Green Zebras

Happy Holidays!

2011-12-23T14:19:00.000-05:00

We love crashing vacations! Here we are with buddies from DC at their beach resort.

Gabe learned an important lesson this holiday season. He helped donate and deliver gifts to sick children at Chris Evert Children's Hospital.

He also learned that he is a monkey.

Hello December

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Finally...we are up and running with a new computer and it won't take 6 hours to post 1 picture. We did a little photo shoot today. What do you think?

Visitors

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Look who came to visit!!

Whispering sweet nothings to UJ

Team stretch before the Parkland Dash 5K

School Fun

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Picture of Noa taken by teachers - havin' fun on playground!

Shabbat Aba and Ima

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Gabe and Noa were Shabbat Aba and Shabbat Ima the same day. This is a HUGE highlight for both kiddies.

Halloween Preview

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Photo Booth Fun

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Cousins

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Had a great spontaneous visit with Jordan, Casey and cute Levi last week.

August Fun

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Our computer has been down so we haven't been able to post pictures...but we have been staying busy doing lots of this:

Swimming!

Sweating our tushies off doing anything outside...(this was at the Morikami Japanese Garden Bon Festival)

Weekly Kid Happy Hour at Hurricane Bar and Grill with friends, face painting and balloons

Finding new hiding places

Helping the Parkland Y Community Garden build their fence

And eat their donuts

And most importantly, getting ready for school! For BOTH kids!

First day

More happy hour fun!

Wearing towel like Mommy

First Shabbat and tickles for sis

Take Me Home Country Roads

2011-08-13T23:27:00.000-05:00

A few snapshots from our week in Lewisburg, WV and Hot Springs, VA.....

Noa at the Homestead

Taking river showers in the Greenbriar River

Snuggles for Zaiyde on his birthday

Robin and Meg and the kids at Meg's river house

Zaiyde and Granlym after the first annual vacation puppet show (there was a standing ovation)

Zaiyde gets some help blowing out his candle

Sweet Noa

Gabe and Noa

Enjoying some smores at the river house

Silly kids

Boston Baby

2011-08-12T21:32:00.000-05:00

We had a great visit to Boston for Justin and Lauie's wedding. This is what we did all weekend when we were not celebrating at the actual wedding....

Siteseeing with UJ

Enjoying the view from the hotel

Visit with Cousin Pat. Love how this picture sums up how a 4 year old feels about a family meal in a restaurant.

Boston Children's Museum

Noa looking a turtle

Gabe trying to wrap himself in a bubble

Getting messy

Silly Daddy

The girls

A rare moment of playing together and not running opposite directions in the museum

The pretend barber shop. I hate to think about how many kids scrape that comb through their hair each day. Eek.

Pretend grocery shopping

Family

Melissa, Aunt Anita, JJ, Bubbe, Mom and Noa!

Birthday kiss for Noa

And some nice time away from the kids while at the wedding. Was so fun to see everyone. When is our next visit?

Magic!

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Happy Birthday Sweet Noa!

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Noa turned 2 on July 17th! This is her camp celebration...

This is her birthday breakfast surrounded by the lovely Kern/Nierman women...

She spent her birthday on an airplane returning home from Boston. Smooches for Daddy in the terminal...

Birthday dinner celebrated at a family gathering in Boston...

Typical family photo. Oy.

Siblings

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4th-O-July

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We had a great 4th of July weekend but it ended up with a week of two sick kids. All better now!

Nervous Nelly

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Noa was SO excited to be Shabbat Ima for the first time. But when the moment came for all of the little Shabbat Abbas and Imas to go up on the bima, someone got a little nervous. Look at her tongue hangin' out the whole time.

Hot Fun

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Noa started summer camp and LOVES it!! Did not even turn to see me go the first time I dropped her off. *sniff*

Drama queen...just try to hear her screaming "owwwwwuchhhh owwww!!" as she rips her own rubber band out.

Painting rocks and each other

We enjoyed about 10 delicious mangoes from our tree.

Sprinkles gone wild

Yes, those are sprinkles!

Gabe's last Shabbat Abba and last day of school.

Nature program at Sawgrass Nature Center with M and J.

What not to do with your net.

Soccer practice at the Y.

Puppet Show

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Lip Synch

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Gabe lip syncing some Nitty Gritty...

Happy Father's Day!

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We had a great weekend celebrating Father's Day and Evan's birthday. We hit the good ol monthly train rides...

