Bean loves stirring the pot.

Ice Cream Making

Time with Dad 3

words of encouragement?

the happys 1

seat taken

cheeeeeeeese

an exception

deli style

cinco says

It's Cinco de Mayo!
Bean has super long list of all the ways he is going to celebrate. Here is a sampling:

#1. Watch "The Three Amigos" (also my numero uno)
#45. Eat another burrito
#97. Get a pet cucaracha
#108. Shake maracas again
#116. Watch "Nacho Libre"
#154. Kill all cucarachas in the house except the pet one
#162. Ask for a taste of Nora's Margarita
(#34 on Nora's list- Deny Bean a taste of my Margarita or any other like beverage. Only let him drink Jarritos)
#163. Pick my favorite Jarritos flavor
#178. Play some soccer
#201. Watch "Selena"
#202. Make a jumpsuit like Selena's

a precautionary tale

Bean is doing a great job of making sure he and his swine stay healthy during this pandemic. They do things like wash their hands, cough into their sleeves, and get plenty of vegetables.

Bean, how about we clean piggy out after you fill him with his veggies? He might start attracting bugs if we don't and that is not healthy.









*with swine flu all over the news, I had to do a post illustrating Bean's understanding of it.

Bean and his peeps

Bean, I understand if the one peep I let you to eat got lonely in your tummy, but did he really need all his friends to keep him company? Let's hope your tummy doesn't get upset at the onslaught of bunnies it now has to subdue.















*Bean's "Aunt Susan" gave me a pack of half-priced leftover Easter peeps for him. And this is what happens.

leftovers

Bean loves leftover Easter candy. Actually, he loves all candy regardless of the holiday or occasion. If it's candy, he loves it. Except Tootsie Rolls. Those aren't candy because candy is supposed to taste good.

fyi: baking

fyi: If you plan on having Bean help you bake cookies, prepare for the recipe to yield about 10 fewer cookies than noted.
Bean swears he doesn't know how that happens.

nothin'

Bean hates it when things are empty... like when he needs chocolate and there is nothin'...or toothpaste and there is nothin'...

or chocolate and there is nothin'...

But Easter morn is a totally different story. He loves finding things empty on that day!

"Faster, you guys, faster! Just think, we're working up a sweat for nothin'!"

(this is my favorite painting ever. it's of Peter and John rushing to the tomb to see what has become of Jesus. I love the apprehension and excitement in their faces. it's in the Musee D'Orsay in Paris if you ever want to see it!)

bad days

When it comes to missing New York City, some days are good and some days are bad. Today is a bad day. Bean burnt his bagel and keeps asking me why we have to make our own bagels now and why can't we just go to the place where they know him and make his bagel for him just the way he likes it and wraps it in foil and then cuts it in half and gives him "coffee" (hot chocolate) in little a little blue cup that says it was a pleasure serving you...

It's hard to explain why there aren't any delis in Texas.

until we meet again...soho

goodbye broadway shopping from houston to canal, unbelievably crowded weekends, moma store, uniqlo, h&m, window shopping on cobblestone streets, cool polaroid photographer,
pearl river mart, new and unopened topshop and pomodoro's vodka sauce pizza.

until we meet again...gramercy

goodbye madison square park, ridiculously long shake shack lines, haircuts at dramatics,
manhattan physicians group where I have puzzled them for years with my random one-time-only ailments,
gramercy diner burgers and toasted blueberry muffins and shakes in multiple mini cups,
random art in the park, flatiron, thrift stores on 23rd and hill country bbq.
I'll be getting the real thing from now on...

until we meet again...east village

goodbye veggies at westville, commercial st. mark's street, the old bowery, astor place,10 cent wings and carrots and celery and blue cheese and raspberry cider, r.i.p. burritoville,

and goodbye stuy town, and neighbors like esther michaels.

the day belonging to the presidents

Even though Bean wasn't alive, he misses the days when presidents had big bushy beards. So he decided to make one for Mr. Obama. It's got cotton balls on it and hidden inside are tiny marshmallows for secret eating!