Bar Harbor is even more breathtaking than I imagined. 

We’re staying at the Harborside Hotel which is right on the water and conveniently located downtown.

Checking out the resort pools and amenities

Across the water is Bar Island and during low tide we were told that we can walk to the island.

What a beautiful place!

And a  fantastic view of the pool and harbor from our room.

Bar island

Today I took my kids and my parents to the pop-up Museum of Ice Cream in the heart of the Meatpacking District with a lick-able, likeable, shareable ice cream-centric experience!

First, we were greeted with a flavor-of-the-week, boysenberry ice cream. Delicious!

Edible helium balloon !

Chocolate room

Sprinkle pool

What a fun Sweet experience!

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We are in long beach in NY this morning for surf lessons for me and kids.

Mr. Andrew stayed in the shade while we surf. 😛

Kids found live baby clams.

Ready to surf 

We signed up for one on one lessons for an hour.

Here we go!

Totally wiped out but still smiling!

We had a late lunch at the food truck.

Lobster rolls to reward myself.

What a fun day at the beach! Loving summer~~

The food was excellent here.

MEDITERRANEAN RISOTTO

BLACK TRUFFLE BURRATA

CHARRED OCTOPUS

JUMBO LUMP CRAB SALAD

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND MUSSELS

FRITTURA DI CALAMARI ARRABIATA

BLACK LINGUINI

Hello Mr. Mini Andrew

Happy birthday Dad!!!

This runs in the family

Desserts…so good…plate licking good.

We came out to pier 81 in NYC where we’re going to board on a dinner cruise to have a celebratory dinner sailing on the Hudson river.

Find the difference:

Waiting for Andrew to meet us here.

There he is~

All aboard!

Kids and I are taking “Drawing with iPad” workshop today at a local Apple store.

I drew Shane and

my mom,

Shane drew a robot,

Chloe drew a willow tree and nature. 🙂

Swim is going well, kids are learning to dive.

Shane did one week of chess which he enjoyed a lot.

They are also in an Apple camp, making interactive storytelling books.

School is out as of last tuesday and kids came home with all of their works they did at school! I especially loved reading their writing note books and here’s some of the pages from Chloe’s book.

I. Was. Amazed.

Her book started with all the details from her Italy trip last summer and all of her creative writings were super super impressive.

She also wrote about Turks and Caicos. 😉

One of my favorite that I read in this note book is this one called, The Book. It’s a spot on description of how she feels when she reads…

The Book
As you flip page after page of the smooth cream colored pages, the crisp smell of newly made paper is like the smell of cookies after a longday.
The intense pictures are so lively, the words are as black as the darkest night. The story absorbs in your mind, like a paper towel does to water. The book brings you intense feelings. You hungrily devour page after page. When you’re done, you get another book and get absorbed in the story. Like a kid at a toy store, a book is actually a jewel in disguise.
All the characteristics of a book are better than money, jewels or gold.

I mean… :*)