Chloe wanted to buy old vintage books so I found a perfect bookstore in Nyack! And we got to enjoy some great Jazz band performance while walking around the town.

Normally what I prefer and ask for my birthday is an experience like a short family weekend trip, a musical or just hang out in NYC with my family but since we are still in pandemic, we can really do any of that… so this will have to do for now… 😉

Kids and I met up with our friends to ski for the day and we had a great time! Skiing was fun even though it was bit icy but what what I enjoyed the most was seeing some of our friends faces in person after many months of zoom meetings. 
I finally invested in ski gears this year for the first time in my life so I’ll be looking for more opportunities to ski this winter locally. 

Since getting the puppy was a big gift to our family this year, we decided we are not really doing gifts this Christmas. However, Shane still wanted to buy presents for everyone and surprised Chloe, Andrew and his grandparents! I took him shopping a couple days ago while doing few errands and he picked out a 14k gold Amethyst earring for Chloe since she just got her ears pierced and a box of flavored syrup for coffee for his big coffee drinker dad, a hairdryer for his grandma and a thermo mug for grandpa. I was so proud of him, I told him I want to get him something for Christmas too and he said, he doesn’t want anything. That he has everything he needs and he likes giving more than receiving. He. Has. The. Heart. Of. GOLD.

My parents gifts to Andrew

and I got him this dude. 

And here’s the sweetest present for us all!

We found out this guys is the one that’s chosen for us! Love!

I bought stuff for the new puppy, Andrew also bought stuff… I think we went tad overboard…

Love this reactions from kids when we told them we are finally getting our mini-bernedoodle puppy in December!

Coffee table: another great find!