Bike Riding

Today we adventured out on bikes. With the help of our new friends (Joraam and Rosaly) who hosted us for Friday night dinner, Saul planned a wonderful bike ride in the area north of Amsterdam. It began with a ferry ride with our bikes to the otherside of the river IJ. The ferry ride was about 5 minutes. Jory began the day in a bike seat in front of Saul that is up by the handle-bars. By the end of the day we had moved her into "the box", which is literally a box with a seat and seat belt that is placed between the front wheel and the handle-bar. These seem to be very popular around Amsterdam - good for carting your kids, dogs or groceries. Jory looked like a little princess eating her cheerios being driven around by Saul.

We explored the wetlands and saw some really unbelievable pastural scenes as well as beautiful old towns. We do not have so many photos from our adventure so you will have to trust us that it was beautiful! Check out our map - still working on remember the entire route - but this should give you a nice idea of our trip.

Ton Fun

While Liz and Mark explored the world of den Haag - or at least some of the museums - Saul and Jory went to the recommended indoor fun center known as Ton Fun. Please note, that adults are not allowed in without being escorted by a child!

In den Haag

Mark and Liz took a day trip to den Haag today, while Jory and Saul explored Amsterdam a little more. If you want to check-out a little bit about Liz and Mark's adventure's you can follow this link to their google map.

Here is a photo that Liz took with her camera, of Mark taking a picture with his camera at the Escher Museum. If you look closely, in the sphere that Mark is holding you can see Liz relfected...this was as close to an Escher style affect that Liz could figure.

In Amsterdam

The whole family has arrived and we are loving our time here. We are staying in a truly special home. The house is in the neighborhood known as the Joordan. We are walking distance from lots of terrific places. The house comes with a lovely cat as well as two rabbits who live in the beautiful backyard. Needless to say between the cat and the rabbits, Jory would be happy to hang around the house all day! Here is a self-portrait of teamliz.

Please follow this link to an interactive map, courtesy of google, to check-out some of the places we have visited, and would like to visit during this vacation.

On a Jet Plane

We had a relatively easy trip from Newark to Amsterdam. Jory slept some, enjoyed an episode of The Simpsons and LOVED looking out the window. Here is a shot of Saul and Jory enjoying our landing.

Summer Vacation

Team Liz is about to tour the world again, well actually just Holland! But we are super excited. We are heading out to the Netherlands for two fabulous weeks. We are thrilled that Mark (Saul's brother) will be joining us for a week of our time there. The packing started a couple of days ago and we are reaching critical mass! We will try to post some of our adventures on this blog - but certainly check-out our Facebook profiles for current photos.

This photo is from our last trip in Amsterdam in June 2006.

Adventure in Norwalk

Liz and Jory drove up to Norwalk, CT to spend some time with our friend Mike and his kids, Paul and Martha. They explored the wonders of the Norwalk Aquarium...a pretty fun place for small kids, actually.

Dershstock

How do you know it's summer? You can find Team Liz celebrating July 4th with our friends at Dershstock an annual party near Woodstock, NY. Here are some fun photos from our weekend.

Seen here, Saul and Jory with one of our weekend hosts, Adam.

June 2009

It is tough keeping a blog current with the rest of life getting in the way. So here is a quick, recent photo of Jory in all of her glory. She is growing up fast and learning all sorts of fun tricks (she knows where her head, nose, ears, tongue, belly, feet and hands are).

As you can see, she has her own sense of style, already.

Team Liz in San Diego

Team Liz took a very brief but fun trip to San Diego. We headed out from NYC on Friday, April 10th and returned late Sunday night, April 12th. We went to surprise Liz's dear friend LeAnne in honor of her 50th birthday. There are so many wonderful photos to look at from the actual party we encourage you to check out Liz's kodak gallery.
This photo is of Team Liz on the beach on Sunday before we left to return to NYC.

Passover 5769

Team Liz celebrated Passover with family and friends. First night was at Liz's mom Marti's home in Manhattan. Liz led the seder for the first time while Marti fed the small army of 20 guests. Saul and Saul's brother Mark helped lead the seder as well.


Second night was held out in Brooklyn. This is a tradition that dates back about 20 years. Saul's friends started the 2nd seder as a way to ensure that no one would be bored at a 2nd seder. So the group of attendees has grown over the years and the major difference is that now everyone is bringing their own kids. Thanks to Deborah and Adam, as always, for hosting!

Jory is 1

Happy Birthday to baby Jory. We celebrated with a small party on April 4th and then again with lots of well wishes on Jory's actual birthday, April 8th which was erev pesach. Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes and the lovely gifts.

In DC

Jory, Liz and Liz's mom Marti went to DC over the last couple of days. Liz went to participate in the 3rd Annual Pancreatic Cancer Advocacy Days.

She spent Monday learning how to lobby and on Tuesday she "hit the hill" and visited Senators Gillibrand and Schumer as well as Congressman Rangel and even Congressman Engel from the Bronx/Mt. Vernon. Here are some fun photos from our trip.


Jory sitting like a big girl on the Acela down to DC.

Liz standing on the steps of the Capitol.

In Liz's final meeting, which was with the actual Congressman (most often when lobbying you meet with the Legislative Aid), the Congressman agreed to co-sponsor HR 745 The Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act.

Standing Tall

Jory has learned how to pull herself up and stand while holding onto pretty much anything. When we say anything we mean it...she likes our bookshelves for sure, but our dining room chairs work just as well and our kitchen cabinets too!

Playdate with Isaac Cohen - and his parents

Devin and Cheryl and their son Isaac came and joined us for an afternoon of playing and pizza. Here are a couple cute photos.


Isaac enjoyed munching on the green shaky egg while Jory worked on the tupperware. Everyone was happy!

Bath Time

I believe there are very few things that are truly cuter than a happy baby in the bath.

Oy!

Well, admittedly it has been a LONG time since Team Liz has posted to our blog. So I understand if our avid audience has waned. In the coming days we will be trying to bring the blog up to speed for those of you out there who still check-in every once in awhile.

Here is a recent picture of Jory for your enjoyment until some other posts arrive.

Winter Pine Lake

Team Liz spent one night and two days at our friend's house just north of Croton-on-the-Hudson (upper Westchester). A beautiful house with fabulous interior design from the 1950's. We joined Deborah, Adam, Jacob, Laila and Talia Iarussi (their house) and Dave and Ben Gluck for fun in the snow and hot cocoa.

9 months old!

Our little girl is 9 months old! Today she had her 9 month check-up. She weighed in at 18.6 pounds and measured 26.5 inches (although we believe that she is actually 27 inches). She had a bunch more of her vaccines as well. The doctor gave us the green light to start feeding her just about anything we want - so here we go!

Friday Night Dumplings

So tonight Liz decided to make some dumplings. In fact, Saul went to sleep and Liz hung out and made 90 chicken, mushroom and ginger dumplings.

In some ways making dumplings is like washing dishes...cathartic in its repetition.
Here's a photo of the finished product. There were pretty tasty...we froze the rest and have been noshing on them since.