Long Beach, Long Island

On Sunday, we went to Long Beach with my parents good friends, Samir and Sheliza, along with my favorite playmate, Jacob. It was about 1 1/2 hour drive and the weather was just gorgeous. It was not too hot and there was a nice breeze. The beach had nice and soft sand but the water was very very cold.

Mommy made sure I had a lot of sunscreen on but she forgot to put some on herself so she got burned on her nose and her arms. Ooops. Sheliza is expecting another baby at the end of July and you can now also see mommy's bigger belly. My sister or brother is in there.

Jacob had so much energy he ran around the whole beach and made sure his dad got some good exercise! I tried to keep up but the cold water scared me. Hopefully when I go to Hawaii next week the water will be warmer and I won't be as scared.

I loved the sand though! Yippee for the warm sun...!

Jacob and I shared some snacks and had a bit to drink during our break in our beach chair.

Mom and I also took a short walk on the beach since I wanted to show her all the cool shells I found in the sand.

Here is Jacob and his dad building some things in the sand. Now, where was my shovel.....

On Friday, we leave for California to see Godfather! We'll be in San Diego for the weekend and then off to Hawaii with both godmother and godfather on Wednesday. We will also meet up with my cousin Leah since they'll be there too for a few days! It'll be nice to have some family time since everyone has been working so much.

Oh yeah, and today is mommy and daddy's anniversary. Happy 2nd anniversary!! You guys survived -- hee hee.

Love,
Matthew

Saturday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

This past Saturday, Daddy and I met up with Uncle Samir and Jacob to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Boy was it cool! Jacob and I tore up the Egyptian exhibit as if we owned the place. There were a lot of places to explore, climb and run around but Daddy wouldn't let us go into the actual exhibit areas. Oh well.

I told Jacob that usually there are tombs filled with treasures in these Egyptian exhibits. He didn't believe me but I was sure there was something to be discovered.

We had to hurry before the other children found the treasure first. I led the way and Jacob was more cautious about my expedition.

After the museum, we went to Central Park to have a go on the swings. Both dads tried to time the pushing of our swings so that we'd be swinging together but both are not physicists and understand the concept of how much we weigh, the distribution of the weight and how fast we needed to be pushed so that at one point we'd be swinging at the same time.

Oh well. We had fun being guinea pigs for their experimentation.

We then went to play in the sand and sprinklers. Jacob was scared of the sprinklers but still watched the water from inside the sandbox. I, on the other hand, love water so I was over by the sprinklers.

Then I came back into the sand area to check things out. I had to roll up my sleeves and really get dirty.

After the park, we went to the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle. There we watched some tv at the Samsung store. At first, I wasn't sure about the whole thing, but then....

Saturdays are always so adventurous and fun. Our dads are great. On Sunday we went to Long Beach, Long Island for my first beach experience. We'll be posting some pictures shortly.

Have a happy Monday!