indoor parks, outdoor parks, central park parks

as a big walking girl, she needs a place to explore, so we met up with the twins at playscape. it wasn't her first visit, and i am starting to think we need to get a membership. the playscape is an indoor gym with endless fun attractions. to name a few, they have a track for ride-ons, slides, jungle gym, ball pit, kitchens, dress up, and many more. noa loves sitting on the ride-ons while we pull or push her around the track, especially the yellow truck. she also loves sinking into the balls and riding the little roller coaster. most recently, she likes the fireman hat. noa is officially a big girl. she and i met jo at the mall and she window shopped and said hi to everyone. later that night, we celebrated jo's birthday at an indian restaurant in brewster. it goes down as one of the best, especially the rhotti bread. and if you are by chance new to the blog, noa loves indian food. we can finally go outside to play. it has been a long winter, so playing outside is a new concept, and we are excited about the new venue. we met up with friends at meckauer park in bethel, and they played. i feel like it is one of the first times she really played at the park. they played in the sand box, which is so messy. i think its impossible to clean all the sand. even after you clean them thoroughly, the sand shows up and sometimes it shows up in the oddest places. mike found sand in liv's poop, for example. noa discovered the tunnel, and likes to crawl quickly to one end and then turn around, which is quite the work out for me. while at the park, i looked over and noticed a girl spoon feeding noa something. as i got closer, i could see it was sand. sunday was mother's day, and it was a glorious day. we went to city for a champaigne brunch. we ate crepes and a scrambled eggs with salmon dish. everything was delicious. after brunch, we strolled around the park, and took in all the sights and sounds unique to central park. we walked to the fountain to photograph noa, and we met our first of many israelis. she walked around with her shades on as if she owned the place. we later went to 68th place park, which is age appropriate for noa. it makes such a difference. shelly then met up with us, and we window shopped until we met shelly mendel for dinner at an italian eatery. all in all, a very good day.