especially today when it resulted in us being locked out of our apartment.

Doug had to go down and explain, "The cat locked us out of our apartment."

he calls it herschel

and Eva doesn't like it...

She at least learned to jump up after it chased her into that corner...

the robot diaries... first instalment

The robot has arrived... let the maddness ensue...

The kitties were of course more excited about the box it came in...

And then we made our first attempt at a beer pizza... the crust uses beer to rise... Tasty... but more improvements to be made...

potato!!!!

As Beka was making mashed potatoes, a chunk of potato fell on the floor and Eva came running, sure it was cat food...

Much to our surprise, the dumb cat started to eat the steaming piece of potato, carefully batting the soft portion around to break it into smaller pieces...

From the sidelines Doug said, "No no Kittie! Carbs aren't good for your body type... And by body type I mean fat!"

Oh, Chubbers...

playing in pennsylvania

We escaped the city for the weekend for some Guitar Hero, American Idol Karaoke Revolution, Balderdash, and good times with Matt and the de Noto's and the Per Pes Pek Pos Pushkin Peshkin's.

We went to Lake Wallenpaupack for an afternoon.

Beka and Little Larry on the Wave Runner →

how to mow a ny lawn...

Updated (with Nikki's pics):
brooklyn brewery
cutting room
central park picnic
Coney Island! (and one pic from when Nikki was here)

"but the best thing about new york city is you and me..."

Chris and Karen were in town...
so we went to Loreley Biergarten
and then to see They Might Be Giants
and then ended up seeing other friends from Union there too :).

domo arigato, mr. roboto

Doug finally found out today that he won the the Instructables iRobot Challenge Scholarship!!

Now, Doug gets a free Roomba (the iRobot Create) and builds a super cool robot to be entered into this contest.

Beka is excited because there is the chance that he would win other Roombas (including the red one) and she gets to photograph the whole thing...
Check back for progress reports on the new monster...

brooklyn bridge

"Never fear,
Brooklyn is here..."

brooklyn brewery

So again, we discover all sorts of new things when friends come to visit...

like Happy Hour every Friday night at the Brooklyn Brewery with Nikki, Nate, and Katie...

what do all of these thing have in common??

This guy's job right here!