(Mommy is dressed, don't worry)

A beach outing with friends

Sushi dinner

Wishing all daddies, especially Zaiyde and Pops, a very happy Father's Day. We love you!

Stinky Feet and Easter Eggs

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Yes, another kid-sitting-on-dog photo.

Easter Party at friends house

The moment Gabe realized what the big deal was with these plastic eggs...CANDY!

May

2011-05-27T03:38:00.000-05:00

Our kids love "apple jacks" (art projects)

Splish splash

Watchin' the big kids at pre-school

Our fave weekly sitter for Noa.

This was the first time Gabe got his face painted. You would think he would want to ease into it, but he went all out.

Spring is Here

2011-05-25T21:16:00.000-05:00

Usually people show pictures of being outside once spring arrives -- but not here. It's already SO hot!

These are from one of our favorite places called Yount at Art. You can make a big mess and not worry about cleaning it up :-)

Ahhh, good ol Mel. Mel comes home with Gabe each time he is Shabbat Aba. He has gone home with little 4 year old boys from Gabe's class for 7 years. He is old and gross. And Gabe LOVES him.

Gabe loves Boudreaux too.

Noa and balloon.

Silly siblings.

Just Hangin' Around

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March Madness

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March photos...still catching up!

Noa going for a run

Noa and BooBoo = Besties

Our morning routine of chosing the shorts that match best

Painting outside

First dip of the spring was in March and it was FREEZING still. That's right...no bathing suit!

Besties.

Nature Tots

2011-05-14T21:21:00.000-05:00

We LOVE this program. It's a monthly class at Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek. Here are pics from March and May classes. Please note, do not catch bugs as Gabe is demonstrating below.

Silly Girl

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Little Miss is starting to be a stubborn little girl. Do you like this outfit? Tutu with monkey costume with two different shoes (one Gabe's). Guess who picked it out.

Yes, everyone needs to wear a winter hat in Florida.

Doodle n' Draw. Hours of non-messy entertainment. Hooray!

Sweet cheeks.

Oh yeah, kale chips. Nom nom nom.

Birthday!

2011-03-30T21:23:00.002-05:00

Gabe turned 4! A really long time ago!! But, we just so happened to move into a new home right around his birthday, so his big celebration was delayed until March. As you can see, turning 4 is a seriously big deal. You get an at home celebration...

A school party...

And a birthday party at the YMCA where sitting on the big parachute was The Coolest Thing. EVER....

Disney, Again

2011-03-24T19:06:00.000-05:00

Guess where we went last week, totally last minute? Without Daddy and with a special guest!! We had a blast! Highlight was the quad bicycle.

Hangin' Around

2011-03-19T20:31:00.000-05:00

We have lots up updates...birthdays, MORE Disney, silly spring days, park visits, etc. Check back soon!

Belly Business

2011-03-09T23:26:00.000-05:00

Love this photo for so many reasons...the drool, the upside down book, the belly wrinkles, the toddler curiousity of own belly...

Hot Wheels

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A recent family bike ride/walk through our new neighborhood...

Nature Hike

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Can't leave home for a 20 minute nature hike without three massive bags to fill with leaves and tiny rocks!

Surfing

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Practicing before we hit the waves...

Just Being Silly

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A Cozy Milk Drinking Spot

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Making Magic

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Besides having to get up early (she was SO grumpy at first), we had a great visit to Disney this weekend. Here are a few highlights....

Morning grump

This was on the Tea Cups moments before Mom threw up...

Waiting for the parade...
A little dip in the hotel pool...
Breakfast date with Mom...this was plate two of food. Little piglet!
In Yiddish, we call these pulkies.

Hello handsome.

These are some of our favorite moments at Disney ;-)...
We rode the Tea Cups twice. Looks like Dad may vomit too!
"Can you please come to my birthday party?".
Who sleeps through fireworks?? Gabe!

Nature Tots

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We go to a cute little nature class at a local nature center once a month. The theme this month was raccoons. After making raccoons out of all heart shaped pieces, we went on a nature hike and looked for raccoon tracks, raccoon snacks, and possible raccoon sleeping areas.

Looking at ants.

She looks so sad here.

Love

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Silly

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Aba

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The honor of being Shabbat Aba never gets old for Gabe. He gets to be Aba a few times a year and he takes it VERY SERIUSLY. Being line leader and flag holder and Tzedah box holder and pretend candle lighter is very important to him.

The dog bed. Where our children spend most of the time. Gross.

