Getting Started

After having received links to friends' blogs that have made it such a fun way to stay in touch, we've decided to create one of our own! We'll see how it goes.

We are thoroughly enjoying our month in NYC -- for me and the girls it is a vacation, for Mark a rigorous internship. However, we are all enjoying it. Our apartment is about 4 blocks from Central Park so the girls and I usually spend some time there each day and we've had fun exploring other places, too. We're usually out and about for about six hours a day -- it's been great to walk everywhere. Abby decidedly likes the city and Millie said that if is weren't for Woody and Oliver (the cats that live under the deck at home) she would like New York as well as Charlottesville. Sweet Jane is just willing to go along with whatever.


We've made quite a sensation on the street as we try to navigate the busyness with three small children -- Abby and Jane ride in the side-by-side double stroller and Millie has been a great walker. Some people smile and try to help out. Others groan or give me a look like "Are you crazy!?! Three kids?!" It is kind of strange being one of the few moms at the park with all of the children and their nannies. In fact, the first day we got here, we were at a park in Greenwich Village and Millie, after observing the nanny and child next to me, said, very concerned, "Mom, that lady has dark skin and the baby has light skin. Does that mean she 'taked' the baby?" Unfortunately, her concern was not voiced in a very soft voice. Abby thinks that our apartment itself is New York City, and says, whenever she has had it for the day, "Can we go back to New York City now?" All in all, it is an experience that we will always remember.