Mark-n-Sylva... Sylva-n-Mark... - Family

Happy Election Day!

Sylva — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 20:46:17 -0500

Hey, whatever the results...

Pre-Mommy Brain

Sylva — Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:26:32 -0400

Courtesy of today's Stone Soup:
.... now where did it go??
Pre-Mommy Brain?

Ezra's Got More Videos!

Sylva — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:14:47 -0400

This one is from today:

Enjoy!

It's Official - Ezra LOVES the Ocean

Sylva — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:19:52 -0400

We headed out together to Quincy, MA the day after Mark arrived home from his 10-day motorcycle adventure and business trip (North Carolina, Cherokee, Deal's Gap.... good times with Al and Moose!).

Sunday we drove all the way to Quincy, MA and visited the Adams' Family Home - which was awesome, by the way! And then we continued on to see the ocean in Hull, MA. How wonderful a visit that was.

Capital District/Troy - Kid-Friendly and Fun Things To Do

Sylva — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:12:09 -0400

Guilderland Public Library (or any public library!)
http://www.guilderlandpublic.info/
Has story times throughout the week, to include an evening story
time, usually Mon at 6:30pm. Free movies on some weekends. Book clubs
etc. They have a good Parent-teacher section, lots of homeschooling
books.

Guilderland YMCA - this can get expensive, as I talked about
yesterday, for us, it's worth the cost as there are anywhere between
2-6 children in my house at any time. Full membership entitles full
use of the facility, to include a good share of yoga/aerobics/water
fitness classes, childcare for 1.5 hours per day per child, pool,

More photos from August are up! Plus VIDEO!

Sylva — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:57:08 -0400

I've added more photos to Flickr the last few days. I think it's mostly August and September photos that have gone up.

I have also started putting videos on YouTube!!! iMovie makes it incredibly easy to upload photos directly to YouTube, don't even have to enter a web browser to do so! I'm psyched.

This Is For Traci and Tracy

Sylva — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:24:51 -0400

Hi Smallbany! So... you know my husband, know Amy and Ray, the three of them went to your wedding 8 years ago?! Now you're big into the LLLI group locally, have two kids, I'm married to Mark, and somehow you found our blog and have been following it and seen photos of Ezra, etc. And I went to a LLL meeting 3 months ago that you were at, and we're sitting next to each other at the NENY Regional Perinatal Forum Breastfeeding Subgroup! With our babies!

Well hi!

And Saturday night at River Street Cafe (I linked to Dish and Dirt because... well... I enjoyed the food, but felt as though dining there WAS overly complicated!

Angie's List?! Angie's List!!

Sylva — Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:01:13 -0400

Mark and I are in the process of rehabbing the house next door and we hope to move in within 2 months... at least move into the 2nd floor (grin). Lots of work to be done... and both our handymen are unreliable to an extreme. In fact, we can't count one as a handyman... he's never showed up! The other hasn't been around in a year. Ugh. And there's so much work to be done!

Asking around with our neighbors has only turned up one or two leads, and looking on CraigsList is OH SO SKETCHY.

But today, in one afternoon, from three individuals, came the phrase, "Angie's List." Angie's List? Oh, yes. Rate your services. Anything from a hair salon (yes, I just took the time to review mine!) to dog walkers to hardwood floor repair to kitchens and baths... you name it, that service is probably listed. They've recently branched into reviews of healthcare providers, which is great, because nothing I've seen out in the www does that job well.

Kudos to Mystic Aquarium

Sylva — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:56:15 -0400

Ezra and I spent the weekend in Goshen with my dad and Libby. It was a great time - my brother Tim and sister Maggie were there, as well as stepsister Mady and her daughter Rosie! We had a blast going to Mystic Aquarium on Saturday... and Ezra LOVED the huge tank of fish in the indoor exhibit! His little face was mesmerized by the fish swimming by.

It was over 90 degrees and the cool indoor exhibit was packed with people, but a note on the mirror in the women's restroom stated, "If you would like a quiet place to nurse your child, come to the administration office". If there was one place I appreciated a "nursing room", it was there!! THANK YOU!!! Honestly, once it got that packed in the exhibit, there was no way Ezra would settle to nurse, and it was ungodly hot outside. It was their "nurse's office" room, just off the main exhibits, and they had a "please do not disturb" sign for the door.

New Photos Up @ Flickr

Sylva — Wed, 9 Jul 2008 23:02:03 -0400

Once again, I have added more wonderful smiles of the boy. And, because I now have a lovely SD870- IS Canon point and shoot, I also have VIDEO CAPABILITY!!! So the more and more often this boy starts giggling (oh, my GAWD, is it cute!!!), I will try to upload a little video on to YouTube. Wait patiently :)

Here is the linky.

I have also bought a 2005 Prius. Two thumbs up, I like it already. Have we joined the cult? I don't know a soul who doesn't love their Prius.