Messy Stuff

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This is a picture of Noa staring at her very own poo in the potty. Gross, we know. The point is, she told us she needed to go "cocky", took Mom by the hand to the bathroom, stood in front of big potty with shirt up (like big brother), so why not just put her on the little potty to give it a try.

And then she spent an hour cleaning our walls. A good day!!

Lights and Sleep Walking

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Noa switches this light on 4,356,111 times a day. It excites her every time. Don't you wish you were a kid??

I found Gabe walking in his sleep the other night. He walked up to me around 11pm, mubled something that I could not undertand, and then took this position next to Boudreaux. He slept there for an hour until I carried him back to his room. Poor guy is having trouble sleeping ever since we moved. This to is a phase, right?!

Picture Problems

2011-02-03T22:55:00.004-05:00

What is going on with our pictures?? Anyone know how to fix that?

Argh.

In the meantime, here are a few more. Gabe has been having sleeping troubles for the past month. He has started napping anywhere and everywhere and then he gets out of his bed at night to find Boudreaux, visit us or get a snack.

A rare sweet moment.

Gabe and his buddy Josh at dinner the other night playing with someone's fancy phone.

Some Pics

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January Fun

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It was a busy month! We moved and lost our camera cords, so that explains the lack of blogging. Here are some of our adventures of the past month....

The car wash is always a fun time.

Everglades tour with Daddy!!

Just some normal fun in Florida...four wheelin on a Tuesday afternoon.

We started the year off with a surprise Disney trip. This is what we do when they nap. (That is an ice cream sandwich...evil!!).

Gabe got to meet his hero. Think he was a little nervous?

Granlym and Zaiyde came for a visit and got stuck helping us pack.

Packing, parent style.

And of course lots of visits to the park.

Happy Happy 2011

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We had a great start to the new year with a visit to Shreveport and a quick trip to Disney World. Here are some Shreveport photos. The highlight was Asher and Daphne surprising all of us with their very own wedding. Truly a night to remember.

Gabe and Noa annoying each other, as usual....

Showing off her belly...

Freezing our buns off...

SciPort visit with JJ and Jonathan...

Lots of visits with Mimi...

Lots of handsome baby boys. Tiny baby Max...

Visits with the Seiden cousins. Such handsome and nice boys...

Cuddles with cousins...

Noa during the wedding...

Gabe's first time being a huppah holder...

Welcome to the family Daphne!!

Family

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Beach photo shoot

Thanksgiving at Sea

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This is what we did for most of the cruise...eat!
We did some rocking out with cousin Sarah.
Fancy dinner with grandparents.
Matching cousins.
Sweet Noa
Zaiyde, Noa and Dad at yet, another meal.
Large beverages in Cozumel. You can only imagine what this did to his 3 year old bladder.
Noa and Mommy had a breakfast date one morning. She seemed like such a big girl sitting in a chair.
This was after an evening date with Gabe, probably 11pm. The date included dancing, mini-golf, eating, basketball, going up and down multiple flights of stairs, art projects in play room, and more eating.

Sarah and Gabe

This alone would have been enough entertainment for Gabe.
Bathing beauties

You would think that on a four night cruise we would be able to pull off one nice family photo...

But we still had a great time!

Happy New Year!

2010-12-15T23:37:00.003-05:00

We're suckers...we just ordered our 5 free cards from Shutterfly and if we post a link to our blog we get another $25 off on future orders. SO - Happy New Year one and all!! Thanks for reading our little blog this year. We have slowed down recently due to pure laziness. But really, does anyone even read this??
Love,
The Niermans

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Peanut

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Soccer Noa

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Noa's Bob

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Halloween Fun

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Our community has an afternoon Halloween party complete with bounce house, ice machine and bobbing for apples. And then trick or treating that night. It's a LONG day but the kids have a blast.

Pumpkin "Patch"

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They don't have pumpkin patches in Southern Florida. It's more like imported pumpkins (these came from New Mexixo?!) under a tent on the side of a road. The kids don't really care though!

Boo

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Little cookie and Buzz having fun at the MOMS Club Trunk or Treat....

We're Alive!

2010-10-25T23:22:00.003-05:00

It's been a busy few weeks. Daddy traveling alot. Kids running around. House invaded by bees. Computer invaded by virus (no photos lost, thank goodness!).

And now, onto why you come here (hi Mom! Hi Uncle J!)...

Zoo outing with the Greenbergs!

Noa rides the Boogie Board...

Gabe and his buddy Ben are Shabbat Abba's at pre-school.
Gabe and Daddy flew to California to attend Friedman Bar Mitzvah and visit with family...
Cousins rock out on dance floor

Wild times at Chuck e Cheese with buddy Josh-e.

Ice Cream

2010-10-13T19:39:00.000-05:00

It's the end of an era for our family. Our favorite ice cream shop closed. We spent ALOT of time at Andy's ice cream over the past year. Guess we better start sampling our other options!

Car Wash

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Mel

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Meet Mel. Mel gets to go home with the Shabbat Abba each week in Gabe's class. This was our first weekend with Mel and Gabe did not let him leave his side. Mel has been going home with Shabbat Abba's for 7 years and each kid adds a page in the Mel journal about their adventures.

Sweet Noa

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That little thumb pops right in the mouth the second she is tired or upset.

Still Summer Here

2010-10-04T20:36:00.000-05:00

Big Boy Haircut

2010-09-28T14:49:00.000-05:00

Gabe was super excited about his recent haircut. He looks like such a big boy!

Stuck

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Hangin' Around

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Family jam session to record Ode to Pops song (coming soon...)

Buddies...some of the time.

Whoa

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Just discovered picnik. *Love*!!

Peek a Boo

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Friday Four

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Watering our sad excuse for an herb garden. Shirt printed by Mom. Cool, eh?

Snacks from a cool homemade snack pouch from our friend Brooke.

He was singing us a sad song that went like this "I was all alone at the park with no ice cream".

Noa and her buddy Andrew go for a spin.

When You Forget Your Umbrella...

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Two Tushies

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Grapes

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This really grossed us out.

Gabe's lovey, Richard Parker, often has to have his own bowl.

Storytime

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These pictures are from storytime at our local library from a few weeks ago. All of the kids sit on their parents laps...but not Noa. She makes a mad dash for the teacher the second we get there and she does not leave her lap the entire time. Brown noser.

Spaghetti

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Scary

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So Big!

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Smooshy

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Slimy

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Sassy

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Sweet

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Walkin' to My Baby

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Kissy Kissy

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She walks! And kisses!

Swagger Wagon

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Doesn't Uncle Max look like the Swagger Wagon guy??

I think Gabe liked the appetizer.

Monkey hug.

Fishin' Hole

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Breakfast on the Porch

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Catchin' Air

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Stay tuned for some highlights from our week at the Homestead for Zaiyde's 70th Birthday...

July 2010 - Dad's 70

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Daddy and Daughter Bonding

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Check out how much fun lil' Noa had on her recent solo trip with Daddy to Shreveport...

Making Kids Smile

2010-08-01T18:55:00.000-05:00

We spent one hot morning of our trip to the Homestead doing a family photo shoot. The professional photos are much better, but I love what the adults are doing here to make these kids smile.

Happy 70th Birthday Dad!

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A Year in the Life of Noa

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Happy Birthday Sweet Cheeks

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Oh These Two...

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4th of July Parade

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Big Boy Bed?

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This is where we often find Gabe in the mornings...

I Wanna Go Outside

2010-07-07T22:52:00.001-05:00

Gabe was always pressed up against the glass front door of our old house. Just watching people walk by, cars zooming past, and the general scene that goes along with an urban view. Noa's view is alot different -- the pool, palm trees, birds, frogs, lizards. Here she is watching Gabe have a swim lesson...

One Year Later

2010-07-05T22:36:00.000-05:00

First day of summer camp 2009...still a chubby little tot. And one year later, first day of summer camp 2010. Atleast the crocs still fit!

Chop Chop

2010-07-02T18:36:00.000-05:00

We had a family outing for Noa's first haircut. She had 2 inches cut off!! Gabe had 2 cm cut off. :-)

In Memory of Rose Van Thyn

2010-06-28T16:03:00.002-05:00

This week we bid farewell to our dear friend Rose Van Thyn. We are so blessed to have had Rose and her husband Louis in our lives for so many years. Having endured the most unspeakable horrors at Auschwitz, Rose devoted the rest of her life to telling her story (especially to the kids of Shreveport) and to providing the greatest possible example of how the human spirit can triumph. Rose was proof that despite long odds and unspeakable pain and suffering, brave men and women can not only cling to, but embrace, life and build a future out of the ashes of the past.

Rose, we love you and will never forget you.

Daddy's Day

2010-06-25T15:48:00.000-05:00

Father's Day was also Evan's birthday. What better way to celebrate than eating a soccer cake and wearing new matching jammies!!

Trike

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